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Limited Submission Opportunity for DeNardo Education and Research Foundation 

01/24/2025

The DeNardo Education and Research Foundation invites applications from individuals for initiatives relating to the health sciences for funding to be utilized in 2025 through 2027.

The Foundation is soliciting proposals in the following areas of interest:

  1. Student research scholarships
  2. Cancer research relating to novel therapy, translational research and/or imaging and
  3. Health science lectureship.

Unsolicited proposals will not be considered.

Detailed budgets up to $50,000/year for two years for a total of up to $100,000 should be prepared for each proposal and do not count towards the page limit. Funds (provided annually) are intended for expenses directly related to the activity or research and are not for administrative and salary costs other than part of the salary of a student or trainee’s directly involved.

Budgets for research activities should specify any potential overlapping funding. Budgets may include part of the costs of publications that acknowledge this Foundation’s support. Laboratory research project budgets can contain indirect cost with a maximum of 10%.

Guidance for the Nomination Process

An internal competition will be held to assign three slots. Interested PIs should submit a 3-5 page summary of their proposal, and C.V. in OpenWater by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb 14, 2025.

A SLU faculty selection committee will review and select the most suitable applicants and notify all applicants of the outcome by Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, barring any unforeseen circumstances. 

The full proposal deadline is Sunday, March 30, 2025.  

For further information, including program guidelines and a complete list of requirements can be found online.   

For more information or questions on the Foundation, contact Wendy Schlesinger at wendy.schlesinger@slu.edu or 977-2499.

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