Research resources

Funding

Find current funding opportunities for research at Wits.

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Grant

Supports small studies of ethical, legal and social issues in human genetics and genomics. Suitable projects include focused conceptual or legal analyses, preliminary data collecti...

Opens
2025-01-17
Deadline
2026-10-16
Funding amount
Up to USD 50,000 in direct costs per year
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19

Exploratory Grants in Cancer Control (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Research funding opportunity

Supports early-stage ideas with potential to advance population-based cancer prevention and control. Projects may develop new methods, models or interventions addressing cancer ris...

Opens
2025-01-16
Deadline
2026-10-16
Funding amount
Up to USD 275,000 in direct costs over 2 years; maximum USD 200,000 per year
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19

Full-Scale Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Required)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Research funding opportunity

Supports definitive hybrid trials that assess both the effectiveness of mental health interventions and strategies for implementing them in accessible care or community settings. S...

Opens
2025-01-14
Deadline
2026-10-15
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19

Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Neurotherapeutic Agent Characterization and In vivo Efficacy Studies (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Research funding opportunity

Supports early translational studies of candidate treatments for neurological or neuromuscular disorders, including drug activity, pharmacokinetics and efficacy in living models. P...

Opens
2025-01-19
Deadline
2026-10-20
Funding amount
Up to USD 750,000 in direct costs over 3 years; maximum USD 499,000 per year
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19

Innovative Screening Approaches and Therapies for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Research funding opportunity

Supports development of screening methods or early treatments for serious conditions identified through newborn screening, including high-priority genetic disorders that could beco...

Opens
2025-01-05
Deadline
2026-10-05
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19

Investigator Initiated Innovation in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Grant

Supported broadly applicable computational, statistical and bioinformatics methods for human genomics, including new analytical tools and scalable research software. This call clos...

Opens
2025-01-06
Funding amount
Less than USD 500,000 in direct costs per year
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19

Investigator Initiated Innovation in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Funder: National Institutes of Health · Opportunity type: Grant

Supported exploratory computational genomics and data science methods, including analytical approaches and software useful across diseases and biological systems. This call closed ...

Opens
2025-01-16
Funding amount
Up to USD 275,000 in direct costs over 2 years; maximum USD 200,000 per year
Call status
Closed
Last checked
2026-09-19