In close collaboration with the Department of Medicine, the Department of Urology is pleased to launch the inaugural funding cycle of the Catalyst Fund for Women's Health (“Catalyst Fund”), a new initiative that supports innovative, high-risk, high-reward research from early-stage investigators (tenure-track faculty at instructor or assistant professor levels e Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) to advance the understanding, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions affecting women’s health. Established through philanthropic support, the Catalyst Fund represents a long-term commitment to advancing women’s health research at Johns Hopkins. This is the first funding opportunity being made available as part of a new partnership between JHU and its generous donors with future funding opportunities expected.

For this inaugural funding cycle, the Catalyst Fund anticipates awarding two pilot project grants of $50,000 each to be used over a one-year period with an option for a one-year no-cost extension (by request).