Pichichero Family Foundation Vaccines for Children Initiative Award in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

About this program

The Pichichero Family Foundation’s Vaccines for Children Initiative, in partnership with the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Foundation, funds research to advance new vaccines and immunotherapeutics for children. Awards provide $50,000 in total costs per year for two years (with an 8% indirect cost allowance) to support investigator-led pediatric vaccine research, with continued funding contingent on satisfactory progress comparable to NIH R03 standards. Applicants may be at any career stage but the program targets physician-scientists in pediatric infectious diseases; PIDS membership is encouraged and applications are reviewed competitively.