OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT

New Private Funding Opportunities

April 3, 2026 | Vol. 16, 2026; No. 7

The Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team within the Office of Advancement circulates this bi-weekly digest of private philanthropic funding opportunities. Please contact the CFR team to strategize on any of these requests for proposals (RFPs) or get additional information.

 

AGING

 

Aging Biology Foundation (European and the U.S.)

 

Grants in Human Aging Research or Epigenetics

  • Collaborative grants with different laboratories are possible
  • €50.000 - €4.000.000 over 6 months - 5 years
  • Rolling basis LOI
  • Website

 

BASIC SCIENCE

 

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

 

Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Graduate Student, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Early career
  • Current graduate student anticipated to complete a PhD in the chemical sciences by May 1, 2027, or current postdoctoral researcher with a granted/conferred PhD in the chemical sciences with no more than 18 months of cumulative postdoctoral research experience
  • $224K over 2 years
  • Deadline 9/4/2026 LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2016 Andrew Olive, PhD
  • Website

 

BIOLOGY

 

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Postdoctoral
  • Applicants must hold a doctorate or equivalent at the start of the fellowship
  • Applicants who already hold a PhD at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they obtained it during the two years prior to the date the application is submitted
  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Over 2 years
  • Deadline 7/10/2026
  • UMass Recipients: 2024 Clara Cousu, PhD
  • Website

 

BIOMEDICAL

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

 

AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize

  • Self-nominations not accepted
  • $25K over 1 year
  • Deadline 6/30/2026
  • Website

 

National Academy of Medicine

 

Gilbert S. Omenn Fellowship

  • Early career
  • MD or DO
  • Be nominated by a member of the NAM
  • Hold an MD or DO with additional study in the medical sciences, public health, and/or public policy
  • Be one-to-five years out from completion of residency and fellowship training or receiving the terminal doctoral degree, in an appropriate faculty position or its equivalent
  • $25K over 2 years
  • Deadline 6/30/2027
  • Website

 

CARDIOLOGY

 

The Children's Heart Foundation

 

Independent Research Awards

  • $300K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/20/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Enduring Hearts

 

Direct Grant Research Award

  • $25K-$150K over 2 years
  • Deadline 6/19/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

 

Mabel Louise Riley Foundation

 

Support for Foster Care Children and Those Aging Out of the System

  • The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations headquartered in, and most constituents served in, the city of Boston and its neighborhoods
  • $50K-$100K over 1 year
  • Deadline 5/10/2026, 8/10/2026, 11/10/2026, 2/10/2027 LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2024 Heather Forkey, MD; 2022 Heather Forkey, MD
  • Website

 

DERMATOLOGY

 

Pfizer

 

Education on Mechanism of Action of JAK3 and TEC Family Kinase Role in Alopecia Areata

  • $100K over 1 year; 2 awards
  • Deadline 5/25/2026
  • Website

 

Evidence-Based Safety Contextualization of JAK inhibitors in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis

  • $75K over 1 year; 1 U.S. award
  • Deadline 5/13/2026
  • Website

 

DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE

 

Gates Foundation

 

Global Grand Challenges - Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening - Option A | Smaller Proof-of-Concept Awards

  • Early to established career
  • $300K over 2 years; 5 awards
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

Global Grand Challenges - Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening - Option B | Mid-level Awards

  • Early to established career
  • $500K over 2 years; 3 awards
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

Global Grand Challenges - Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening - Option C | Larger Awards

  • Early to established career
  • $1M over 3 years; 2 awards
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

HEALTH CARE

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

 

Learning from Abroad to Reimagine Health Knowledge Systems for Equity and Wellbeing

  • $500K over 3 years; 15 awards
  • Deadline 4/13/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

HEALTH SCIENCE

 

Russell Sage Foundation

 

Core Research Grants - Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context

