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Ongoing

A-T Children’s ProjectResearch 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.
Cystic Fibrosis FoundationPath to a Cure: Industry Award with LOI
  • 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 FoundationStudent 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 ResearchGFCR Grant Program
  • Due: Rolling; July 26, 2022 next cycle (LOI)
  • Funding: $200,000 to $1.5 M
  • Project period: 2 to 5 years
  • Purpose: To fund early phase clinical trials for all types of cancers.
  • Eligibility: Funds are awarded to institutions. Applicants must demonstrate that their project aligns with GFCR’s mission.
  • Note: LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.
Gateway for Cancer ResearchSIO Integrative Program
  • Due: Rolling; July 26, 2022 next cycle (LOI)
  • 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: LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.
Gateway for Cancer ResearchNCI/SPORE Program
  • Due: Rolling; July 26, 2022 next cycle (LOI)
  • 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: LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit LOI prior to deadline for this cycle.
Pfizer Global Medical GrantsIndependent Medical Education Grant RFP: Local Level Educational Grants Program to Increase Awareness & Understanding of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)
  • Due: Rolling: July 29 next due date
  • Funding: Up to $20,000
  • Project period: Not specified
  • Purpose: Educating HCPs to increase awareness and enable appropriate and early patient identification by closing knowledge gaps in disease epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and emerging treatment paradigms. 
  • Eligibility: All entities with a mission related to healthcare professional education and/or healthcare improvement eligible to apply.
NIHNCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Due: Rolling through October 2023: next review date September 6, 2022 (LOI)
  • Funding: Varies
  • Project period: Up to 5 years
  • Purpose: To encourage development of research career opportunities for exceptional clinician scientists who want to continue participation in the NCI clinical trials networks through leadership in various aspects of clinical trials. 
  • Eligibility: Clinician scientists with a clinical degree (M.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., O.D., D.C., PharmD., N.D., D.V.M.) and active license, actively practicing in an oncology clinical setting, and individuals with a Ph.D. or other doctoral degree that have direct contact with patients or healthy subjects in clinical disciplines such as clinical psychology, nursing, clinical genetics, speech-language pathology, audiology, or rehabilitation are eligible.
NIHStimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (STARRTS) K38 Career Development
  • Due: Rolling through October 2024: next review deadline October 13, 2022
  • Funding: Varies
  • Project period: Up to 2 years
  • Purpose: To support Transition Scholars by providing grantees with continued research and career development opportunities in basic, clinical and/or translational research thereby enhancing the potential to accelerate their transition to independent research careers. 
  • Eligibility: Health professionals who will have successfully completed the Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) Program, Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) (R38 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) and started a clinical fellowship or early career faculty position (as instructor or assistant professor for less than 40 months at the time of submission or resubmission) by the time of the K38 award may apply.
Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) Study Support Grants
  • Due: Rolling Through the end of the calendar year.
  • 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 this content.
Pfizer Global Medical GrantsVisiting Professorship Program
  • Due: Rolling
  • Funding: Varies
  • Project period: Not specified
  • Purpose: To provide financial support for host organizations to coordinate educational exchanges so that healthcare practitioners, researchers and patients can benefit from the knowledge and on-site presence of distinguished medical experts. Application review dates: July 15, 2022 & October 17, 2022
  • Eligibility: Eligibility criteria for visiting professorship programs vary. Check eligibility requirements.
Alexander von Humboldt Research FoundationHumboldt Research Fellowship
  • Due: Rolling until July
  • 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 NetworkRequest 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.
NIHMaximizing 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/NCIInternational 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/NHLBIPrograms 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/NIAIDPrimary Caregiver Technical Assistance Supplements (PCTAS)
  • Due: Rolling; submit 30 days before targetted review date
    • Anticipated review in Nov, Feb, Apr, May
  • Funding: Up to $50,000 for technician salary
  • Project period: Up to 2 years
  • Purpose: To maintain productivity for a postdoc who is caring for children or ailing relative. Funds to be used for personnel to assist postdoc.
  • Eligibility: Lab PI must have NIAID-funded P/U/R grant with at least 1 year remaining.
NIHAdministrative 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 – International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)(K01)

International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) (No Clinical Trial)
International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) (Clinical Trial Required)

