Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research

Eligibility: Full-time University faculty members, employees, post-doctoral scholars, and fellows, and/or full-time graduate students enrolled at the College of Health and Human Development.
Financial support range: based on the available endowment income
Deadline: Mar.10, 2026

We seek proposals from researchers in the College of Health and Human Development for novel research focused on important health issues facing mankind.The Lloyd Prize is funded by an endowment established by Dr. Tom Lloyd who served on the faculty of the College of Medicine for 46 years.

Eligibility: Full-time University faculty members, employees, post-doctoral scholars, and fellows, and/or full-time graduate students or nursing students enrolled at the University. This competitive prize rotates through the following colleges at the University, with the College of Health and Human Development taking place in 2026. Subsequent years will be the Eberly College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Information Sciences and Technology, College of the Liberal Arts, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of Medicine, and College of Health and Human Development. The recipient of the award must plan to be employed/enrolled at Penn State for the duration of the research project.

Funding: The selected recipient will receive a prize based on the available endowment income. Sixty percent (60%) of the available funds can be provided either through payroll or placed in a protected research account. An additional thirty percent (30%) of available endowment income will be placed in a protected research account.

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For questions, please contact Koraly Pérez-Edgar, kxp24@psu.edu, or ssri-seed-grant@psu.edu.