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Growing Opportunities: Research Funding & Awards Bulletin Board
Check in often for a current list of national research funding and award opportunities with upcoming deadlines.
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Ongoing
A-T Children’s Project – Research Grant Program
- Due: LOI submission rolling
- Funding: Up to $75,000 per year
- Project period: 1 to 2 years
- Purpose: To support translational and clinical research grants for research related to ataxia-telangiectasia including disease-modifying strategies that would prevent, slow, or stop the progression of the disease, symptom-improving strategies that address neural circuit function, immune system health and lung function, especially the neurological symptoms.
- Eligibility: Investigators at all levels eligible to apply. Early career scientists are particularly encouraged to apply.
Alzheimer’s Association – Alzheimer’s Association Funding Program for Global Real-World Data Platforms (ALZ_RWD)
- Due: Rolling
- Funding: $100,000 to $1M
- Project period: 1 to 2 years
- Purpose: To support acceleration of global initiatives focused on developing, expanding and aligning RWD platforms’ infrastructure, data and impact with Alzheimer’s Network for Treatment and Diagnostics ALZ-NET (ALZ-NET), which seeks to connect clinical data from Alzheimer’s patients to the network of medical professional and researchers to encourage robust information sharing and education.
- Eligibility: A PI candidate must be a full-time faculty member or full-time paid employee of the organization submitting a proposal. See other eligibility requirements.
Alzheimer’s Association – Alzheimer’s Association World Wide FINGERS Network Funding Program (ALZ WW-FNP)
- Due: Open
- Funding:Up to $1M
- Project period: Up to 3 years
- Purpose: Toprovide startup funding and/or opportunities for ongoing studies to initiate WW-FINGERS (Worldwide Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability) like studies, to expand these studies or to add unique opportunities that enhance the study through global collaboration of data sharing to facilitate rapid knowledge dissemination and implementation.
- Eligibility: Open to U.S. and international researchers with proposals that focus on program objectives.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Path to a Cure: Pioneer Award
- Due: LOI submission rolling
- Funding: Negotiable
- Project period: Not specified
- Purpose: To support development of treatments for the underlying cause of the disease and, ultimately, a cure for CF.
- Eligibility: Matching funding required. U.S.-based and non U.S.-based research and development focused companies welcome to apply. Milestone completion and subsequent funding requirement.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Student Loan Repayment Program
- Due: During and up to 4 months after active award period
- Funding: $14,000 per year maximum
- Project period: One-time payment
- Purpose: To assist with repayment of educational loan debt associated with a graduate-level degree.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be current awardees of one of the following CFF programs: 1. First through fifth Year Clinical Fellows, 2. Harry Shwachman CF Clinical Investigator, 3. LeRoy Matthews Physician-Scientist, 4. Envision CF: Emerging Leaders in CF Endocrinology II Program, and 5. Developing Innovative Gastroenterology Specialty Training (DIGEST) Program. Other eligibility requirements may apply.
Gateway for Cancer Research – GFCR Grant Program
- Due: Rolling deadline for LOI; December 15, 2023 next application cycle
- Funding: $200,000 to $1.5 M
- Project period: 2 to 5 years
- Purpose: To fund early phase clinical trials at renowned institutions for all types of cancers.
- Eligibility: Funds are awarded to institutions. Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
- Note: Rolling LOI submissions aggregated 4 times a year. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.
Gateway for Cancer Research – SIO Integrative Program
- Due: Rolling LOI; December 15, 2023 next application cycle
- Funding: $200,000 to $1.5 M
- Project period: 2 to 5 years
- Purpose: To fund integrative oncology research that pairs conventional therapies with evidence-based integrative therapies to manage symptoms and side effects from treatment and increase quality of life, especially post-treatment.
- Eligibility: Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
- Note: Rolling LOI submissions aggregated 4 times a year. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.
Gateway for Cancer Research – NCI/SPORE Program
- Due: Rolling; December 15, 2023 next application cycle
- Funding: $200,000 to $800,000
- Project period: 2 to 5 years
- Purpose: A partnership with the NCI to give SPORE recipients a chance to apply for supplemental funding for their early phase, innovative clinical trials and enable principal investigators and their respective institutions to start a new trial through an additional arm, add patient cohorts and/or new correlative analysis.
- Eligibility: Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
- Note: Rolling LOI submissions aggregated 4 times a year. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.
Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) – Study Support Grants
- Due: Rolling
- Funding: Up to $4,000
- Project Period: 6 months.