  • Due:  March 9, 2022; March 9, 2023
  • Funding: Unspecified
  • Project Period: Up to 5 years
  • Purpose: To provide support and protected time to for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle- income country for early career scientist.
  • Eligibility: Award intended for advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientist and recently appointed early career faculty (up to 2 years past terminal degree).
NIHResearch 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.
NIHAdministrative 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: Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry and Re-integration into Health-Related Research Careers (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Due: Varies by awarding IC
  • Funding: Not specified
  • Project period: Not specified
  • Purpose: To provide support for mentored research training for individuals to re-enter or re-integrate into an active research career, after an interruption for family responsibilities or other qualifying circumstance.
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.
NIHNotice of Special Interest: Secondary Analysis of Posttraumatic Psychopathology Data
  • Due: February 5, 2022 and subsequent receipt dates 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.
NIHNotice 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, 2023 for FY 2023; and 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/NIDDKAdministrative Supplements to Support Emerging Physician-Scientists to Develop Research Expertise in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
  • Due: February 3, 2023 for awards in June to August 2023
  • Funding: Up to $100,000 salary support, and $25,000 supplies
  • Project period: 2 years
  • Purpose: To support advanced research opportunities for physician-scientists holding the MD or equivalent or MD/PhD degrees, and who are early in their research careers.
  • Eligibility Notes: PD/PIs of an active R01, U01, U54, R18, RC2, DP1 or P01 award from NIDDK’s DDEMD are eligible to apply if they have at least 2 years of support remaining in the current project period.
NIHNotice of Special Interest: Secondary Analysis of Posttraumatic Psychopathology Data
  • Due: February 5, 2022 and subsequent receipt dates 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 BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Due: February 10, 2022; June 8, 2022: October 11, 2022
  • Project period: 5 years maximum
  • Purpose: To increase workforce diversity in the neuroscience workforce and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds in BRAIN Initiative research areas.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must have 5 years or less of postdoctoral research experience, be a citizen, non-citizen national or permanent resident of the United States and be a member of an underrepresented ethnic or minority group in the health-related sciences field.
NIH/NIMHNIMH Instrumentation Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Due dates: October 7, 2022; October 10, 2023; October 9, 2024
NIH – Temporary Eligibility Extensions Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
National Institutes of HealthCareer 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
National Institutes of Health – Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant

R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed
(R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)