  • Doctorate degree
  • In rare circumstances, RSF may consider applications from scholars who do not hold a doctorate but can demonstrate a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research
  • Students may not be applicants
  • $75K-$200K over 2 years
  • Deadline 7/15/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

HEMATOLOGY

 

National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (formerly the National Hemophilia Foundation)

 

Annual Awards of Excellence

  • Physician, Nurse, Physical Therapist, Social Worker, Genetic Counselor, Researcher
  • Self-nominations are not permitted
  • Deadline 4/17/2026
  • Website

 

Pfizer

 

Sickle Cell Advocacy & Leadership Empowerment (SCALE) Grants

  • $20K-$30K over 12-18 months; 5-7 awards
  • Deadline 5/13/2026
  • Website

 

HEPATOLOGY

 

Gilead Sciences

 

Research Scholars Program - Primary Biliary Cholangitis

  • Junior Faculty
  • Early career
  • $180K over 2 years; 2 awards
  • Deadline 4/6/2026
  • Website

 

IMMUNOLOGY

 

Michelson Medical Research Foundation

 

Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants

  • Early career
  • Researchers 35 years of age and under
  • $150K over 1 year
  • Deadline 6/22/2026
  • Website

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

 

Gilead Sciences

 

Research Scholars Program in HIV - U.S.

  • Junior Faculty
  • Early career
  • MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent
  • Received initial faculty appointment within the last 7 years in association with a research institution in the U.S. at time of application
  • $180K over 2 years; 4 awards
  • Deadline 6/25/2026
  • Website

 

LIFE SCIENCE

 

John Templeton Foundation

 

Grants in Life Sciences

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Over 3 years
  • Deadline 7/15/2026 LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2019 Oliver J. Rando, MD, PhD
  • Website

 

NEPHROLOGY

 

International Society of Nephrology (ISN)

 

Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease

  • Early to established career
  • Nominators must be ISN members
  • Self-nominations are not accepted
  • $50K over 1 year
  • Deadline 4/10/2026
  • Website

 

NEUROLOGY

 

A Foundation Building Strength (AFBS)

 

Nemaline Myopathy Research

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Rolling basis
  • Website

 

ALS Network

 

Research Grants

  • $150K over 1 year
  • Deadline 4/20/2026 LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2025 Sandra Christina Almeida, PhD
  • Website

 

Alzheimer's Association

 

Health Services Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (HSR-ADRD)

  • Full-time Position, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Early to established career
  • $250K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/6/2026 LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2025 Hoa Nguyen, MD, PhD
  • Website

 

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

 

ADDF-Harrington Scholar Program

  • MD, PhD, or equivalent
  • $600K over 2 years
  • Deadline 6/1/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

 

Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology

  • Early career
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • Neurobiologists who are not older than 35 years
  • Degree received in the last 10 years
  • $25K over 1 year
  • Deadline 6/15/2026
  • Website

 

Brain Injury Association of America

 

Brain Injury Scholar Seed Grants

  • Must be principal investigators on at least one project valued at $300K or more or have a record of published articles in peer-reviewed journals or other demonstrated credentials in scientific inquiry
  • Applicants must have adequate infrastructure to support the proposed project
  • $25K over 2 years
  • Deadline 7/1/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Young Investigator Seed Grants

  • Must be situated in a research institution or corporate or non-profit environment where sufficient guidance from experienced brain injury researchers is available
  • $25K over 2 years
  • Deadline 7/1/2026 LOI
  • Website


CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

 

Dr. Thomas E. Brown Pioneer Award (formerly known as the Young Scientist Research Awards Program)

  • Early career
  • Applicants must be in the process of completing a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DDS, or the equivalent) or must have completed such a degree or a clinical residency training within the last three years
  • $1K over 1 year
  • Deadline 4/27/2026
  • Website

 

CHDI Foundation, Inc.

