The NIBR Global Scholars Program (NGSP) is a competitive program designed for innovators from invited institutions to gain funding for breakthrough science not covered by traditional grant support. Through this program, NIBR supports projects focused on novel science with the objective of being translated to drug discovery and/or clinical research.

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Resources for breakthrough science

Each Scholar will receive up to 1 mil USD funding over three years along with drug-hunting expertise from dedicated NIBR scientific collaborators. In addition, a dedicated alliance manager will ensure a productive collaboration environment between NIBR and the academic institution by handling all operational facets of the NGSP.

Access to inter-disciplinary expertise

Academic scholars have access to disease biology, drug-hunting and translational research expertise. Each selected scholar will join forces with other entrepreneurially motivated NIBR scientists to challenge the status quo and take bold risks for potential big rewards and will have an opportunity to advance research into early development stages.

Meet the 2021 recipients

We are honored to welcome the following innovators to the 2021 NIBR Global Scholars Program. Together with these distinguished Scholars, we will explore new scientific frontiers in our shared mission to improve the lives of patients.

NGSP 2020 Scholars

Six innovative academic researchers continue to pursue breakthrough science as part of the inaugural NIBR Global Scholars Program.

Over 50 world-class institutions are participating in NGSP 2022

The following institutions have been invited to participate in the 2022 NGSP. We look forward to receiving their investigators’ proposals for innovative projects that will advance our mission to improve and extend peoples’ lives.

Academic Institution Academic Institution
University of Vienna AT  Instituto de Medicina Molecular PT 
Monash University AU Boston University US 
University of Melbourne AU Brigham and Women’s Hospital US
UniQuest AU Columbia University US
WEHI (Walter & Eliza Hall Inst.) AU Weill Cornell Medicine US
Sunnybrook Research Institute CA Duke University US
The Hospital for Sick Children CA Emory University US
University of Toronto CA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center US
ETH Zurich CH  Mass Eye and Ear US
University of Basel CH Massachusetts General Hospital US
University of Geneva CH Morehouse School of Medicine US
Geneva University Hospitals CH Northwestern University US
University of Zurich CH Ohio State University US
LMU Munich DE Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey US
University Hospital Munich DE Schepens Eye Research Institute
of Mass Eye and Ear		 US
Institut Pasteur FR Temple University US
Francis Crick Institute GB Tufts University US
Imperial College London GB University of California, Berkeley US
University of Birmingham GB University of California, San Diego US
University of Oxford GB University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill US
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Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB)		 IN University of Arizona US
Tel Aviv University IS University of Chicago US
Kyoto University JP University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School US
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology JP University of Michigan US
Osaka University JP University of Pittsburgh US
University of Tokyo JP Vanderbilt University US
Asan Medical Center KR Washington University in St. Louis US
Seoul National University Hospital KR