Innovation in Regulatory Science Research Grants provide $500,000 over five years to support investigators who are addressing research questions that will lead to innovation in regulatory science, with ultimate translation of those results into improving the regulatory process. The Regulatory Science Advisory Committee will review all applications, interview finalists, and make recommendations for awards to the BWF Board of Directors. Candidate eligibility requirements are shown below.

An eligibility quiz has been created to assist you in determining whether you are eligible to apply for this award. Successful completion of the quiz will take you directly to the preproposal application. You will be notified upon conclusion of the quiz if you are not eligible to continue.

• Candidates must hold an M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., or M.D.-Ph.D. degree.
  
• Candidates must be based at a non-profit institution [501(c)(3) or equivalent] in the U.S. or Canada.
  
• Candidates must hold a faculty position tenure-track or non-tenure track, or adjunct faculty position at an accredited, degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada.
  
• Candidates must be an investigator at the assistant, associate, or full professor level.
  
• Candidates must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application. Persons who have applied for permanent resident status but have not received their government documentation by the time of the preproposal application deadline are not eligible.
• Temporary residents of the U.S. or Canada are not eligible.
  
•  Applications may be submitted by individual candidates, or may have up to a total of three co-investigators. Co-investigators need not be at the same institution; however, one person must be designated as the primary investigator, and must meet all eligibility requirements.
  

During the award period:

• Grants must be made to non-profit institutions [501(c)(3) or equivalent] in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the award recipient.
• Indirect costs may not be charged against BWF grants.
  

Candidates with questions regarding their eligibility should contact BWF in advance of the preproposal deadline by emailing Debi Vought, senior program associate or calling (919-991-5116).

BWF makes no exceptions to its policies.