 

Academic Proposals for Huntington's Disease

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Rolling basis LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2022 Neil Aronin, MD; 2011 Neil Aronin, MD
  • Website

 

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (Alzheimer’s Disease Research Foundation)

 

Research Grants

  • Tenure-track Professor
  • $201,250 over 1-2 years
  • Rolling basis LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2026 John P. Haran, MD, PhD; 2026 Beth A. McCormick, PhD; 2025 Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD
  • Website

 

Cure Parkinson's Trust

 

Quarterly Research Grant Funding Program–Clinical

  • Cure Parkinson’s welcomes applications outside of the UK but requires projects to contract in GBP
  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Deadline 4/13/2026, 6/22/2026, 10/12/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Quarterly Research Grant Funding Program–Preclinical

  • Cure Parkinson’s welcomes applications outside of the UK but requires projects to contract in GBP
  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Deadline 4/13/2026, 6/22/2026, 10/12/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

The Mayday Fund

 

Grants Program

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Over 1 year
  • Rolling basis
  • Website

 

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF)

 

Immune Profiling Insights Program

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Over 6-24 months
  • Deadline 5/15/2026
  • Website

 

Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program (Clinical & Pre-Clinical)

  • Accepting LOIs on a rolling basis throughout the year with deadlines for invited full proposals on 4/23/26, 6/25/26, 8/20/26
  • $250K-$2M over 1-3 years
  • Rolling basis LOI
  • Website

 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

 

Career Transition Fellowships

  • Postdoctoral
  • MD, PhD, or equivalent
  • Must have more than two years of postdoctoral research experience and no more than five years of postdoctoral research experience at the time of application
  • $650K over 5 years
  • Deadline 5/6/2026 LOI
  • UMass Recipients: 2020 Sebastian Werneburg, MSc, PhD
  • Website

 

NURSING

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

 

Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award

  • Faculty
  • $1K over 1 year
  • Deadline 5/15/2026
  • Website

 

NUTRITION

 

Gates Foundation

 

Global Grand Challenges - Addressing Physiological Barriers to Micronutrient Absorption from Fortified Foods

  • $250K over 18 months
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

OBSTETRICS / GYNECOLOGY

 

Gates Foundation

 

Global Grand Challenges - Novel Interventions Targeting Placental and Gut Inflammation to Improve Fetal Growth - Track 1 | Mechanism and Target Discovery

  • Early to established career
  • $400K over 18 months
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

Global Grand Challenges - Novel Interventions Targeting Placental and Gut Inflammation to Improve Fetal Growth - Track 2 | Candidate Validation and Translational Advancement

  • Early to established career
  • $750K over 2 years
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

Global Grand Challenges - Novel Interventions Targeting Placental and Gut Inflammation to Improve Fetal Growth - Track 3 | Early Clinical Proof-of-Concept (POC)

  • Early to established career
  • $1M over 30 months
  • Deadline 4/28/2026
  • Website

 

ONCOLOGY

 

American Cancer Society

 

Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award

  • Full-time Faculty or equivalent
  • Early to established career
  • $330K over 2 years
  • Deadline 6/24/2026
  • Website

 

The Cure Starts Now Foundation

 

BFG Project (Big Fat Grant Project)

  • MD, DO, PhD, DrPH, or equivalent
  • Grants should be collaborative in nature and typically include multi-institutions
  • $1M over 4 years
  • Deadline 6/1/2026
  • Website

 

CureSearch for Children's Cancer

 

Acceleration Initiative Award

  • Faculty
  • $1.5M over 3 years
  • Deadline 10/7/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Catapult Award

  • Faculty
  • $500K-$2.5M over 3 years
  • Deadline 10/7/2027 LOI
  • Website

 

Gastric Cancer Foundation

 

Seed Grants for Early-Stage Research

  • Faculty
  • Early to established career
  • MD or PhD
  • Applications are open to all eligible researchers, with a special emphasis on junior faculty who have earned their final degree (MD or PhD) within the last ten years
  • $100K over 1 year; 2 awards
  • Deadline 4/24/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research

