Definition

With a mission of advancing the research and understanding of human microbiota, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is calling on inspired early career researchers from American institutions in the microbiome field to submit proposals for funding their projects. Leveraging a national board of independent scientists to select the most exciting proposal and to help fund young investigators, Biocodex plans to lead the charge in this field of study by giving an annual national grant to different research topics in the microbiome field.

For 2026, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation American grant will be awarded to an investigator studying “Harnessing the Gut Microbiome: Impacts on Health, Disease, Diagnosis and Therapeutics"
This grant may be applied to a new or an existing ongoing study.

Candidates

• Applicants must be an advanced degree holder.
• Grant must be applied to research in a USA institution.
• Applicant may have no more than 10 years of research experience post-terminal degree (time spent in clinical training is excluded).
• The ideal candidate is an early career researcher with 5 years or less research experience. The grant is intended as a seeding or bridging grant, to help investigators initiate or continue a project to become independent.