Eligibility & Use of Funds
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organizations are eligible to apply.
- Applications must be for the work of individual investigators and not for the general work of research centers.
- The organization must be located in the five-county Greater Philadelphia region(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties) or the City of Camden, NJ.
- Each organization may submit no more than one (1) grant application for each discipline – Heart Disease, Cancer, AIDS. It is up to each organization to conduct an internal selection process to determine the one (1) principal investigator / research project to represent the institution for each discipline.
- A maximum of one (1) proposal per parent organization may be submitted in each granting category (i.e. Heart Disease, Cancer, or AIDS) regardless of the number of EINs available under the organization.
- Copies of all published material relevant to a proposed research project must be made available to the Trust both before and after a grant is made.
Award Terms & Use of Funds
- Funds must be used for basic medical research in the areas of Heart Disease, Cancer, or AIDS.
- Applications must be for the work of individual investigators and not for the general work of research centers.
- Grants are awarded for a one (1) year term.
- Awards typically range from $100,000 – $125,000 (including 10% indirect costs). For example, a $125,000 grant would consist of $113,636 direct costs and $11,364 indirect costs.
- Direct costs may include salaries, travel, equipment, and supplies directly benefiting the grant-supported project.
- Limit budget to costs that can be directly assigned to the research project relatively easily and with a high degree of accuracy.
- Note: No funds will be awarded solely for equipment.
- Applications must be submitted online through the Trust’s portal. Note: The Trust no longer accepts hard copy or emailed applications.
Guidelines
How To Apply
- Applications must be submitted through the Trust’s online application portal. The Trust no longer accepts hard copy or emailed applications.
- Click Apply to access our online portal.
- If you are a new applicant organization, you can register for an account.
- If you are a recent applicant or grantee, you can login your existing account to begin a new application.
- If you think that you or someone else in your organization may have previusly applied to W. W. Smith, please do not create a new account. Instead, email us at info@wwsmithcharitabletrust.org, and we will verify your organization’s application history with the Trust and ensure that you have updated login credentials.