 

PNET Pathway Grant Program to Accelerate Research

  • Academic Researcher, including Research-track and Clinical-track Faculty, Staff Scientist, and Post-doctoral Trainee
  • $75K over 1 year
  • Deadline 5/15/2026
  • Website

 

Seed Grant

  • Early-career Academic Researcher, including Assistant and Associate Professor, Research-track and Clinical-track Junior Faculty, Staff Scientist, and Post-doctoral Trainee
  • $75K over 1 year
  • Deadline 5/15/2026
  • UMass Recipients: 2025 Jason Pitarresi, PhD
  • Website

 

The Lustgarten Foundation

 

Dr. Robert F. Vizza Lustgarten Clinical Accelerator Initiative (CAI)

  • Faculty position or equivalent
  • MD, DMD, DVM, PhD, or equivalent
  • This specific RFP from the Foundation requires an extra initial step that others do not, that must be done in conjunction with CFR in the Office of Advancement
  • Contact CFR as there are limited applicants we can put forth and CFR is coordinating our applications
  • $1.5M-$2M over 3 years
  • Deadline 5/31/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

 

Emerging Leader Award

  • Early career
  • MD, PhD, or equivalent
  • Must be three to eight years from the start of an independent faculty appointment
  • Institutions may submit multiple applications, but no more than one award will be made per institution in each funding cycle
  • $1M over 4 years
  • Deadline 4/30/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA)

 

Next Steps Program—Preclinical/Clinical Advancement of Cellular and Vaccine Therapies for Acral and Uveal Melanoma

  • Full-time Faculty
  • Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or above
  • Proposals must include one principal investigator and at least one co-investigator at the same or different institution (within or outside of the U.S.)
  • $100K-$1M over 3 years
  • Deadline 4/10/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Pfizer

 

Developing Educational Initiatives for Implementation and Therapy Management of B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) Bi-Specific Antibodies (BsAbs) in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)

  • $125K over 1 year; 1-2 awards
  • Deadline 5/18/2026
  • Website

 

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Cachexia

  • $300K over 1 year; 1-2 awards
  • Deadline 5/14/2026
  • Website

 

Maintenance Therapy in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)

  • $10K-$250K over 18 months; 2-4 awards
  • Deadline 4/21/2026
  • Website

 

Rising Tide Foundation

 

Open Call: Clinical Cancer Research Awards

  • Faculty appointment (or equivalent)
  • Early to established career
  • Doctoral degree
  • Clinical trials must be interventional, early to late stage (Phase 1, 2, and 3)
  • Clinical trails may include secondary non-clinical endpoints
  • Applications must have patient partner involvement
  • $500K over 5 years
  • Rolling basis with deadlines
  • Deadline 6/22/2026, 11/23/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)

 

SITC Cancer Immunotherapy Fellowship

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Instructor, Resident, Fellow
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • If the applicant has completed postdoctoral or residency training, the applicant must be within four years of completing such training
  • SITC member
  • $100K over 1 year
  • Deadline 4/15/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

SITC-Merck Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Instructor, Resident, Fellow
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • If the applicant has completed postdoctoral or residency training, the applicant must be within four years of completing such training
  • SITC member
  • $100K over 1 year
  • Deadline 4/15/2026 LOI
  • Website

 

ORTHOPEDICS

 

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)

 

OREF Resident Research Project Grant

  • Postdoctoral, Resident
  • $5K over 1 year
  • Deadline 4/22/2026
  • Website


PHYSIATRY

 

Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

 

Gabriella E. Molnar-Swafford Pediatric PM&R Research Grant

  • Early to established career
  • Applicant and/or at least one co-investigator must be a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) or the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP)
  • $10K over 1 year; 1 award
  • Deadline 5/1/2026
  • Website

 

PSYCH

 

American College of Psychiatrists

 

