With a mission of advancing the research and understanding of human microbiota, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is calling on inspired early career researchers from American institutions in the microbiome field to submit proposals for funding their projects. Leveraging a national board of independent scientists to select the most exciting proposal and to help fund young investigators, Biocodex plans to lead the charge in this field of study by giving an annual national grant to different research topics in the microbiome field.
For 2025, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation American grant will be awarded to an investigator studying “Beyond the gut: The role of the gut microbiome on whole body health focusing on innovative research exploring the impact of gut microbiota on systemic health, including autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic conditions”. This grant may be applied to a new or an existing ongoing study.
This grant is intended to be mainly an operational grant, not a salary grant. Indirect institutional costs are allowed (up to 10%).
Applicants must be an advanced degree holder. The grant must be applied to research in a USA institution. Applicants may have no more than 10 years of research experience post-terminal degree (time spent in clinical training is excluded). The ideal candidate is an early career researcher with 5 years or less research experience. The grant is intended as a seeding or bridging grant, to help investigators initiate or continue a project to become independent.