The Oklahoma City-based Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) was formed from proceeds of the sale of Presbyterian Hospital in 1985 and, in 2014, sought to establish a unique collaboration with OUHSC via the PHF Research Grant Program (Bridge, CTGA, Seed, TAG, Clinical Scientist Development, and Symposia Grants). This grant program funds multiple types of projects and has enabled the progression of pioneering concepts to research studies, the establishment of renowned clinicians and basic scientists transdisciplinary teams unifying a broad range of expertise and skills, the development of extremely talented junior faculty, the provision of infrastructure support for faculty to continue ground-breaking research, and more. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center would like to express our sincerest appreciation to the Presbyterian Health Foundation for their long-standing generous support.
Since 2014, PHF has given $32.8 million to support the PHF Research Grants Program that funds multiple types of grants (e.g., Bridge, CTGA, Seed, TAG, Clinical Scientist Development, and Symposia Grants). To date, this investment has facilitated the ability of our researchers to successfully compete at the national level and develop research programs, resulting in approximately $334 million in extramural funding.
PHF grants are awarded three times per year, with start dates of January 1, July 1, and October 1. Provided below is the Grant Cycles Table.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) New Reporting Requirement
Beginning in December 2023, PHF has added a new reporting requirement to
all progress reports. If $10,000 or more remain unexpended on the grant, the Progress Report must include an explanation for why unexpended funds remain. If an investigator expects to have significant funds remaining, there is the option to request a no-cost extension within 40 days of the grant’s end date. If you have any questions, please email
VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Grant Cycles Table
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Cycle I
(Bridge, Clinician Scientist, CTGA, Seed, TAG)
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Cycle II
(Bridge,Clinician Scientist, Seed, Symposium, TAG)
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Cycle III
(Bridge, Clinician Scientist, CTGA, Seed, TAG)
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Application Due Date
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February-April
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July-August
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October
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Scientific Merit Review
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March-April
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August
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November
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PHF Board Review
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May-June
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September
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December
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Earliest Start Date
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July
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October
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January
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REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS – CYCLE II - July 2025
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Bridge Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Bridge Grant Program is to provide funding to enhance OUHSC faculty competitiveness for extramural funding. OUHSC Principal Investigators are eligible if they meet the following criteria: 1) have submitted an extramural application within the past 18 months that was scored but not funded, 2) are requesting over $750,000 in total direct costs and over $200,000 in total facilities and administration (F&A) costs; and 3) received a review that ranks applications and provides critiques. This program can now provide funding for up to $75,000 for one year. If you have any questions, please email VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Seed Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Seed Grant program is to provide a one-year grant for new OUHSC investigators to initiate research programs. Secondary objectives are to provide established OUHSC faculty with the opportunity to initiate new unfunded projects and to provide unfunded OUHSC faculty funds to initiate a research program. Applications from new investigators (within 5 years of first full academic appointment and never having received independent federal funds) are given special consideration during peer review and at the time of funding consideration. Principal Investigators with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC. Requests should be sent to
ORA4PHF@ouhsc.edu PHF Seed Grant recipients may not hold a PHF Bridge Grant or a PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant during the duration of this award.
If you have any questions, please email VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Clinical Translational Grant Award (CTGA) Program – Request For Applications
The CTGA program will replace the Team Science program. The primary objective of this PHF CTGA mechanism is to grow collaborations and expand innovative healthcare research activities and promote collaboration among faculty to help OUHSC achieve the goals outlined in Pillar 1 of the Strategic Plan. The investigators must consist of one basic science researcher and one clinician researcher who can develop a broadly based, multidisciplinary research program focused on a specific disease entity, biomedical problem area, or clinically relevant problem. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship, such that the scientific objectives could not be achieved without the efforts of a basic science researcher, a clinician researcher, and their respective expertise and/or disciplines. It is expected that both members of the investigator team will devote an equivalent amount of effort to the project.
The funding for this program can be for up to two years. The second year of funding, if funds are available, will be based on successful achievement of identified milestones as noted by the researchers in the Year 1 application and quality of specified milestones to be met during the next year of funding, as documented in the completed Year Two application form.
This funding opportunity is intended to:
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Promote collaborative scientific interactions among investigators
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Support translation of novel basic/pre-clinical observations or the translation, dissemination, and implementation of clinical observations to community settings
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Foster engagement of interdisciplinary teams
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Support collaborative interactions among clinical and fundamental research investigators leading to co-authored papers and grant applications.
PHF CTGA awardees may hold PHF Symposium grants, Technology Advancement Grants (TAG), or Bridge grants throughout the duration of this award, but may not serve as the Contact PI/Team Leader on more than one PHF Clinical Translational Grant. A single investigator may only be awarded one CTGA award at a time, whether as contact PI or collaborating PI.
If you have any questions, please email VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Clinician Scientist Development Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant Program is to provide funding to a new or early stage clinician scientist faculty member. This award is designed to support the applicant’s clinical and/or translational research project and to assist him or her with advancing this research project to a level that will be competitive for funding through a federal career development award mechanism. This program can provide funding for up to two years. The second year of funding, will be based on successful achievement of identified milestones, completion of an application for Year Two funds, and whether funds are available.
The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member with appointment at OUHSC as an Assistant Professor. Fellows are permitted to apply with a letter from their department chair guaranteeing the fellow will hold a faculty position that is not dependent on receipt of the grant at the award start date. New or early stage clinical scientist faculty members with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC. Requests should be sent to
ORA4PHF@ouhsc.edu). Applicants must not have had a prior NIH career development award or an independent NIH R01 award; must have an independent clinical and/or translational research project; must have an identified senior, experienced research mentor; and may not have another PHF grant during the duration of this award.
If you have any questions, please email VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Symposium Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Symposium Grant program is to provide partial funding to support a National or International Symposium to be held at the OUHSC campus or in Oklahoma City. Funding priority will be given to themes that will promote research already present at OUHSC and OMRF and include both OUHSC faculty members and OMRF members in the Organization Committee. OUHSC Principal Investigators are eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria: 1) The Principal Investigator of the application must be the Chair of the Organizing Committee. Only OUHSC full-time, tenure-track faculty members (unmodified titles) are eligible to be PIs. 2). The PI may hold any other PHF Grant award, except for a Clinician Scientist Development Award. If you have any questions, please email
VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Technology Advancement Grant (TAG) Program – Request For Applications
The TAG program replaces the Equipment grant program. The primary objective of the PHF TAG program is to provide partial funding for critically needed research equipment that could be transformative for the research mission at OUHSC. This program is fully aligned with Pillar 1 of the Strategic Plan. The TAG program will proactively and with the help of a committee address campus-wide needs and fill critical gaps, with the goals to grow the research enterprise, expand innovative technology and research infrastructure, and promote addition of new cutting-edge technology on campus. Funding priority will be given to research equipment that will permit OUHSC investigators to be more competitive for external funding and provides support to multiple users. Funds may be used for equipment to be purchased as part of a recruitment package for new faculty or for equipment to support the research of current faculty. If the funds will be used for a new recruit, the recruit must have signed the offer letter with a specific start date or specific start date time frame. Equipment and/or technology funded by PHF is expected to be made available to all researchers at OUHSC, whenever possible. All OUHSC Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors are eligible to apply. Applicants are required to match requested funds. The maximum allowable budget for this program is $500,000 (PHF funding: $250,000; Applicant funding: $250,000). The minimum allowable budget for this program is $60,000 (PHF funding: $30,000; Applicant funding: $30,000). Only one application will be funded per investigator per year.