W. M. Keck Foundation

Of Current Interest

Next Counseling Advice Period

Counseling advice on Phase I submissions for the May 1, 2014 deadline will take place only between January 1 and February 15, 2014. Potential applicants are encouraged to submit their ideas for grants in the form of a single-page concept paper. For a complete list of the Foundation’s important dates and deadlines and concept paper guidelines:

Grant Cycle Timeline

Concept Paper Guidelines

Revised Phase I Applications for Programs

Revised Phase I Application forms required for May 1, 2014 submittal.

Annual Report

Detection

To stimulate thinking about new high-risk, high-impact innovations in instrumentation, the W. M. Keck Foundation was pleased this year to support a multi-disciplinary workshop on Single Molecule Detection and Imaging. While we cannot share all of the energy and excitement of these two days in the pages that follow, we are happy to share highlights of several of our grantees' presentations here.

Distinctive and Novel in Our Approach

Improving Quality of Life

Supporting pioneering discoveries in science, engineering and medical research has been and continues to be our mandate. In the area of education we support undergraduate programs that promote inventive approaches to instruction and effective involvement of students in research. In Southern California, we support organizations that enrich the lives of our region’s residents particularly children, youth and their families.