Grant Programs

The Donaghue Foundation conducts several program and initiatives in support of Connecticut-focused research. 

The Program for Research Leadership is a team-based award that supports research that has the potential for making a direct, near- term impact on improving public health, clinical practice, or community health interventions; related knowledge uptake activities; and activities to creating a learning environment among the team.  Awards will be for $200,000 a year for four years. 

Clinical and Community Health Issues program is an investigator-initiated, project-based award of up to $240,000 over two or three years.  Applications are invited based upon the submission of a two-page letter of intent.  Letters of intent are reviewed six times a year, and the application deadlines are in January and September of each year. The Donaghue Foundation is no longer accepting applications or awarding new grants at this time.

Practical Benefit Initiative is a Foundation initiated award program.  At this time, the Foundation is not accepting unsolicited letters of intent.

Donaghue Investigator is no longer accepting applications or awarding new grants.