- Purpose: To fund statistical and/or publication support of active PeDRA Studies
- Eligibility: Study Support Grants are available to PeDRA Members only. Please login or join PeDRA to access deadline details and other content.
Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation – Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Due: Rolling; applications reviewed annually in March, July, November
- Funding: €3,170 monthly; €2,670 monthly (postdoctoral)
- Project period: 6 – 18 months; 6 – 24 months (postdoctoral)
- Purpose: To support research by scientists at any stage of their career in collaboration with a host at a German research institution of choice. Further financial support may be available.
- Eligibility: Eligible candidates must be postdoctorals (within 6 months of completing terminal degree to those who have completed their degree within the last 4 years), and established scientists who have completed their terminal degree within the last 12 years. November will be the final review cycle for 2022.
Immune Tolerance Network – Request for Applications
- Due: Open; Concept Proposals accepted year-round
- Full applications accepted by invitation
- Funding: Not specified
- Project period: Not specified
- Purpose: To fund research in 1) allergy & asthma, 2) autoimmune diseases, 3) kidney & liver transplantation, and 4) assays & biomarkers.
- Note: ITN does not accept proposals for non-human or preclinical studies.
NIH – Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00)
MOSAIC K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed
MOSAIC K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required
MOSAIC K99/R00 – Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required (BESH)
- Due: Rolling
- Funding: Varies
- Project period: Up to 5 years (2 years K99; 3 years R00)
- Purpose: To support early career, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds conducting research related to NIH mission.
- Eligibility: Candidates from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities, women and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Open to early career candidates working with a mentor.
NIH/FIC/NCI – International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed
- Due: Standard March dates.
- Funding: Up to $150,000 per year
- Project period: Up to 5 years
- Purpose: To provide protected time for conducting postdoctoral mentored global health research in low- and middle-income countries to strengthen global health research.
NIH/NCI– Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Due: Standard due dates; January 5, 2024 & May 5, 2024, September 5, 2024 (2024 LOI dates)
- Funding: Not specified
- Project period: Up to 5 years
- Purpose: To support innovative research related to advancing understanding of the effects of climate change across the cancer control continuum, from cancer etiology and cancer risks through survivorship, and ways to prevent/mitigate negative health effects, including, but not limited to, studies to improve knowledge of the impact of climate change related environmental effects on cancer risks, control, and behaviors.
- Eligibility: Open to researchers at any level.
NIH/NCI – Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Due: Standard due dates; January 16, 2024 & May 16, 2024, September 16, 2024 (2024 LOI dates)
- Funding: Up to $275,000
- Project period: 2 years
- Purpose: To support exploratory and novel research using the R21 grant mechanism relevant to advancing understanding of the effects of climate change on cancer risks, control, and survivorship, and ways to prevent or mitigate negative health effects.
- Eligibility: Open to researchers at any level.
NIH/NHLBI – Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE)
- Due: Pre-applications considered on a rolling basis
- Full applications accepted by invitation
- Funding: All-expense-paid Summer Institute Program via NHLBI
- Project period: One summer
- Purpose: To provide mentoring to junior investigators and tr
- ansitioning postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented backgrounds. Distinct programs offered across multiple campuses.
- Eligibility: 1) U.S. citizen or permanent resident; 2) holds doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, MD, DO, DVM); 3) from a group that is underrepresented in biomedical or health sciences; 4) research focus on heart, lung, blood or sleep (HLBS) disorders; and 5) hold formal faculty appointment before start of Summer Institute Program.
NIH/NHLBI – Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research
K01 Independent Clinical Trial Required
K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed
- Due: Standard October and February dates.
- Funding: Up to $150,000 per year
- Project period: Up to 5 years
- Purpose: To promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences workforce.
NIH – Administrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Scholars
- Due: Varies by awarding IC
- Funding: Up to $50,000 direct costs
- Project period: Up to 1 year
- Purpose: To sustain mentored investigator’s research during critical life events. Applications may be submitted in advance of a known event or after the fact.
- Note: Funds can be used for staff, supplies, or equipment within the original scope of research for the currently-funded grant period.
NIH – Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
- Due: Varies by awarding IC
- Funding: Not specified
- Project period: Within project period of active grant
- Purpose: To enhance the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, postdocs, and eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds.
- Note: As of January 2021, NIGMS accepts applications to support faculty-level investigators developing independent research careers. Faculty who haven’t previously served as program director or principal investigator on NIH research grant, individual research career development award, or project leader of a NIH award subproject.
