Overview

Since 1993, with an initial gift of $13M, The MAYDAY Fund has supported innovative projects to close the gap between knowledge and practice in the treatment of pain, as well projects to build on the current knowledge base. Understanding that creating meaningful change with modest funding is a challenge, MAYDAY tends to provide a significant support to a handful of projects annually, rather than making large numbers of smaller grants. While we have specific grant-making targets, the Fund also remains open to undertaking unusual opportunities that present from time to time.

To date The MAYDAY Fund has made 327 discrete grants representing a total value of $22.4 million. All of Mayday’s grants since inception are listed here. The list can be sorted by year and by topics.

  • Alan Alda Center Civic Science Project on Chronic Pain

    Stony Brook Foundation
    Grant Start Date: 2020 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $25,000.00
    Knowledge & Networks
  • Do No Harm – a film on Pain and Palliative Care

    WNET (a PBS Station)
    Grant Start Date: 2020 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $5,500.00
    Knowledge & Networks
  • Grant for Programs

    Council
    Grant Start Date: 2020 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $3,000.00
    Foundation Citizenship
  • Grants for Programs

    Philan
    Grant Start Date: 2020 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $1,150.00
    Foundation Citizenship
  • IASP Pain Research Forum:Podcasts on Science of Pain Topics

    International Association for the Study of Pain
    Grant Start Date: 2020 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $27,500.00
    Research Bench to Bedside
  • Journal of Pain Editorial Support

    U.S. Association for the Study of Pain
    Grant Start Date: 2020 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $16,500.00
    Research Bench to Bedside