New Grant Programs

Grant maker: Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.)
Program: Early Career Scientist Program
Purpose: To support researchers who have from two to six years of experience running their own laboratory
Amount available: $300-million over six years
Web site: http://www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/earlycareer2009

Grant maker: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
Program: Grand Challenges Explorations
Purpose: To help scientists pursue projects that may solve major health problems worldwide
Amount available: $100-million
Web site: http://www.gcgh.org/explorations

Grant maker: Goldman Sachs Group (New York)
Program: 10,000 Women
Purpose: To provide poor women in developing countries with business education
Amount available: $100-million over five years
Web site: http://www.10000women.org

Grant maker: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (San Francisco) and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Program: Health Through Action: For Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Purpose: To provide health services for immigrant families who cannot afford health care, lack adequate insurance, or do not speak English
Amount available: $16.5-million
Web site: http://apiahf.org/HTA/HTA_index.html

Grant maker: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.)
Program: Consumer Voices for Coverage
Purpose: To strengthen groups that work to expand health insurance for needy people
Amount available: $15-million over three years
Web site: http://www.voicesforcoverage.org

Grant maker: David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.)
Program: Finish Line Project
Purpose: To support groups that advocate expanded health-insurance coverage for children
Amount available: $15-million over five years
Web site: http://www.packard.org/finishlineproject

Grant maker: Open Society Institute (Baltimore)
Program: Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap
Purpose: To expand access to treatments for drug addicts and alcoholics
Amount available: $10-million
Web site: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/treatmentgap