Jul 17, 2025
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Status:
Now Accepting Applications
Apply For This Grant:
Eligibility & Application Process:
The competition will employ a two-stage process.
Advisory Committee
Andrew Alspaugh, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center
Craig E. Cameron, PhD
Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Sara Cherry, PhD
John W. Eckman Professor of Medical Science
Department of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania
Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
Chief, Division of Infectious Disease
Co-Director, Integrative Microbiology program
University of California San Francisco
Michael Glickman, MD (Co-Chair)
Member, Immunology Program
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Alfred P. Sloan Chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christopher A. Hunter, PhD (Co-Chair)
Professor of Pathobiology
Department of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Manuel Llinas, PhD
Ernest C. Pollard Priofessor in Biotechnology
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology and Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
Carolina B. López Zalaquett, PhD
Professor and BJC Investigator
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Daniel Mucida, PhD
Professor and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology
The Rockefeller University
Russell Vance, PhD
Professor; HHMI Investigator
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California-Berkeley
Additional members may be added to the committee.
Award Timeline
Apr 28 - 30, 2025
Finalist Interviews
Jul 17, 2025
Letter of Intent Deadline
Oct 03, 2025
Invitation to Submit a Full Proposal
Nov 13, 2025
Application Deadline
May 31, 2026
Notice of Award
Jul 01, 2026
Award Start Date
Jun 30, 2031
Award End Date