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June

Alzheimer’s Association – Imaging Research in Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Grant
  • Due: June 5, 2023 (LOI)
  • Funding: Up to $200,000
  • Project Period: 1 year
  • Purpose: To support development of new novel imaging tools, to advance imaging-based research and to provide funding for novel and innovative imaging data analysis as relates to Alzheimer’s and related dementia.
  • Eligibility: Open investigators at all stages of research careers. Neuroradiologists and Neurologists (M.D., M.D./Ph.D, D.O.) and scientists (Ph.D) with faculty appointments are encouraged to apply, including instructor, assistant, associate and full professor levels. Collaborative projects across aging and neurodegenerative diseases strongly encouraged.
Harrington Discovery Institute Harrington Scholar-Innovator
  • Due: June 5, 2023 (LOI)
  • Funding: Up to $100,000; opportunity to qualify for up to $1.1M
  • Project Period: 1 year
  • Purpose: To support investigator-initiated research proposals addressing skeletal metastases and advancing targeted therapies and personalized medicine, so patients with advanced cancers and skeletal metastases can live longer. 
  • Eligibility: PI candidate should be an orthopedic surgeon or a PhD who collaborates with an orthopedic surgeon as co-PI.
Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers – Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Career Development Award in Partnership with Pelotonia & AACR
  • Due: June 7, 2023
  • Funding: $206,000
  • Project Period: 2 years
  • Purpose: In partnership with AACR and Pelotonia, the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund is investing in the next generation of women scientists and will support early career female scientists conducting innovative research aimed at progressing outcomes for women’s cancers.
  • Eligibility: Female scientists with a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field, and hold an appointment of assistant professor eligible; research assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, and assistant professor research track are also eligible. 75% total effort in breast or gynecological cancer research required.
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) – OREF Skeletal Metastases and Pathological Fracture Research Grant in collaboration with the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
  • Due: June 15, 2023
  • Funding: $25,000
  • Project Period: 2 years
  • Purpose: To recognize outstanding physician-scientists whose work has potential to advance standard of care (up to 12 Harrington Scholar-Innovators chosen annually).
  • Eligibility: Faculty at an accredited academic medical center, university or research institution in the US or Canada, who conduct the majority of their research at that institution eligible to apply; MD, PhD, or equivalent.
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) – OREF Musculoskeletal Research Grant/Acute Injury In Collaboration with the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)
  • Due: June 15, 2023
  • Funding: $22,500
  • Project Period: 2 years
  • Purpose: To support investigator-initiated research proposals focused on a broad area of musculoskeletal research aimed at faster recovery through regeneration and repair of soft tissue, nerves and muscle following acute injury. 
  • Eligibility: Applicants must be orthopedic surgeons licensed to practice in the U.S. who work at an institution in the U.S. Co-PI can be a PhD faculty in an orthopedic department at a U.S.-based institution.
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) – OREF Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant
  • Due: June 15, 2023
  • Funding: $20,000 per year
  • Project Period: Up to 5 years
  • Purpose: Promotes career development in academic surgery for new clinician scientists who have demonstrated success as both a clinician and a researcher.
  • Eligibility: Evidence of the candidate receiving extramural funding (K08 or K23 awards from NIH or an equivalent funding source) must be demonstrated. 
NIHEarly Stage Investigator Research Using Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Due: June 16, 2023
  • Funding: Up to $200,000 per year
  • Project Period: Up to 2 years
  • Purpose: To support development of new research directions using nonhuman primate (NHP) models in basic science or translational research, performed by early-stage investigators.
  • Eligibility: Early career investigators with a terminal degree received within the past 10 years or less and at least two years postdoctoral experience are eligible.
NIHTrailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • Due: June 16, 2023
  • Funding: Up to $400,000
  • Project Period: Up to 3 years
  • Purpose: To pursue research programs that integrate engineering and the physical sciences with the life and/or biomedical sciences. No preliminary data required, expected or encouraged.
  • Eligibility: New and early stage investigators eligible.
ThermoFisher – Oncomine Clinical Research Grant Program
  • Due: June 16, 2023
  • Funding: Up to $200,000
  • Project Period: Up to 1 year
  • Purpose: To support investigator-initiated and education projects on molecular testing in oncology and reproductive health to increase quality molecular profiling to improve clinical outcomes for cancer patients.
  • Eligibility: Independent researchers with research projects related to unmet diagnostics needs using next-generation sequencing for both solid and hematological cancers and those aiming to demonstrate the value of fast complete molecular diagnostics encouraged to apply.
Johnson & Johnson – AACR-Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson Stimulating Therapeutic Advances Through Research Training (START) Grant
  • Due: June 21, 2023
  • Funding: $225,000
  • Project Period: 3 years
  • Purpose: A joint initiative between Johnson & Johnson and AACR to support academia-industry collaborations in research for postdoctoral or clinical research fellows from underrepresented groups and/or who are female.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field, belong to an underrepresented group per NIH guidelines, and hold a full-time, mentored research position such as postdoctoral fellow, clinical research fellow, or the equivalent (held within the past 3 years of beginning grant term).
NIHResearch on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  • Due: June 21, 2023
  • Funding: Not specified.
  • Project Period: Up to 5 years
  • Purpose: To support research projects that seek to explain the underlying mechanisms, processes, and trajectories of social relationships and how these factors affect outcomes in human health, illness, recovery, and overall wellbeing.
  • Eligibility: Scientists at any level eligible to apply.
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation – Research Fellows Award Program
  • Due: June 23, 2023
  • Funding: $150,000
  • Project Period: 2 years
  • Purpose: To support researcher by scientists at the post-doctorate, medical fellow or junior faculty level working under the supervision or guidance of a research mentor in the multiple myeloma field.
  • Eligibility: Researchers holding a PhD, MD or equivalent (at the postdoctoral, clinical fellow or early career faculty level) at academic, not-for-profit research institutions may apply.

