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The university is strongly urged to contact Foundation staff during the pre-application counseling period, which takes place between January 1 and February 15 leading up to a May 1 Phase I submission. In addition to the title of your proposed submission, please submit a one page concept paper summarizing the aims, significance, methods, and goals/outcomes of your project with your notice of intent.
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Title
Science and Engineering Program
Agencies
W. M. Keck Foundation
Description
The Foundation strives to fund endeavors that are distinctive and novel in their approach. It encourages projects that are high-risk with the potential for transformative impact. "High-risk" comprises a number of factors, including questions that push the edge of the field, present unconventional approaches to intractable problems, or challenge the prevailing paradigm. In all our programs, "transformative" may mean creation of a new field of research, development of new instrumentation enabling observations not previously possible, or discovery of knowledge that challenges prevailing perspectives. In addition to the above, in the Southern California Program, transformative may also mean positioning an organization for growth and adaptability. Applicants may find it helpful to look over the abstracts of recent grants for understanding funding priorities. Grant abstracts may be found on our website within the particular program of interest.
Funding is awarded to universities and institutions nationwide for projects in research that:
1. Focus on important and emerging areas of research;
2. Have the potential to develop breakthrough technologies, instrumentation or methodologies;
3. Are innovative, distinctive and interdisciplinary;
4. Demonstrate a high level of risk due to unconventional approaches, or by challenging the prevailing paradigm;
5. Have the potential for transformative impact, such as the founding of a new field of research, the enabling of observations not previously possible, or the altered perception of a previously intractable problem;
6. Does not focus on clinical or translational research, treatment trials or research for the sole purpose of drug development;
7.; Fall outside the mission of public funding agencies
8. Demonstrate that private philanthropy generally, and the W. M. Keck Foundation in particular, is essential to the project’s success
More Information
http://www.wmkeck.org/
Submission Limits
One per institution
Deadlines
Internal Notice of Intent |
Dec 9, 2019 |
Notification of Internal Competition |
Dec 7, 2019 |
Internal Pre-proposal |
Dec 20, 2019 |
Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 14, 2020 |
Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
Agency Proposal |
May 1, 2020
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