NIH – Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards
- Due: Varies by awarding IC
- Funding: Up to $50,000 direct costs
- Project period: Up to 1 year
- Purpose: To enhance the retention of investigators facing critical life events who are approaching the first renewal of their first independent grant or to a second new NIH grant.
NIH – Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
- Due: January 31, 2024
- Funding: Up to $100,000
- Project period: 1 year
- Purpose: To provide funding for expansion of existing research to incorporate sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations or SGM-relevant research questions.
NIH –Notice of Special Interest: Secondary Analysis of Posttraumatic Psychopathology Data
- Due: Rolling through January 8, 2025
- Funding: Varies
- Project Period: Varies
- Purpose: To support research that analyzes existing and accumulating data to help in refining phenotypes of posttraumatic psychopathology(ies), markers of onset and change, and risk, detection and to identify potential prevention and treatment targets.
- Eligibility: Early career and established investigators encouraged to apply.
NIH –Notice of Special Interest: Clinical Relevance of the Linkage between Environmental Toxicant Exposures and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Due: January 31, 2024 for FY 2024
- Funding: Up to $500,000 per year
- Purpose: To support mechanistic and early translational research focused on rigorous, in-depth examination of the potential interactions of environmental toxins with genetic and no-genetic molecular targets known to influence Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias.
- Eligibility: Scientists at all levels eligible to apply.
NIH – Notice of Special Interest: Secondary Analysis of Posttraumatic Psychopathology Data
- Due: Rolling through January 8, 2025
- Funding: Varies
- Project period: Varies
- Purpose: To support research that analyzes existing and accumulating data to help in refining phenotypes of posttraumatic psychopathology(ies), markers of onset and change, and risk, detection and to identify potential prevention and treatment targets.
- Eligibility: Early career and established investigators encouraged to apply.
NIH/NIMH – NIMH Instrumentation Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Due dates: October 9, 2024
National Institutes of Health – Career Development (K) Awards
- New Applications due: annually on February 12, June 12, October 12
- Renewal/Revision/Resubmission: annually on March 12, July 12, November 12
National Institutes of Health – Individual Fellowship (F) Awards
- All Types Due: annually on April 8, August 8, December 8
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
- Due: Open
- Funding: Not specified
- Project period: Up to 3 years
- Purpose: To support research that focuses on improving health, well-being and health outcomes for marginalized groups of people.
- Eligibility: Organizations based in the US and its territories are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status.

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November
Alkermes – Alkermes Pathways Research Awards
- Due: November 30, 2023
- Funding: $35,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Purpose: To promote research conducted by academic scientists in the mass spectrometry field.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be academic scientists within the first four years of tenure track or research faculty appointment (or equivalent), at a university in North America, and must be members of ASMS.
American Association for Cancer Research – AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships
- Due: November 30, 2023
- Funding: Up to $100,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Purpose: To provide an industry-academic clinical practicum with a unique opportunity for academic clinicians to gain experience in drug development by working on site at a facility of one of AACR’s pharmaceutical industry partners.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have a medical degree (MD, DO, MD/PhD) in a related field, be enrolled in a U.S.-based hematology/oncology or radiation oncology fellowship program at an academic, medical, or research institution.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry – Research Awards
- Due: November 30, 2023
- Funding: Up to $100,000
- Project Period: Up to 2 years
- Purpose: To support research for early career investigators focused on schizophrenia or bipolar disorder related research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent, be within 5 years of initial academic appointment or be a current postdoctoral fellow and be affiliated with a medical or research center in the US. Recipients who have received a DP2 award or NIH R01 grant are ineligible; K awardees and other mentored research grant recipients eligible.
December
American Association of Blood Banks Foundation – Early Career Scientific Research Grants Program
- Due: Rolling through December 1, 2023
- Funding: Not specified
- Project Period: Not specified
- Purpose: To support investigator-initiated original research related to blood banking, transfusion medicine and biotherapies.
- Eligibility: Early career investigators who have completed a terminal research degree or medical residency within 10 years of grant application deadline (MD or PhD, medical technologist, transfusion medicine or biotherapies professional), and have not yet been awarded a substantial grant (such as an R01) are eligible to apply.
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) – Foundation Scholarship and Awards Programs
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
Valerie Rusch Mentored Career Development Award
James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Surgical Investigator Program
Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship
AATS Foundation Cohn Lectureship
- Due: December 1, 2023
- Funding: Varies
- Project Period: Varies
- Purpose: To provide support for training, mentoring and career development in the field of thoracic surgery through scholarships, mentoring programs, research projects, and/or fellowships for scientists at the fellow/resident- to mid-career levels.
