The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
UCSC Contact: Samantha Forde |forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Opportunity: Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative
Application Due: December 4, 2025, 12pm, PT
Overview
The Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach healthy and adverse pregnancy outcomes using creative basic and translation science methods.BWF aims to support underlying mechanisms of normal pregnancy, preeclampsia, preterm birth, and late term pregnancy loss
Please see the full guidelines here.
Please see a list of previous grant recipients.
Eligibility
- Proposals can be submitted by individual investigators or research teams designating a contact principal investigator. At least one member of the team must have training and expertise outside the traditional areas of reproductive science.
- Proposals that cross discipline and/or institutional boundaries (partnerships between multiple universities or collaborations within larger universities) are encouraged.
- BWF strongly encourages applications from or projects focused on persons who have been historically underrepresented in the research enterprise.
Award Amount & Terms
- Each award will continue to provide up to $500,000 over a four-year period ($125,000 per year)
- Up to seven research grants will be awarded.
- No indirect costs allowed
Timeline
- Dec 04, 2025 Application Deadline
- Apr 7-8, 2026 Finalist Interviews
- May 31, 2026 Notice of Award
- October 01, 2026 Award Start Date
- September 31, 2031 Award End Date
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (fr@ucsc.edu). Please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.
Call sent: October 9, 2025
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Advancement. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations and corporations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits.
For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website: FR Calls for Funding.