Funder: Charles H. Hood Foundation
Due Dates: Due Dates (Anticipated): Not yet announced
Funding Amounts: $200,000 over two years ($100,000 annually, inclusive of 10% indirect costs)
Summary: Supports early-career investigators pursuing creative child health research and establishing independent research programs.
Key Information: Applicants must be newly independent faculty at nonprofit academic, medical, or research institutions in New England.
Description
The Charles H. Hood Foundation’s Child Health Research Awards Program supports early-career investigators whose work has the potential to advance children’s health and well-being. Its scope includes basic science, clinical investigation, public health, health services research, and epidemiology. The awards provide resources to pursue creative ideas, establish independent research programs, and build a foundation for future funding.
The program reflects the Foundation’s mission to improve children’s health and quality of life. Since its inception, it has supported 693 early-career investigators. Recipients describe using awards to collect preliminary data, hire research staff, secure protected research time, and develop work that helped them obtain subsequent funding.
