Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program

The Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program is a Boettcher Foundation initiative designed to support scientific innovation in Colorado through biomedical research funding for early career investigators at leading research institutions and hospitals in the state. The program has roots in the Webb-Waring Foundation, an organization known for supporting biomedical research in Colorado. In 2008, the Webb-Waring Foundation entrusted its assets to the Boettcher Foundation. Under that arrangement, the Boettcher Foundation agreed to match those assets, together with a contribution from the University of Colorado, to create a dedicated biomedical research funding stream. The resulting Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards Program continues that tradition of supporting promising biomedical researchers at Colorado institutions. Recipients of the program are called Boettcher Investigators. Each recipient receives a grant of $250,000 to cover up to three years of biomedical research. The program is intended to help early career investigators establish themselves and advance their research at a critical point in their careers. The Foundation states that this support is intended to help investigators become competitive for major awards from federal agencies and private funding sources. The program also seeks to keep promising research on track in Colorado and reduce the likelihood that highly qualified scientific researchers will need to leave the state in search of funding. The supplied information does not identify specific allowable or prohibited budget categories, indirect cost restrictions, subaward limitations, or other detailed spending rules. Potential applicants must be early career biomedical researchers in Colorado and associated with participating institutions. Institutions identified as potentially eligible include the University of Colorado System, Colorado State University, National Jewish Health, Bonfils Blood Center, Colorado College, Colorado School of Mines, Craig Hospital, Colorado Mesa University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, University of Denver, and University of Northern Colorado. The source states that investigators from these institutions may be eligible to apply, so institutional affiliation alone should not be interpreted as confirmation that every researcher at a listed institution meets all program requirements. No citizenship requirement, degree requirement, specific career-stage definition, fiscal sponsorship provision, or other applicant qualification is stated in the supplied information. Applications are not described as being submitted directly by individual researchers to the Boettcher Foundation through a central public application process. Instead, the Foundation's biomedical research institution partners manage their own internal, competitive, and peer-reviewed application processes. An early career biomedical researcher interested in the Webb-Waring program is instructed to contact the research department at the researcher's institution for additional eligibility and application information. Accordingly, institution-specific procedures govern the application process. The supplied material does not provide a common application form, portal, letter of intent requirement, narrative questions, required uploads, evaluation scoring criteria, or other standardized application components beyond identifying the institutional processes as competitive and peer reviewed. The supplied information does not provide an application opening date, application deadline, pre-application deadline, or award notification date for the next funding round. However, recipient classes are listed for every year from 2010 through 2026, providing evidence that awards have been made on a recurring annual basis. Because a 2026 class of Boettcher Investigators is already identified, prospective applicants should contact their participating institution's research department for information about eligibility and the timing of its next internal competition. No individual program contact, program email address, or application-specific telephone number is provided. The general Boettcher Foundation contact information supplied includes the telephone number 303.534.1937 and the address 1800 Larimer St., Suite 1400, Denver, Colorado 80202. The source identifies eight members of the 2026 class: Alessandra Brambati of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Casey M. Gries and R. Adam Harris of Colorado State University; John Janetzko and Katherine Kissler of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Matthew Olm of the University of Colorado Boulder; Elizabeth Wynn of National Jewish Health; and Kentaro Yomogida of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The source also states that the Boettcher Foundation awarded $2 million to Colorado biomedical researchers in connection with the 2026 class. This is consistent with eight awards of $250,000 each. The program's stated grant period is up to three years, while more detailed project start dates, reporting requirements, evaluation measures, and grant administration requirements are not included in the supplied material.

Contact the research department at your participating institution to confirm eligibility and learn its internal application requirements; institution partners manage competitive, peer-reviewed selection processes.