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Funding Priorities

The Eppley Foundation for Research was incorporated in 1947 for the purpose of "increasing knowledge in pure or applied science...in chemistry, physics and biology through study, research and publication."

Today the Foundation funds projects in medicine, life sciences and the physical sciences. Particular areas of interest include innovative medical investigations and applications, endangered animals and ecosystems, and climate change.

The Foundation does not support work in the social sciences, education or computer science, and only rarely funds research into diseases that have considerable financial support available, such as AIDS, diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

The Foundation does not fund work that can qualify for funding from conventional sources such as the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health, or similar agencies at the state level. We consider the most effective use of our limited funds to be research-initiation grants, with the understanding that sufficient work can be performed to enable the investigator to apply for greater sums from federal or other sources.

It is important to the Foundation that the work proposed be novel in its insights and unlikely to be underway elsewhere. The Foundation is prepared to take risks.

How to Apply

Who may apply 
The Eppley Foundation supports advanced scientific research by Ph.D.s or M.D.s with an established record of publication in their specialties. Candidates with newly awarded doctorates occasionally, but rarely, meet the Foundation's requirements for advanced research. Any applicant to the Foundation must be associated with a recognized educational or research institution with 501(c)3 status; a nonprofit organization. Funds are not issued directly to individuals.

Grants may be awarded for research in foreign countries but only when such applicants are US-based or associated with a US institution that will administer the grant on their behalf. The Foundation rarely considers proposals from foreign nationals studying in the US solely because they are therefore unable to qualify for federal funds.

The proposal 
Letters of inquiry, not to exceed four pages, should be received by September 15th or March 15th. Submissions in advance of those deadlines are encouraged. Invited grant proposals are considered during board meetings in December and June of each year. For invited proposals, due on October 15 or April 15, there is no page limit, but the proposal is expected to be concise and incorporate clear statements of significance, objectives, novelty, methods, expectations of success, and why the researcher believes the work cannot reasonably expect federal support, or support from other conventional funding sources. There should also be a discussion of the broader ramifications of your work once it is completed.

Notification of a successful application usually follows within two weeks of board meetings. A true emergency may be considered outside this schedule.

Required documents

• Candidates should fill out an application form to accompany their grant proposals.
• Two letters of reference are required from scientists acquainted with the investigation and with the researcher in search of support. The letters should accompany the grant proposals.
• A cv should be included for each investigator.
• Include a budget, as described below.

Budgeting the Grant Request

The Eppley Foundation for Research is a small, family foundation that disburses up to $250,000 a year. Dozens of proposals compete annually for this modest sum.

The Foundation does not provide operating funds. The Foundation will fund a specific investigation in its entirety or a specified portion of a larger project. In the case of the latter, the Foundation requires assurance that all funds will be in hand at the time the research begins to ensure that the work proposed can be completed. When the Foundation is asked to fund the first year of a multiple-year investigation, all funds must be committed at the time of initiation in order to ensure that the work can be sustained until its completion.

An itemized budget should accompany all proposals, and a budget justification. The Foundation limits its contribution to overhead to 15 percent. Travel and fringe benefits do not qualify for overhead allocation.

The grant proposal may include requests for equipment, but the Foundation does not fund proposals that are primarily for equipment.

Contact

If invited to send a full proposal, send a printed copy of the to the address below and an e-mail copy to ngrid.e@earthlink.net. Email the proposal and application form as Word docs, not pdf, not docx. Attachments may be in any format. E-mail your Letter of Inquiry to Ingrid Eisenstadter at ingrid.e [at] earthlink.net. If invited to send a full proposal, send a printed copy of the proposal to the address below and an e-mail copy to ingrid.e [at] earthlink.net.

Email the proposal and application form as Word docs, not pdf, not docx. Attachments may be in any format.

Ingrid Eisenstadter
The Eppley Foundation for Research
Box 359
244 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016

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