- Eligibility: See specific award mechanism for eligibility and other details. Additional information regarding awards, fellowships and other training programs available at AATS website. Deadline ends at 11:59 pm December 1.
American Heart Association – Innovative Project Award
- Due: December 1, 2023 (pre-proposals)
- Funding: $200,000
- Project Period: 2 years
- Purpose: Supports highly innovative, high-impact research that could potentially lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must hold a PhD, MD, DO, DVM, DDS, PharmD, or PhD in nursing, public health, or other health science (or equivalent degree). Scientists at any level may apply. AHA membership required.
American Laryngological Association – ALA Research Grants
ALA/Avre Research Grant
ALA – Seymour R. Cohen Research Grant
- Due: December 1, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: Up to $10,000 & up to $15,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Purpose: Alvre Research Grant supports basic, translational, or clinical research in laryngology, voice, outcomes, and related subjects. Seymour R. Cohen Research Grant supports basic science or translational research in laryngology or neurolaryngology relevant to the pediatric population.
- Eligibility: Early career faculty and laryngology fellows who have research proposals with strong scientific potential for future NIH funding are encouraged to apply.
RUNX1 Research Grant Program & Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer – RUNX1 RARE Grant Program – Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration
- Due: December 4, 2023
- Funding: Up to $250,000
- Project Period: Over 2 years
- Purpose: To fund research that will accelerate the discovery of druggable oncogenic pathways and deliver cancer interception and cancer prevention therapeutics for RUNX1-FPD children and family members.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have MD, PhD, MD/PhD (DO, MBBS or equivalent) and research experience working in, and a deep understanding of, normal or malignant hematopoiesis and/or immunology.
American Gastroenterological Association – AGA-Bristol Myers Squibb Research Scholar Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Due: December 5, 2023
- Funding: $300,000
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: To support early-career faculty (i.e., instructor, assistant professor) working toward an independent translational research career in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must hold an MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree (e.g., MBChB, MBBS, DO), and a full-time faculty or equivalent position at an institution in North America.
American Association for Cancer Research – AACR-Astrazeneca Career Development Award for Physician-Scientists in Honor of José Baselga
- Due: December 5, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: $300,000
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: This grant supports early career clinician-scientist research in any area of translational or clinical cancer research that aims to develop innovative targeted therapeutics.
- Eligibility: Candidates must have received a medical degree (MD, MD/PhD, DO, or equivalent) within past 11 years from terminal degree; for all faculty positions below associate level. 50% protected time and independent lab space required.
American Association for Cancer Research – Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic Research (BIG CAT)
- Due: December 5, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: $55,000
- Project Period: 2 years
- Purpose: To build capacity for cancer research and training in Africa by supporting the next generation of African cancer researchers who base their careers in their home countries and institutions.
- Eligibility: Eligible candidates should have an MD, DO, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (MB, BS, BM, MCh, or equivalent) and be conducting research in Africa (with relevance to the burden of cancer on the continent). Proof of residency in Africa is required. Applicants with medical degrees must have completed their most recent doctoral degree, medical residency, or fellowship within the past ten years.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Next Gen Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative
- Due: December 5, 2023
- Funding: $500,000
- Project Period: 4 years
- Purpose: To stimulate creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach healthy and adverse pregnancy outcomes using creative basic and translation science methods.
- Eligibility: Open to postdoctoral fellows nearing transition to independent investigator status through senior established investigators who hold U.S. or Canadian citizenship, permanent residency, or temporary residency with eligibility to work in either country may apply. Proposals can be submitted by individuals or research teams.
American Gastroenterological Association – AGA Research Scholar Award (RSA)
- Due: December 5, 2023
- Funding: $300,000
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: To support early-career faculty (i.e., investigator, instructor, research associate or equivalent) working toward an independent career in digestive disease research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be early career full-time faculty or equivalent, with an MD, PhD, or equivalent (in North America), with no more than seven years of experience after completing clinical training.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – Global Grand Challenges: Opportunities to Advance Women’s Health Innovation
- Due: December 6, 2023
- Funding: $150,000
- Project Period: Up to 2 years
- Purpose: To support innovations and ideas that address gaps in women’s health research & development (including: data and modeling, research design and methodologies, regulatory and science policy, innovation introduction, social and structural determinants, training and careers, communicable diseases, and female-specific conditions).
