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Research Funding: your donations at work!

The National Kidney Foundation makes grants for promising basic research and also funds several initiatives to improve education and training for the next generation of kidney researchers. If you are interested in applying for funding under the Postdoctoral Fellowship, Young Investigator Grant, or Clinical Scientist Award programs, download application materials here.

Through an array of partners, such as Ocean Spray Cranberries, the Renal Nutrition Council, Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians, and the Council of Nephrology Social Workers, the National Kidney Foundation also makes grants for research in special topics. Please visit the national web site for applications and more information on these research programs.

With its outstanding medical research institutions, our area has garnered many of these awards in the past. Cutting edge research and education pave the way for improved patient care for everyone!

NKF Funding for Local Research
 
2004-2005
  

Clinical Scientist Award to:
Ian Rifkin, MD, PhD at Boston Medical Center
$50,000
Young Investigator Grants to:
Michael Clarkson, MB at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Georgi V. Petkov, PhD at University of Vermont
Myles Wolf, MD at Massachusetts General Hospital
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000

Research Fellowships to
Vipul Chitalia, MD at Boston Medical Center;
Sponsor: Herbert T. Cohen, MD
Xiaobo Gao, PhD at Children’s Hospital, Boston
Sponsor: Jordan Kriedberg, MD, PhD
Tobin Hoppes, MD at University of Vermont
Sponsor: Alan Segal, MD
Christine Kurchat, MD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sponsor: Seth L. Alper, MD
Madhumati Rao, MD at New England Medical Center
Sponsor: Brian Pereira, MD
Vishal Vaidya, PhD at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Sponsor: Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD


$40,000

$40,000

$40,000

$40,000

$40,000

$40,000
2003-2004
  

Clinical Scientist Award to:
Ian Rifkin, MD, PhD at Boston University School of Medicine
$50,000
Young Investigator Grants to:
Georgi Petkov, PhD  at University of Vermont 
Kwon Moo Park, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
$50,000
$50,000

Research Fellowships to:
Vipul Chitalia, MBBS at  Boston University Medical Center
Xiaobo Gao, PhD at  Children's Hospital-Boston
Dirk Hentschel, MD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Reshma Kewalramini, MD at Brigham & Women's Hospital
Madhumathi Rao, MD at New England Medical Center
Vishal Vaidya, PhD at Brigham & Women's Hospital
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
2002-2003
  

Clinical Scientist Award to:
Ian R. Rifkin, MD, PhD at Boston University School of Medicine


$50,000
Young Investigator Grants to:
Vaidyanathapuram Balakrishnan, MD, PhD at New England Medical Center
Kwon Moo Park, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
$45,000
$50,000
Enuresis Research Grant to:
William Vogel, PhD at University of Massachusetts Medical School
$12,500
Research Fellowships to:
Murat Bastepe, MD, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Ali Nayer, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Karoly Szekeres, PhD at Boston Children's Hospital
Jing Yu, PhD at Harvard University
Dirk Hentshel, MD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Reshma Kewalramani, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$35,000
$35,000
2001-2002
 
Clinical Scientist Award to:
Bradley M. Denker, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$50,000

Young Investigator Grants to:
Alessandro Alessandrini, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Anil K. Chandraker, MRCP at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ian R. Rifkin, PhD at Boston Medical Center
Peter Zvara, MD, PhD at University of Vermont
Vaidyanathapuram Balakrishnan, MD, PhD at New England Medical Center
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$45,000
Research Fellowships to:
Richard Bouley, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Nader Najafian, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tian-xiao Sun, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Murat Bastepe, MD, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Neera Dahl, MD, PhD at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Junichi Hirahashi, MD, PhD at Harvard Institutes of Medicine
Wolfgang Kuehn, MD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana Miskulin, MD at New England Medical Center
Ali Nayer, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Karoly Szekeres, PhD at Boston Children's Hospital
Jing Yu, PhD at Harvard University
$30,000
$30,000
$30,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
$32,000
2000-2001
 
Clinical Scientist Award to:
Bradley M. Denker, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$50,000
Young Investigator Grants to:
Alessandro Alessandrini, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Anil K. Chandraker, MRCP at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ian R. Rifkin, PhD at Boston Medical Center
Peter Zvara, MD, PhD at University of Vermont
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
Research Fellowships to:
Guillermo Ameer, DSc. at MIT
Won Kook Han, MD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Nader Najafian, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Richard Bouley, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jarmo T. Laine, MD, PhD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kelly A. McLaughlin, PhD at Harvard Medical School
Tian-xiao Sun, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$30,000
$30,000
$30,000
$30,000
1999-2000
 
Clinical Scientist Awards to:
Bradley M. Denker, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jerrold S. Levine, MD at Boston Medical Center
Martin Pollack, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mohamed Sayegh, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
$25,000
Research Fellowships to:
Jarmo T. Laine, MD, PhD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas A. Natoli, PhD at Boston Children's Hospital
Karl L. Womer, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Guillermo Ameer, DSc. at MIT
Sumant Chugh, MD at Boston Medical Center
Won Kook Han, MD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Bertrand Knebelmann, MD, PhD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nader Najafian, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
1998-99
  

Clinical Scientist Awards to:
Jerrold S. Levine, MD at Boston Medical Center
Martin Pollack, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mohamed Sayegh, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital


$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
Young Investigator Grant to:
Herbert T. Cohen, MD at Boston Medical Center
$25,000
Research Fellowships to:
Thomas A. Natoli, PhD at Boston Children's Hospital
Karl L. Womer, MD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Carmen Pepicelli, PhD at Harvard University
Corrine Gustafson, PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jarmo T. Laine, MD, PhD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bertrand L. Jaber. MD at New England Medical Center
Gregory Tesch, PhD at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000

To reach the National Kidney Foundation of Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire and Vermont, please call:
800-542-4001

To visit the National Kidney Foundation web site:
www.kidney.org