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W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program

There will be an informational workshop on November 30, 2016 from 12-2pm in UMC 247. Dr. Prashant Nagpal, a 2014 Keck grantee, will highlight how to succeed with Keck and attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions. Click here to RSVP. Lunch will be served.

http://www.wmkeck.org/grant-programs/research

Deadlines and Internal Application

Internal CU Deadline and Application Link: 11:59pm MST January 5, 2017

https://cuboulderovcr.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/home/3087

Keck Phase I Application Deadline: 5:30pm MST May 1, 2017

Keck Full Proposal Deadline: 5:30pm MST August 15, 2017

Program Summary 

The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas (1) medical research and (2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Past grants have been awarded to major universities, independent research institutions, and medical schools to support pioneering biological and physical science research and engineering, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies. 

Funding is awarded to universities and institutions nationwide for projects in research that:

• Focus on important and emerging areas of research
• Have the potential to develop breakthrough technologies, instrumentation or methodologies
• Are innovative, distinctive and interdisciplinary
• Demonstrate a high level of risk due to unconventional approaches, or by challenging the prevailing paradigm
• Have the potential for transformative impact, such as the founding of a new field of research, the enabling of observations not previously possible, or the altered perception of a previously intractable problem
• Does not focus on clinical or translational research, treatment trials or research for the sole purpose of drug development
• Fall outside the mission of public funding agencies
• Demonstrate that private philanthropy generally, and the W. M. Keck Foundation in particular, is essential to the project’s success.

Keck Foundation’s Limited Submission Guidelines

One proposal per each category:

1. Medical Research
2. Science and Engineering

Award Information

Historically, grants range from $500,000 to $5 million, but are typically $1 million or less.