- Eligibility: Open to nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies and academic institutions. Women-led projects and those from institutions based in low- and middle-income countries are highly encouraged.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – Data Insights – Cycle 3
- Due: December 5, 2023
- Funding: $200,000 to $400,000
- Project Period: 18 months
- Purpose: To support projects that will advance tools and resources that enable others to gain greater insights into health and disease from single-cell biology datasets.
- Eligibility: For tenure track faculty, non-tenure track faculty or staff who lead a lab and are permitted to apply for grants by their institution, researchers with expertise in this focus area (postdoctoral fellows and graduate scholars may submit applications through eligible applicants). Early-career investigators are strongly encouraged to apply; mid-career researchers eligible.
American Heart Association – Career Development Award
- Due: December 6, 2023
- Funding: $231,000
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: Supports innovative exploration of questions, pilot studies, training and gathering of preliminary data by highly promising early-career healthcare and academic professionals in their first professional appointment, who are seeking to become established as independent research scientists.
- Eligibility: Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, DO, DVM, DDS, or equivalent post-baccalaureate doctoral degree at time of award activation, with no more than five years past first faculty/staff appointment after receipt of doctoral degree. Eligible levels include faculty up to the rank of assistant professor or equivalent.
Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance – 2023 PeDRA Consensus Grant Program
- Due: December 7, 2023
- Funding: Up to $25,000
- Project Period: 1 to 2 years
- Purpose: To support the creation of consensus guidelines, best practice recommendations, or
- consensus treatment plans for the treatment of diseases in the field of pediatric dermatology in the U.S. and/or Canada.
- Eligibility: Teams of 3 or more scientists. PI must have an MD/DO or equivalent degree and be a PeDRA or Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD) member.
Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance – Hidradenitis Suppurativa Pilot Grant
- Due: December 7, 2023
- Funding: Up to $25,000
- Project Period: 1 to 2 years
- Purpose: To support research projects that address research questions relevant to the transition of care for patients transitioning from adolescence to adulthood, with the aim of improving quality of care and long-term health outcomes for these HS patients.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be an MD and/or PhD or equivalent. IRB or IACUC (or equivalent) approval is required for all studies when relevant.
Simons Foundation – Scientific Software Research Faculty Award
- Due: December 8, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: $50,000 annually + 50% of salary
- Project Period: 5 years
- Purpose: To support new research professor positions in existing academic departments (host institutions) to be filled by scientific software-focused researchers.
- Eligibility: Open to individuals who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in cognitive aging, including individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer – 2024 Young Investigator Grant
- Due: December 11, 2023
- Funding: Up to $180,000
- Project Period: Over 3 years
- Purpose: To develop early career researchers pursuing promising childhood cancer research ideas.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD (DO, MBBS or equivalent) and have a faculty appointment higher than Instructor. Applicant institutions must be in the US or Canada.
United States Association for the Study of Pain – 2024 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain
- Due: December 14, 2023
- Funding: $150,000
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: This is a special award for early-career leaders in basic pain research who could potentially discover new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain.
- Eligibility: For early career researchers with an appointment at faculty level, who have persuasive evidence of distinguished achievement or extraordinary promise in basic research in pain.
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Leslie Bernstein Grant Program
- Due: December 15, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: Up to $25,000
- Project Period: Up to 3 years
- Purpose: To support and encourage original work by an AAFPRS member conducting research that aims to advance facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have an MD and reside in the U.S. or Canada and be an attending physician (MD or DO).
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Leslie Bernstein Investigator Development Grant
- Due: December 15, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: Up to $15,000
- Project Period: Up to 3 years
- Purpose: To support the work of an early career faculty member in facial plastic surgery conducting significant clinical or laboratory research and is involved in training resident surgeons in research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be involved in training resident surgeons and have completed their clinical training within the past 10yrs. Applicants must reside in the U.S. or Canada and be a current AAFPRS member.
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Leslie Bernstein Resident and Fellows in Training Research Grant
- Due: December 15, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: $5,000
- Project Period: Up to 3 years
- Purpose: To encourage original research by residents and fellows in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery projects that is well conceived and scientifically valid and has the potential to advance facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be resident physicians (MD or DO) in an accredited otolaryngology-head and neck surgery training program in the U.S. or Canada. Applicants may also be a fellow-in-training of an AAFPRS Fellows Program. Membership required.
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) – Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum Scholarship
- Due: December 15, 2023
- Funding: $10,000
- Project Period: Not specified
- Purpose: To provide funding for formal education and training of early- and mid-career surgeons, residents, and fellows in biomedical ethics through programs offered by leading ethics centers in North America.