Honorary Fellows

  • Psychiatrists who are eligible for Membership in The College and are ABPN diplomates, or eligible for APBN diplomate status, may not be considered for this award
  • $5K over 1 year
  • Deadline 6/30/2026
  • Website

 

The Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 6/30/2026
  • Website

 

The Award for Leadership in Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 1/5/2027
  • Website

 

The Award for Research in Geriatric Psychiatry

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 1/5/2027
  • Website

 

The Award for Research in Mood Disorders

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 1/5/2027
  • Website

 

The Bowis Award

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 6/30/2026
  • Website

 

The Distinguished Service in Psychiatry Award

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 6/30/2026
  • Website

 

The Stanley Dean Award for Research in Schizophrenia

  • Be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Deadline 1/5/2027
  • Website

 

PULMONOLOGY

 

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF)

 

CFF/NIH R01-Unfunded Award

  • The application must have been reviewed by an NIH study section and presented to an institute council within 12 months of applying for the CF Foundation support
  • $125K over 1 year
  • Rolling through 11/30/2026
  • Website

 

Path to a Cure – Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Award

  • Postdoctoral
  • PhD, MD, DVM, or equivalent
  • In their first four years of fellowship who are engaged in or planning CF-related basic science research projects are eligible
  • Preference will be given to recent graduates and those just beginning their research careers and those with a clear commitment to CF research
  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Over 5 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • Website

 

Path to a Cure (PTAC) – Pilot and Feasibility Award

  • Early career
  • Each laboratory (not PI) may submit only one application per cycle (resubmission vs original)
  • $100K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • Website

 

Path to a Cure (PTAC) – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award

  • Early career
  • $151K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • Website

 

Path to a Cure (PTAC) – Research Grants

  • Established career
  • Each laboratory (not PI) may submit only one application per cycle (resubmission vs original)
  • $300K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • UMass Recipients: 2014 David Fish, MD
  • Website

 

Pilot and Feasibility Award

  • Established career
  • $100K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • Website

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award

  • Postdoctoral
  • Early career
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • $151K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • Website

 

Research Grants

  • Early to mid career
  • $300K over 2 years
  • Deadline 5/12/2026
  • Website

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Vertex Foundation

 

Investigator Sponsored Study (ISS) - Cystic Fibrosis & Pain

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Over 1 year
  • Rolling basis LOI
  • Website

 

RARE DISEASE

 

FRAXA Research Foundation

 

Curative Therapies Grant

  • Proposals must be discussed in advance with FRAXA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Michael Tranfaglia at mtranfaglia@fraxa.org
  • $100K over 1 year
  • Rolling basis
  • UMass Recipients: 2025 Joel Richter, PhD
  • Website

 

FRAXA Clinical Trial Grants

  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Rolling basis
  • Website

 

FRAXA Fellowships

  • $100K over 2 years
  • Deadline 2/1/2027
  • UMass Recipients: 2023 Joel Richter, PhD; 2021 Joel Richter, PhD; 2019 Sneha H. Chinai, MD
  • Website

 

RHEUMATOLOGY

 

The Cure JM Foundation

 

Cure JM Fellowship in Juvenile Myositis Award

  • PhD, MD, or equivalent
  • Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
  • Deadline 10/31/2026
  • Website

 

Pfizer

 

Evidence-Based Education on the Potential Impact of a Generic JAK Inhibitor on the Management of Rheumatologic Diseases

  • $100K over 1 year; 1 award
  • Deadline 5/21/2026
  • Website

 

Rheumatology Research Foundation

 

Lawren H. Daltroy Preceptorship in Health Communication

  • $15K over 1 year
  • Deadline 5/1/2026, 11/2/2026
  • Website

 

SCIENCE

 

Google

 

