Agencies that Conduct Scientific Review

Last revised: 
05/18/2015

Funding Agencies that Conduct Acceptable Scientific Merit Review
This list includes local, state and national affiliates.

  • Alzheimer's Association, Inc.
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research
  • American Academy of Allergy & Immunology
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACP)
  • American Association for Dental Research (AADR)
  • American Association of Endodontists (AAE)
  • American Association of Orthodontists (AAO)
  • American Association of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
  • American Cancer Society 
  • American College of Gastroenterology
  • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation
  • American Dental Education Association/Gies Foundation (ADEA/Gies Foundation)
  • American Health Assistance Foundation
  • American Heart Association (AHA)
  • American Institute for Cancer Research
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • Autism Speaks
  • Avon Foundation
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD)
  • California HealthCare Foundation
  • California Society for Pediatric Dentistry
  • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Deafness Research Foundation
  • Delta Dental Research and Education Fund
  • Department of Defense (DOD)
  • Ellison Medical Foundation
  • Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
  • International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDFR)
  • Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • Medical Research Council (UK equivalent of NIH)
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association
  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  • National Glaucoma Research
  • National Heart Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
  • Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences
  • Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
  • Rheumatology Research Foundation (formerly the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) 
  • San Francisco Foundation
  • Searle Scholars
  • Society of Family Planning Research Fund
  • Strategic Opportunities Support, SOS)
  • Susan G. Komen Foundation
  • The California Endowment
  • The Education Research Trust Award
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • William T. Grant Foundation

Affiliated with UCSF

  • Strategic Opportunities Support (SOS)
  • UC Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
  • UC California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP)
  • UC California Program on Access to Care (CPAC)
  • UC Tobacco Related Disease Program (TRDRP)
  • UC Toxic Substance & Teaching Program
  • UCSF Research Allocation Program (RAP)