Research and Equipment Grants

Medical School Grants

Research and equipment grants are awarded to Medical School faculty for basic and clinical research. Priority is given to new faculty who are establishing a research program, to established faculty exploring new areas of research, and for interim support.

Historically, more than 40 percent of all grant recipients have been able to use the data they have gathered—and the conclusions they have drawn from that data—to leverage substantially larger awards from other sources, such as the NIH and NSF. It has not been uncommon for a Minnesota Medical Foundation grant of $15,000 or less to produce data that eventually generate a $1 million award. And approximately 45 percent of all grant recipients publish the results of their investigations.

Grants applications are received three times a year on the first Friday in January, May, and September. Electronically submit all application and attachments as one Adobe PDF document, total file not to exceed 16 pages, to medgrant@umn.edu. View our grant guidelines (Microsoft Word), and then download and complete the grant application form (Microsoft Word). The average research grant award is $13,000, and the average equipment grant is $17,000.

The Medical School Dean's Office will collect and process all applications, PRF documents, and grant extension requests. MMF will award funds to the selected recipients and collect final progress reports.

For more information about faculty research and equipment grants sponsored by the Minnesota Medical Foundation and the Medical School, contact the Dean's Office at 612-626-3287 or medgrant@umn.edu.

For information about final progress reports, please contact Kevin Gilbertson at MMF at 612-624-2627 or k.gilbertson@mmf.umn.edu.

School of Public Health Grants

Research grants funded by the Minnesota Medical Foundation are awarded annually to School of Public Health faculty members by the School of Public Health Research Committee. The School of Public Health Research Committee considers applications in January of each year.

For more information, including application guidelines and procedures, contact John Finnegan, dean of the School of Public Health, at finne001@umn.eduor 612-624-5544

Final Progress Reports

Have you recently completed work as a result of a grant made by the Minnesota Medical Foundation? Complete our faculty grant final progress report form (Microsoft Word).