- Eligibility: For early- and mid-career surgeons, residents, and fellows.
American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation – 2023 Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) Funding Program
- Due: December 15, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: Up to 2 years
- Project Period: $5,000 to $150,000
- Purpose: This program is a collaboration between American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), American Head and neck Society (AHNS), Association of Migraine Disorders (AMD), American Rhinologic Society (ARS), American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) and industry sponsors to provide support for research projects, training, and career development for AAO-HNS members to advance the specialty of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Over 25 grant mechanisms available for members at various levels of their research careers.
- Eligibility: Funding available for members at various levels of training and experience. The 2024 CORE Grants Program Info & FAQs document can assist in helping to determine the appropriate grant mechanism to apply for based on an applicant’s career stage.
American Lung Association – Multiple Grant Types
Allergic Respiratory Diseases Award
Catalyst Award
Dalsemer Award
Innovation Award
Hastings Innovation Award for Interstitial Lung Disease Award
Public Health & Policy Research Award
- Due: December 15, 2023
- Funding: Up to $50,000 to $100,000 per year
- Project Period: Up to 2 years
- Purpose: To support research by early career investigators, experience and independent investigators and those seeking to conduct pilot studies in public policy and public health.
- Eligibility: U.S. citizenship or foreign national status (check eligibility) required. Applicants should hold a doctoral or relevant terminal degree. See eligibility details specific to each award mechanism.
American Parkinson Disease Association – American Parkinson Disease Association: Multiple Grant Types
George C Cotzias, MD Memorial Fellowship: Academic Year 2024-2025
Research Grants: Academic Year 2024-2025
APDA Diversity in Parkinson’s Disease Research Grant: Academic Year 2024-2025
Post-Doctoral Fellowships: Academic Year 2024-2026
- Due: December 16, 2023 (LOI)
- Funding: Varies
- Project Period: Varies
- Purpose: To support the most promising clinicians and scientific studies focused on discovery of causes and finding the cure for Parkinson’s disease, and to also help investigators collect pilot data to secure funding from larger institutions like the NIH.
- Eligibility: Varies per mechanism (see details). Includes: promising young licensed neurologist seeking a career in Parkinson’s research, U.S-based research institutions and non-profit organizations that have a track record of conducting Parkinson’s Disease research, scientists working in the field of Parkinson’s nationally and internationally and applicants who have completed their MD, PhD, MD/PhD or clinical residency program within the last 2 years.
Awards
November
Blavatnik Family Foundation – Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists U.S. National Awards
- Due: November 29, 2023
- Prize: $250,000
- Project Period: Not specified
- Purpose: These awards (administered by the New York Academy of Sciences) celebrate past accomplishments and future potential of young faculty researchers working in the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering and Chemical Sciences fields. Candidates must be nominated by their institution; 1 nominee for per category.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have birth dates after 1982, a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.), currently hold a tenured or tenure-track academic faculty position or equivalent at an invited institution in the U.S., and currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemical Sciences.
BioInnovation Institute & Science – BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation
- Due: November 1, 2023
- Prize: $25,000 for winner: $10,000 for runner(s) up (2)
- Project Period: 1 payment
- Purpose: This prize is presented to outstanding research as described within a 1,000 word essay from applicants.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have received a PhD or other doctorate (M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., Pharm.D., or combination of these degrees) w/in the last 10 years.
American Chemical Society (ACS) – Ipatieff Prize
- Due: November 1, 2023
- Prize: $5,000 plus expenses
- Project Period: 1 payment
- Purpose: To recognize outstanding chemical experimental work in the field of catalysis or high pressure, conducted by an individual of any nationality. The award may be given for highly meritorious work in closely allied field of chemistry if not awarded for work in the field of catalysis or high pressure. Nomination period open starting July 1.
- Eligibility: Applicants must not have passed their 40th birthday on April 30 of the year in which the award is presented. Preference will be given to American chemists.