July

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) – Foundation Scholarship and Awards Programs

AATS Foundation Research Scholarship
Alain Carpentier Honoring Our Mentors Program
AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award
Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award
Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award
Valerie Rusch Mentored Career Development Award
AATS Foundation Equity Award
AATS Foundation Research Scholarship

  • Due: July 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 trainees & 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.
Research Corporation for Science Advancement – The Cottrell Scholar Award (CSA)
  • Due: July 1, 2023
  • Funding:$120,000
  • Project Period: 3 years
  • Purpose: To support early career, tenured faculty at U.S. or Canadian research universities and undergraduate institutions who hold appointments in chemistry, physics, or astronomy departments that offer bachelor’s and/or graduate degrees in those disciplines.  
  • Eligibility: Eligible applicants must be early career, tenured faculty members who started their first tenure-track appointment anytime within the 2020 calendar year.
William T. Grant Foundation – William T. Grant Scholars Program
  • Due: July 5, 2023
  • Funding: Up to $350,000
  • Project Period: Over 5 years
  • Purpose: To provide career development support for promising early-career researchers by providing 5-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.  
  • Eligibility: Applicants must have received their terminal degree within 7 years of submitting application, be in a position which has a pathway to advancement in a research career and should have interest in pursuing a significant shift in their research trajectory. Awarded based on researcher’s potential to become an influential researcher.
American Heart Association – 2024 American Heart Association Merit Award
  • Due: July 13, 2023 (LOI)
  • Funding: $1,000,000
  • Project Period: 5 years
  • Purpose: To support exceptional scientists with established track records of success, who propose novel approaches to major research challenges in the areas of cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease that have the potential to produce unusually high impact.
  • Eligibility: Limited to U.S.-based non-profit institutions, including medical, osteopathic and dental schools, veterinary schools, schools of public health, pharmacy schools, nursing schools, universities and colleges, public and voluntary hospitals and others that can demonstrate the ability to conduct the proposed research.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
  • Due: July 15, 2023
  • Funding: Rolling until July 12, 2023
  • Project Period: Not specified; based on quarterly reviews
  • Purpose: To foster collaboration between scholars working in largely disconnected fields to change the course of climate change’s impact on human health.
  • Eligibility: Open to scientists at all levels.
Burrough’s Wellcome Fund – Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
  • Due: July 17, 2023 (LOI)
  • Funding: $500,000
  • Project Period: 5 years
  • Purpose: To provide opportunities for accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to conduct stimulating higher-risk research projects that have the potential to significantly advance understanding of how infectious diseases work and how health is maintained.
  • Eligibility: Assistant Professors eligible to apply.
National Science Foundation – Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
  • Due: July 26, 2023
  • Funding: $400,000 minimum or $500,000 minimum*
  • Project Period: Up to 5 years
  • Purpose: To support early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization by building a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.  *For proposals submitted to the Directorate for Biological Sciences, the Directorate for Engineering, or the Office of Polar Programs.
  • Eligibility: Untenured faculty (at least 50% tenure track or equivalent) holding a doctoral degree in a field supported by NSF, engaged in research in areas of science, engineering or education supported by NSF who have never received a CAREER award are eligible.
Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) – 2023 Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant
  • Due: July 31, 2023
  • Funding: Up to$50,000
  • Project Period: 1 year
  • Purpose: To help early- & mid-career scientists build & sustain research careers & assume leadership roles in Pediatric Dermatology focused on eczema.
  • Eligibility: Early-career and mid-career scientists seeking to pursue a career in Pediatric Dermatology research may apply.

