Office of Research
Open Call: Global Health; K-12 STEM Education Activities; Economic Mobility
The Lilly Foundation’s work is guided by a charitable vision of a world where every person has an opportunity to live their healthiest life. Through grantmaking focused on Lilly Foundation’s charitable vision, grants can serve as a catalyst for closing gaps and empowering individuals and communities to thrive.
All proposals should demonstrate clear alignment with at least one focus area and include charitable outcomes that are measurable and consistent with the Foundation’s long-term charitable goals.
Focus areas: Global Health; K-12 STEM Education Activities; Economic Mobility. The Global Health focus area aims to support U.S. charitable organizations involved in charitable efforts to improve access to quality health care for resource-limited communities in low- and lower-middle-income countries and in the United States. This work by these charitable organizations focuses on closing gaps in quality health care by improving access, bringing services closer to where people live and addressing the high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in resource-limited settings. To the extent permissible, priority is given to charitable efforts related to cardiometabolic health in these communities.The other 2 focus areas (K-12 STEM Education Activities and Economic Mobility) are focused on communities in Marion County, Indiana,
Application Instructions
Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:
- A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
- If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
- CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.
to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Late pre-proposals will not be considered. Pre-proposals are due to the sponsor 7/3/2026 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. If invited by the funder, full applications will be due in late July.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.