January
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship
- Due: January 1, 2024
- Funding: $8,000 stipend and travel expenses
- Project Period: Summer (10 weeks)
- Purpose: To help scientists and others in related fields learn how to communicate scientific topics in clear and engaging ways to increase public understanding, improve understanding of how science is covered in the media, and to help build a professional network of scientists and journalists who collaborate to share science effectively.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be either enrolled upper level undergraduate or graduate students or postdoctoral trainees or be within one year of the completion of their degree in the life, physical, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences, mathematics, or related fields. U.S. citizenship or visa required.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand – Crazy 8 Initiative RFA
- Due: January 8, 2024 (LOI)
- Funding: $3M to $5M
- Project Period: 4 years
- Purpose: To support large-scale research by a consortium of two or more institutions with different areas of research, working together to integrate their expertise as they focus on at least one of these areas: new gene discovery, genotype-phenotype correlations, surveillance optimization, predisposition models, or cancer prevention.
- Eligibility: MD, PhD or MD/PhD or equivalent with faculty appointment at an academic institution required, with an established track record of publications and success with previously funded projects. Funds will be granted to nonprofit institutions or organizations. A patient advocate team member is strongly encouraged.
American Thoracic Society – Partner Grants
- Due: January 8, 2024
- Funding: Up to$100,000 per year
- Project Period: 2 years
- Purpose: To support an early career investigator focused on improving clinical outcomes in preventing and/or treating lung disease in groups disproportionately affects underrepresented minority patient groups.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be early career investigators or fellows holding PhD, MD, RN, RRT, or PA degrees. U.S. citizenship or Visa (for duration of project) and membership in ATS and CHEST required.
Simons Foundation – Bridge to Independence Award Program
- Due: January 10, 2024 (LOI and Letter of Recommendation)
- Funding: $85,000/year (salary) + $10,000 allowance*
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: To provide support for MD and PhD scientists in diverse and underrepresented groups in science who intend to seek tenure-track research faculty positions during the upcoming academic year.
- Eligibility: Applicants must hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree, be currently in a non-independent, mentored training position, and be actively seeking a tenure-track faculty position at a a research institution and self-identify as a member of a diverse and/or underrepresented group in science (see eligibility requirements).
- Note: Upon assumption of a tenure-track research professorship, awardees will receive a commitment of $600,000 over 3 years.
Simons Foundation – Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) Transition to Independence Award
- Due: January 10, 2024 (LOI and Letter of Recommendation)
- Funding: $85,000/year (salary) + $10,000 allowance*
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: To provide support for MD and PhD scientists from diverse and underrepresented groups in science who intend to pursue research in autism and seek tenure-track research faculty positions at research institutions.
- Eligibility: Applicants must hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree, be currently in a non-independent, mentored training position, and be actively seeking a tenure-track faculty position at a a research institution and self-identify as a member of a diverse and/or underrepresented group in science (see eligibility requirements).
- Note: Upon assumption of a tenure-track research professorship, awardees will receive a commitment of $600,000 over 3 years.
Whitehall Foundation – Grants-in-Aid
- Due: January 10, 2024 (LOI)
- Funding: $30,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Purpose: To support researchers at the Assistant Professor level (or equivalent) who have not yet acquired research funds. Grants also support some established scientists (check eligibility).
- Eligibility: For early-career scientists at the Assistant Professor level and established scientists transitioning to new areas of research.
Whitehall Foundation – Research Grants
- Due: January 10, 2024 (LOI)
- Funding: $100,000 per year
- Project Period: 2 to 3 years
- Purpose: To support established scientists of all ages at the Assistant Professor or higher level working at accredited institutions within the U.S., who have not already received or expect to receive substantial ($200,000 or more per year) support from other sources.
- Eligibility: For established researchers of all ages working at accredited institutions, in the U.S.
American Heart Association – AHA Data Grant: Debiasing Clinical Care Algorithms
- Due: January 11, 2024
- Funding: $50,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Purpose: To supportRFPsthat reevaluate risk prediction models and algorithms in the field of cardiovascular and stroke science that have been adjusted for race. An additional Amazon Web Services service credit up to $50,000 for use of the AHA Precision Medicine Platform might be provided for computational time, use of AWS tools and infrastructure and storage.
- Eligibility: For Predoctoral, postdoctoral, and other fellows (within 6 years post doctorate).
American Heart Association – Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science
- Due: January 17, 2024
- Funding: $27,144 Predoctoral fellow; Postdoctoral Fellow range based on years of experience
- Project Period: 1 to 2 years
- Purpose: To enable current AHA awardees to serve as mentors to predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in science and medicine.
- Eligibility: Current AHA faculty awardees with at least one year of funding remaining on the original award term may be eligible as primary mentors (see list of eligible awards). Predoctoral trainees must be a full-time student (from underrepresented groups) working towards a degree, pursuing a post-baccalaureate PhD, MD., DO, DVM, PharmD, D.S, DrPH, or PhD in nursing or equivalent clinical health science doctoral degree program, seeking mentorship before starting a research career. Full-time effort. Postdoctoral fellows must have PhD or other doctoral level clinical degree with no more than 5 years of research training, or experience after doctoral-level degree (excluding clinical training).
