The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation has issued a request for applications for its Start-Up Grant program. This award helps qualified researchers initiate independent research careers in the areas of Diabetes and Aging. The investigator must demonstrate that they have a research plan that is distinct from the work of their mentors’ program, is important and is achievable.
Institutional commitment: The host institution will provide a faculty appointment (ordinarily at the Assistant Professor level) to the applicant. The host institution will include a detailed statement ensuring its obligation to provide a full Start-Up package (including financial and non-financial support), proving its commitment to a long-term relationship that fully supports the investigator's own independent lab. The applicant will be provided with an office, administrative support, research space and required core facilities to support the proposed work. The Institution will limit teaching and/or clinical practice requirements to no more than one day per week. The Institution salary contribution will be made independent of clinical practice revenue.
Up to $120,000 per year, including 10% indirect costs, will be awarded for up to 3 years.
Eligibility criteria include:
- Preference will be given to applicants that have not held a faculty position or equivalent for more than one year. The investigator must demonstrate that they have a research plan that is distinct from the work of their mentors’ program, is important and is achievable.
- Preference will be given to applicants able to devote at least 80% of their research effort in Year 1 of the grant to the project described in the application and those whose first year of funding from non-Hillblom sources will not interfere with that 80% commitment.
Please see RFP for full criteria.
To Apply:
- This is an open RFP (UCSF may submit an unlimited number of applications).
- Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Please notify your Grants Officer as soon as possible of your intention to apply to ensure that they will have enough time to support your application.
- Application deadline is January 31, 2026.
For more information and to review complete application instructions and eligibility requirements, please visit https://llhf.org/programs/startup-grant/.