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Frontiers Group

Open calls for science funding

Identifying and supporting cutting-edge science to advance new ideas and new approaches. 

Through funding from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group enables cutting-edge bioscience around the world. Calls for proposals are targeted to high-risk, high-impact opportunities and seek innovative, ambitious project ideas that:

  • Open a new field of research
  • Upend current scientific dogma
  • Change our fundamental understanding of an aspect of biology
  • Are catalytic for a research community
  • Are unlikely to be supported by traditional funders or by industry
  • Have the potential for significant impact on human health

The Frontiers Group solicits proposals through open calls or by invitation. We do not accept unsolicited proposals.

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Neurobiology in Changing Environments. Up to one award will be made for up to $10 million in total funding.
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