American Epilepsy Society – Early Career Funding
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Research and Training Fellowships for Clinicians
Pediatric Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians
Junior Investigator Research Awards
Susan S. Spencer, MD, Clinical Research Fellowship in Epilepsy
Sergievsky Award for Epilepsy Health Equity and Diversity
Epilepsy Study Consortium Mini-Grant
- Due: January 18, 2024
- Funding: Varies per mechanism
- Project Period: Varies per mechanism
- Purpose:
- To support trainees, fellows, and newly independent investigators working across the full spectrum of epilepsy research , from basic science to translational and clinical research focused on all types of epilepsies, seizures and related conditions.
- Eligibility: Intended for new/early career investigators, including trainees and fellows.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program
- Due: January 18, 2024
- Funding: $60,000
- Project Period: 3 years
- Purpose: To support career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by committed mentors.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have no more than 48 months of postdoctoral research lab experience, have secured a funded postdoctoral position at a degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada, and not be more than 5 years from their PhD. Mentor nomination required.
American Society for Clinical Oncology Foundation – 2024 Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Awards Special Competitions
2024 Conquer Cancer – Anna Braglia Endowed Young Investigator Award in Cancer Supportive Care
2024 Conquer Cancer Endowed Young Investigator Award in Geriatric Oncology in Honor of Dr. Arti Hurria
Conquer Cancer – Jose Baselga, MD, PhD, Young Investigator Award in Drug Development
2024 Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award in Primary Brain Tumors
- Due: January 31, 2024
- Funding: $50,000 to $60,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Purpose: To support physicians during transition from fellowship programs to faculty appointments as they seek to establish careers in any area of oncology research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be a physician with a valid medical license (MD, DO or equivalent) in the last 2 years of their final subspecialty training at an academic medical institution and w/in 10 years after earning a medical degree, and must be planning to pursue a career in oncology research and currently working in an oncology lab or clinical research setting. See other details per specific funding mechanism.
NIH – Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Genger Minority (SGM) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
- Due: January 31, 2024
- Funding: Up to $100,000
- Project Period: Not specified
- Purpose: To support research projects that incorporate sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations or SGM-relevant research questions to increase scientific understanding of the health and well-being of various population and subpopulation groups and that will help to establish the effectiveness of evidence-based health interventions and services for individuals within those groups.
- Eligibility: Open to investigators at all levels.
February
National League for Nursing – NLN Nursing Education Research Grants Program
- Due: February 1, 2024
- Funding: $2500 to $80,000/year
- Project Period: Up to 2 years
- Purpose: To support innovative approaches and studies that seek to advance the field of nursing education research.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be NLN members. Collaborative efforts between research doctorates and practice doctorates are encouraged.
Tourette Association of America – Young Investigator Award
- Due: February 14, 2024 (Pre-proposal)
- Funding: Up to$80,000/year
- Project Period: Up to 2 years
- Purpose: To support early career researchers who have the potential to advance biological understanding of Tourette Syndrome, improve patient care through clinical research and development and testing of new therapies. A career component is required for application, in addition to research project proposal.
- Eligibility: Open to MD, PhD or equivalent post-doctoral fellows and independent clinical/research faculty within 5 years of first independent faculty appointment at time of pre-application submission. Previous TAA awardees are not eligible.
Wellcome – Early Career Awards
- Due: February 15, 2024
- Funding: Salary and up to £400,000
- Project Period: Up to 5 years (part-time available)
- Purpose: To support early-career researchers from any discipline, working towards research independence, conducting innovative research that could potentially shift understanding to improve human life, health and wellbeing.
- Eligibility: Early career researchers ready to move towards research independence, holding a PhD or equivalent or individuals with at least 4 years of research experience who have innovative project ideas.
April
Wellcome – Career Development Awards
- Due: April 11, 2024
- Funding: Salary and research project support
- Project Period: Up to 8 years (part-time available)
- Purpose: To support mid-career scientists in any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders.
- To support early-career researchers from any discipline, working towards research independence, conducting innovative research that could potentially shift understanding to improve human life, health and wellbeing.
- Eligibility:
- Mid-career researchers who are ready to lead a substantial and innovative research program to generate significant shifts in understanding and/or develop methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
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