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.

  • A Biopsychosocial Approach to Establishing Baseline Chronic Pain Experiences of Older Black Men

    University of North Carolina, Psychiatry
    Grant Start Date: 2022 (2-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $97,742
    Research Bench to Bedside
  • Center For Family Caregiving, Videos and Publications

    University of California Davis
    Grant Start Date: 2022 (1-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $42,878
    Knowledge & Networks
  • Clinical Translational Research Awards

    United States Association for the Study of Pain
    Grant Start Date: 2022 (3-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $330,000
    Research Bench to Bedside
  • Gamified Sensnory Training for Youth with Chronic Pain (Pain Train)

    Stanford University Medical School
    Grant Start Date: 2022 (2-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $165,000
    Research Bench to Bedside
  • Ottawa Research Institute Paramedic Project

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    Grant Start Date: 2022 (2-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $249,803.29
    Research Bench to Bedside
  • Screening Tool for Pediatric Neuropathic Pain and CRPS

    Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
    Grant Start Date: 2022 (2-year grant)
    Total Grant Amount: $136,326
    Research Bench to Bedside