Funding Opportunities

2025 SPECIAL CALL – MP3 INITIATIVE GRANTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT

The goal of the MP3 Initiative is to facilitate and grow basic and applied infectious disease research across scales at Emory University, from molecules and pathogens within hosts, to populations and pandemics. For this cycle, the MP3 initiative invites applications to support graduate students who do research on the study and control of infectious diseases across scales, and who are affected by recent funding cuts.

Due Dates

• Proposal Due:  June 1, 2025
• Award Notification:  July 2025
• Funding Begins:  September 1, 2025

Project Eligibility

• Proposals must specifically address cross-scale infectious disease dynamics; grants will not be awarded for research within one scale of biological organization.
• Proposal must fund pre-doctoral students who have been affected by recent federal government cancellations of institutional training grants, personal training grants, or research grant supplements.

Applicant Eligibility 

• The Principal Investigator must hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) or equivalent degree.
• The Principal Investigator must be the advisor of a graduate student who is affected by recent funding cuts.
• Priority is given to students who are in their third, fourth or fifth year of training in the IMP, MMG, PBEE, BIOS, EHS, or EPI programs. 

Funding: Number of grants and budget Maximums

• Current budget allows for the funding of 2 grants of $35k each

 Funding:  Duration

• 09/01/2025 – 08/31/2026.

Requirements:

• Applications will consist of: (1) a letter written by the PI, explaining the need for the request, an explanation of how the research of the student aligns of the goals with the MP3 initiative, and a short description of the student’s program and year of training (maximum 2 pages); (2) a resume of the student.
• Upon funding, the principal investigator(s) and graduate student must submit progress reports and respond to subsequent requests for updates on any outcomes.

All applicants must apply through our online grant portal. 

MP3 Grant Portal

For more information, please contact Todd Swink at tswink@emory.edu.   You can also visit our website for more information including active awards and their abstracts. 

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