Website Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Summary Info
The mission of the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation (EMJF) is to support early-stage investigators engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease. This grant provides $225,000 over 3 years for tenure-track faculty in their first to fourth years of their first faculty appointment. The grants are designed specifically to provide M.D. and/or Ph.D. faculty members start-up support to move their project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained. EMJF does not support projects that are already under way or are receiving significant grant support. Applicants with R01 funding should not apply.
Due date for internal applications: June 9, 2025.
Due date for submission to Mallinckrodt: August 1, 2025.
Previous UCI award recipients:
- Cholsoon Jang, 2020, Defining inter-organ metabolic communication in health and cardiovascular disease
- Max Plikus, 2013, Induction of adipose tissue regeneration as the novel anti-fibrotic strategy in wound healing
The Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant program is offered every other year, and this program awarded 10 grants in 2023.
Internal Application Instructions
UCI may forward one nomination. Therefore, interested applicants are asked to submit a preliminary application via the UCI Review system by Monday June 9, 2025 with the following information:
- Brief proposal (2 pages in 12 pt Times New Roman or Arial, 1” margins):
- Hypothesis or idea for research and how it fits the goal of the program described above.
- Overview written for a well-educated lay audience. Include summary of the goals, any pilot studies or data already in hand, and the unique aspects of your project and its significance.
- Aims and Objectives: brief descriptions of the milestones you expect to achieve over the funding period.
- Methodology: briefly describe your approach – “how” not just “what” you will do.
- NIH Style Biosketch
An ad hoc committee will review internal applications and select one nominee in time for the August 1st sponsor deadline. More information about this funding opportunity may be found at https://emallinckrodtfoundation.org/guidelines.
For questions regarding this grant program, please contact Marianne Smith in Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR), and for questions regarding the internal competition review process, please contact Mike Gallo in the Office of Research
To apply for this funding opportunity please visit uci.infoready4.com.