Office of Research Development

Internal Funding Opportunities

Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute provides internal funding opportunities to its researchers. Funding opportunities may vary depending on the year and cycle.

Spring 2025 Cycle now closed, Fall 2025 Cycle information coming soon.

Spring 2025 Internal Funding Opportunities 

These opportunities provide resources to a faculty member or other person who has PI-eligible status to develop projects that will lead to a highly competitive extramural application for sustained research support within 18 months of receiving the award.

This section includes information on available Spring 2025 funding opportunities along with links to detailed requests for applications. Send questions about eligibility or the application process to manneresearchinstituteiga@luriechildrens.org.

The Division of Endocrinology announces the application cycle for its annual Endocrine Pilot Project grants. The division requests collaborative project submissions that will provide preliminary data for future multi-disciplinary grant applications while advancing the world of clinical or translational endocrinology.  

The lead principle investigator must be an endocrinology faculty member or other member of the Division of Endocrinology who has PI-eligible status. Co-investigators and collaborators may be outside of the division. 

Application requirements are detailed in the requests for application for each award type. 

Potential applicants are required to submit a letter of intent to the Division of Endocrinology prior to an application submission. 

  • Letter of Intent Deadline: April 22 (Closed)
    • Please note: Letters of intent should be brief and only need the topic and list of potential collaborators. 
    • Email letters of intent to endocrinegrants@luriechildrens.org.

Application now closed

The Health@Home Healthcare Innovation Grant Awards are part of the Health@Home strategic research initiative at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute. Health@Home's goal is to catalyze science that transforms how digital healthcare is developed and delivered outside of hospital and clinic walls. Lurie Children's faculty and research scientists are invited to submit proposals that advance our understanding of how we can improve the health of children and the wellbeing of their families at home and in the community through advances in technology and devices.  

Available Opportunities 

  • Activation Grant is a grant for up to $10,000 designed to activate new research data collection protocols and/or healthcare techniques in the home and community. 
  • Today Grant is a grant for up to $15,000 designed to assess how existing health interventions are impacting a healthcare process or health outcome. 
  • Tomorrow Grant is a grant for up to $50,000 designed for a project aimed at developing a new healthcare intervention not yet in clinical practice or further mature an existing program that is hypothesized to improve a specific healthcare process or outcome. 

Application now closed

The Mary J.C. Hendrix Outstanding Graduate Student Award recognizes a Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute graduate student for a high level of scholastic achievement, research engagement, and productivity with $5,000 to support the awardee’s research. The award is made possible through the ongoing generosity of the Children’s Research Fund. The award is for a one-year period. Funds are awareded on a competitive basis, considering scholastic achievement, research productivity, innovative research ideas, and extramural funding. 

Application now closed

The Proposal Revision Award is a one-year award for up to $100,000 to support the preparation of a revision and resubmission of an application for federal research support. The prior extramural application must have received a priority score and full review by the sponsor within the past two years. Training grants (e.g., K08, K23, TL2) and R03 submissions do not qualify for this award. 

Application now closed

The Schreiber Family Center for Early Childhood Health and Wellness announces the Generating Research on Outcomes of exposures and experiences from Womb to age 5 (GROW to 5) Planning Grant initiative. The center will support up to three one-year grant awards, allowing for the collection of pilot data that will increase the competitiveness of extramural proposals for career development K, R, P, and U-series awards. 

Available Opportunities

  • Cultivate Award is for up to $25,000 for a one-year project period to engage family or community members to establish or enhance research partnerships.
  • Flourish Award is for up to $75,000 for a one-year project period to develop a multi-project research program or cooperative agreement proposal.
  • Nourish Award is for up to $50,000 for a one-year project to support the advancement of junior faculty pursuing mentored career development awards (K or equivalent).
  • Thrive Award is for up to $50,000 for a one-year project period to collect pilot data for an R-series proposal. 

Application now closed

Applicant Resources

Researchers interested in applying to any of the internal funding opportunities have many resources available to them listed below. Email manneresearchinstituteiga@luriechildrens.org with questions or for support. 

Manne Research Institute strongly encourages applicants to leverage the following resources for proposal design and budgeting: 

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