Funding

Funder: The Burroughs Welcome Fund

Program: Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH)​ Award

The PATH award program is highly competitive and provides funding to study pathogenesis: the points where the systems of humans and potentially infectious agents connect. The program gives recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues of inquiry, stimulating higher-risk research projects that hold potential for significantly advancing our understanding of how infectious diseases work and how health is maintained. Whiteley is one of 8 scientists in 2024 that received a grant of $500,000 over five years.

• Read the press release from The Burroughs Welcome Fund
• Full list of PATH recipients link

Funder: The Pew Charitable Trusts

Program: Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. Whiteley is one of 22 early career scientists in 2023 that received $300,000 over four years to spearhead innovative studies exploring human health and medicine.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Read the press release from The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Pew Scholars Directory link

Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (OD), NIH Common Fund, and NIH National Center For Complementary & Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Program: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2)

Grant number: DP2AT012346

The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission. Our work is on Deciphering the crosstalk between bacteria and their mammalian hosts​. Each awardee will receive a grant of $1,500,000 in direct costs over five years.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Read the press release from the NIH
• NIH RePorter link

Funder: University of Colorado

Program: AB Nexus Grant Program

The AB Nexus Grant Program supports collaborative research between CU Boulder and CU Anschutz Medical School campuses. Our work is on Nucleotide Second Messengers at the Host-Pathogen Interface, in collaboration with Dr. Kelly S. Doran, PhD, (Department of Immunology and Microbiology), CU Anschutz. Each AB Nexus grantee team will receive a $50,000 grant over 18 months.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• Read the story Catalyzing a Culture of Collaboration from CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Funder: Boettcher Foundation

Program: Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program

The Boettcher Foundation has named Aaron and 7 others to the 2022 class of Boettcher Investigators through the Boettcher Foundation’s Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program. The prestigious award supports promising, early career scientific researchers, allowing them to advance their independent research in Colorado and compete for major federal and private awards in the future. Each Boettcher Investigator will receive a $235,000 grant to support up to three years of biomedical research.

• Read the story in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
• See the announcement from the University of Colorado

Funder: Mallinckrodt Foundation

Program: Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant

The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation supports early-stage biomedical investigators engaged in basic and translational research that has the potential to make fundamental advances in biomedical science. Each grantee receives a $180,000 grant to support three years of biomedical research.