Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Grantmaking Process &
Open Competitions

Grantmaking Process

In developing and administering its Medical Research Program, the foundation relies on input from advisory councils of leading medical researchers and global health experts. In addition, all proposals under consideration for funding undergo rigorous peer review by several independent experts.

The Medical Research Program’s grants are typically awarded through formal requests for proposals. Scroll below for links to open competitions.

Occasionally, a grant also may originate from the staff’s invitation to researchers to submit a proposal on a specific topic, or from an unsolicited proposal that falls within the program’s strategies. Unsolicited requests should be summarized in a two-page letter of inquiry.

Open Competitions

There are no open competitions at this time.

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