August

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Focus Grants
  • Due: August 1, 2022 (LOI)
  • Funding: Up to $500,000/year
  • Project Period: Up to 3 years
  • Purpose: To support targeted, innovative, and potentially high impact studies that seek to inform and/or transform suicide prevention efforts. Short-term risk: examine identification and/or intervention strategies for short-term suicide risk for implementation in clinical settings. Reaching 20% by 2025 Grants designated to reduce the nation’s suicide rate. Blue Sky Research Grants available for studies beyond the financial scope of Innovation Grants.
  • Eligibility: Studies must be multi-disciplinary, U.S.- based (with the exception of the Blue sky research grant). Collaboration with investigators experienced in suicide research is encouraged. Applicants from nonprofit organizations and the Veterans Administration are eligible; other federal or state government agencies not eligible.
Society for Academic Emergency MedicineOpen Calls
  • Due: August 1, 2023
  • Funding: Varies
  • Project Period: Varies
  • Purpose: To help fund innovative research and education initiatives in the field of emergency medicine that supports the mission of SAEM and the SAEM Foundation.
  • Eligibility: Funding for early career researchers and diversity initiatives available. See eligibility requirements for specific mechanisms.
Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) – 2023 Emerging Investigators Research Grants Program
  • Due: August 3, 2023
  • Funding: Up to $4,000
  • Project Period: 12 weeks maximum
  • Purpose: To support a focused research experience that equips awardees with valuable skills and relationships, fosters interest in pediatric dermatology from a diverse cohort of applicants.
  • Eligibility: Medical students or pediatric residents who have mentors with active PeDRA memberships.
American Diabetes Association –  Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDFN)
  • Due: August 28, 2023
  • Funding: $56,484 – $68,604 per year; $5k annually project support; $5k annually fringe allowances
  • Project Period: Up to 3 years
  • Purpose: To support diabetes research by individuals in a postdoctoral position.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must have an MD, MD/PhD, PhD, PharmD or DVM by award start date.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Climate and Health InterDisciplinary Awards
  • Due: August 31, 2023 (LOI)
  • Funding: $375,000
  • Project Period: 3 years
  • Purpose: To foster collaborative exploratory studies focused on new approaches to comprehensively assessing or reducing the impacts of climate change on human health.
  • Eligibility: Open to scientists at all levels and will support both individual scientists and multi-investigator teams. 

Awards

June

Michelson Philanthropies & American Association for the Advancement of Science – Michelson Philanthropies and Science Prize for Immunology
  • Due: June 11, 2023
  • Funding: $150,000
  • Project Period: Not specified
  • Purpose: In partnership with the Human Immunome Project,an international prize thatfocuses on transformative research in human immunology, with trans-disease applications to accelerate vaccine and immunotherapeutic discovery.
  • Eligibility: Investigators holding an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD, age 35 or younger may apply.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
  • Nominations Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Funding: $5,000 prize; commemorative plaque, and recognition at the AAAS annual meeting
  • Purpose: To recognize early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities.
  • Eligibility: Nominees must represent a field of science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) and be actively conducting research in any scientific discipline (including social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and medicine), and may be based in academia, government, or industry.

July

American Association for the Advancement of Science – Science & SciLifeLab Prizefor Young Scientists
  • Registration Date: July 15, 2023
  • Funding: $30,000 grand prize; $10,000 for each of the other three winning essay
  • Purpose: A global prize to award the best PhD thesis work in life science by early career scientists.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must have received their PhD between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022. Applicants must have performed or directed the work described in submitted essay.
Eppendorf Corporate Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurology
  • Nominations Deadline: July 15, 2023
  • Funding: $25,000 prize
  • Purpose: This international prize is awarded to one early career scientist for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Winning essay will be published in Science.
  • Eligibility: Promising neurobiologists 35 years or under with an advanced degree earned within the past 10 years are eligible. 1,000-word entry essay must be based on work conducted within the past 3 years.

August

American Chemical Society (ACS) – Abeles and Jencks Award for the Chemistry of Biological Processes
  • Nomination Deadline: August 1, 2023
  • Award: $6,000 honorarium and a medal, plus travel expenses to attend national meeting.
  • Purpose: To acknowledge and encourage outstanding contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of biological processes, with particular emphasis on structure, function, and mechanism.
  • Eligibility: Any ACS member (except those on the DBC executive committee) can be nominated.

October

  • Due: October 1, 2023
  • Funding: $30,000 for winner: $10,000 for runner up
  • Project Period: 1 payment
  • Purpose: This international prizefocuses on transformative research, by early career investigators, in human immunology, with trans-disease applications to accelerate vaccine and immunotherapeutic discovery.
  • Eligibility: Applicants holding an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD, age 35 or younger, from disciplines including computer science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, protein engineering, nanotechnology, genomics, parasitology and tropical medicine, neurodegenerative diseases, and gene editing, who apply their expertise to perform research that has a lasting impact on vaccine and immunotherapy may apply. For research within the past 3 years.

November

American Chemical Society (ACS) – Ipatieff Prize
  • Submission Date: November 1, 2023
  • Prize: $5,000 plus travel expenses for conferment of award
  • 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 opens July 1.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must be an ACS member and 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.

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