Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation
/OVERVIEW: Klingenstein funds grants for early-career investigators at major medical institutions who seek to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship program for child and adolescent ADHD and depression, as well as medical students interested in pursuing a specialty in the field.
IP TAKE: This foundation only awards a handful of fellowship grants annually. Applicants should expect a lot of competition. For an edge, grantseekers should highlight how their research demonstrates innovation and significant impact in Klingenstein’s fields of interest. This foundation doesn’t appear to make grants to organizations so much as researchers with academic training.
This is a very accessible and open-minded funder if you’re a researcher or an academic research team. Klingenstein is also comfortable with moderate risk in what kind of research it intends to support in its interest areas.
Look to its umbrella sister, Klingenstein Philanthropies, for funding in children’s health and brain research.
PROFILE: The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation was established in the early 1990s with a capital grant from the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund. The EAJK Fund was established in 1945 by Wall Street investment banker Joseph Klingenstein, co-founder of Wertheim and Company. EAJK, the Third Generation Foundation, and the Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation all comprise the Klingenstein Philanthropies, which broadly fund “research and training in neuroscience, children’s health, medicine, and education.” The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, established by Joseph Klingenstein’s grandchildren, seeks to “encourage a meaningful, long-term contribution to the field of child and adolescent ADHD and depression” by supporting research grants as well as fellowships for researchers and medical students.
Grants for Mental Health, Brain and Cell Research
KTGF’s fellowships provide $30,000 over two years to researchers investigating “the causes, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent ADHD and depression.” Applicants at approved institutions must first be nominated by the chair of the Psychiatry department, after which an invitation to submit a full application may be forthcoming. Researchers that have received an R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are not eligible. Klingenstein awards five such fellowships per year.
Additionally, the foundation releases Requests for Proposals (RFP) each year for projects working to improve “access to mental health care for children and adolescents, especially those from families with limited supports and resources.” It is particularly interested in “innovative models of service delivery that leverage technology, non-traditional treatment settings, and professional and paraprofessional treatment providers. Grantees include University of Washington, Stony Brook University, and Tulane Early Childhood Collaborative Plus.
Grants for Higher Education
In addition to fellowships for researchers, KTGF also offers Medical Student Fellowships to introduce students interested in pursuing a career in youth psychiatry to principles of “children’s mental health research, treatment and advocacy.” This fellowship is currently available at fourteen American institutions, including Brown, Harvard, Stanford, the University of California system, the Mayo Clinic, and others. Candidates for the fellowship must be nominated by eligible faculty.
Important Grant Details:
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation holds open nominations beginning in the fall. All nominations are reviewed by a selection committee, which makes the final funding decisions. A list of previous fellows is available here. Questions may be directed to Sally Klingenstein Martell, the foundation’s Executive Director.
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