The online registration portal is now open. The 2025 application deadline is 11:59PM EST on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
Click here to access the Lalor Foundation Fellowship Online Registration Instructions
After you have completed your online registration using the instructions above, enter the Access Code fellow to begin your application.
Renewal Applications: Fellowship renewals are not automatic; renewal applicants must submit a new application online, though some materials for new applicants are not required for renewal applicants (see notes under each appendix below). The scientific review committee will consider renewal applications along with the pool of new applications.
Please Note: The entire fellowship application is online. Please do not send any part of your application by email or mail. You must submit all materials, including independent expert reviews and letters of reference/sponsorship, through the online application.
Appendices
The online application includes three appendices.
Appendix A – Project Narrative (5 pages only including figures and references)
The plan of work for the project should concisely describe the present state of knowledge regarding the problem, the scope, specific objectives, and the importance of the work which will be accomplished during the period.
Please outline in what fashion this research can potentially be applied to the regulation of human fertility or to a method of birth control. This information may be helpful in making a choice between applications which are equally attractive from a purely scientific point of view.
Appendix A is available for download within the online application. If you are unable to download Appendix A, please reach out to the Fellowship Manager.
Renewal Applications: For Appendix A, please submit a progress report on the project thus far and a narrative description of the work planned for a second year, not exceeding five pages including figures and references.
Appendix B – Letters of Support
The Lalor Foundation requires four letters of support: two independent expert reviews, one letter of reference, and one letter of support from the proposed sponsor/mentor.
In the online application you will be asked to enter the email addresses of the four individuals from whom you have requested letters of support. Once you enter a reviewer’s email address, click the Compose Email button to trigger an automatic email from the system to your reviewer with instructions for submitting their confidential letters.
All letters should include the NIH Biographical Sketch of the person writing the letter.
Please Note: Reviewers will not have access to your online application. You are responsible for providing the relevant information and materials to each individual.
- Independent Expert Reviews (2): These reviewers should be experts in the field(s) of your proposed research and cannot know the applicant personally (i.e., no conflict of interest exists). They should state in their letter their qualifications to perform the review, comment on the proposal’s scientific merit, and give their opinion of the ability of the lab to supervise and support the project. The foundation does not consider representatives of any institutional unit that stands to receive financial benefit from a fellowship to be independent reviewers. Reviewers from outside the applicant’s institution are preferred.
Renewal Applications: These letters are not required of renewal applicants.
- Reference: The applicant should solicit one letter of reference from someone who knows the applicant’s work and can comment on the applicant’s abilities as a researcher. The referee should not be the person who will mentor/sponsor the project, but someone like a dissertation advisor or committee member. The foundation does not consider representatives of any institutional unit that stands to receive financial benefit from a fellowship to be appropriate references.
Renewal Applications: This letter is not required of renewal applicants.
- Letter from the proposed sponsor/mentor: This letter should outline, in layman’s terms, the relevance/importance of the project to the foundation’s focus; the training/experiences during the project that will assist the fellow in successfully applying for continuing funding and progressing toward independence; and the ability of the fellow to carry out the proposed project. If there will be more than one sponsor/mentor, they should collaborate to produce one letter of support, signed by both, and they should outline how they will coordinate supervision of the applicant’s progress. Joint sponsorships may occur but are not usual.
Renewal Applications: This letter is required of renewal applicants.
Letters of support must be submitted by the application deadline. Proposals are not complete without these letters. Please plan ahead.
Appendix C – Institutional Representation
This appendix sets forth information concerning the institution’s eligibility to receive grants under U.S. tax laws and approvals of the project by reviewing bodies. Please print Appendix C, obtain appropriate signatures, and include it with the application materials.
Appendix C is available for download within the online application. If you are unable to download Appendix C, please reach out to the Fellowship Manager.
Renewal Applications: Appendix C is required of renewal applicants.
Please contact Sarah Kain at skain@gmafoundations.com with any questions.