Impact Challenge: AI for Science

  • No organization may submit more than two applications, however, large organizations like colleges and universities with many departments are permitted to submit multiple applications
  • Google asks that each Project Manager submit only one proposal
  • Amount and/or duration vary and/are unpublicized
  • $500K-$3M over 1-3 years
  • Deadline 4/17/2026
  • Website

 

SURGERY

 

American Society of Transplantation (AST)

 

Priority Focused Grants - Organ Allocation & Value, Equity, and Access to Transplantation

  • Faculty, Clinician
  • Early to established career
  • The applicant must be an active member of the AST or have submitted a completed membership application by June 14, 2026
  • $75K over 1 year; 1 award
  • Deadline 6/14/2026
  • Website

 

VISION

 

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

 

ARVO Achievement Awards

  • Mid to established career
  • Deadline 3/1/2027
  • Website

 

ARVO Foundation Research Catalyst Awards

  • Early career
  • Applicant must be either an investigator within the first three years of their primary academic appointment, OR an investigator who is returning to the workforce after at least a year away from an active research career
  • ARVO member
  • $70K over 2 years; 1 award
  • Deadline 10/1/2026
  • Website

 

Carl Camras Translational Research Awards

  • Early to mid career
  • Researchers who are 45 years of age or less at the time of nomination
  • $12K over 1 year; 1 award
  • Deadline 10/1/2026
  • Website

 

Dr. David L. Epstein Award

  • Mid career
  • Applicant must be the PI of an active research program and have a history of obtaining at least two NIH grants in the U or R series (or two grant equivalents if the applicant is from outside the U.S.), at least one of which is current
  • ARVO member
  • $100K over 1 year; 1 award
  • Deadline 10/1/2026
  • Website

 

Genentech Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minority Emerging Vision Scientists

  • Faculty
  • Instructor, Assistant Professor (or equivalent)
  • Early career
  • Must be within the first four (4) years of a primary academic appointment
  • Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Group
  • ARVO member
  • $100K over 2 years
  • Deadline 10/1/2026
  • Website

 

Kreissig Award for Excellence in Retinal Surgery

  • Clinician-Scientist
  • Mid career
  • Must be practicing at least 10 years as a full trained ophthalmologist specialist in the posterior segment surgery of the eye
  • Must be age 55 or younger at the time of nomination
  • ARVO member
  • $30K over 1 year; 1 award
  • Deadline 10/1/2026
  • Website

 

Research to Prevent Blindness

 

RPB Career Advancement Award

  • Faculty
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
  • Early to mid career
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • Applicants must be nominated by their Ophthalmology Department Chair
  • Applications received without a prior nomination form will not be accepted
  • RPB-supported ophthalmology Chairs may nominate up to two (2) candidates per department -- one candidate per award
  • Nomination forms due no later than June 15 (Fall Cycle)
  • Given the limited number of applications for the department, coordination with the Department Chair is critical
  • $150K over 2 years; 2 awards
  • Deadline 7/1/2026
  • Website

 

RPB Career Development Award

  • Full-time Faculty
  • Instructor, Assistant Professor
  • Early career
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • The candidate’s first full-time ophthalmology faculty appointment must have been within three (3) years of the application deadline
  • Applicants must be nominated by their Ophthalmology Department Chair
  • Applications received without a prior nomination form will not be accepted
  • RPB-supported ophthalmology Chairs may nominate up to two (2) candidates per department -- one candidate for each award
  • Nomination forms due no later than June 15 (Fall Cycle) and December 15 (Spring Cycle)
  • Given the limited number of applications for the department, coordination with the Department Chair is critical
  • $350K over 4 years; 8 awards
  • Deadline 7/1/2026
  • Website

 

RPB International Research Collaborators Award

  • Full-time Faculty
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
  • Early to established career
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • Full-time department Chairs at any institution of higher education in the U.S. may nominate one (1) candidate per department
  • Applications received without a prior nomination form will not be accepted
  • Nomination forms due no later than June 15 (Fall Cycle) and December 15 (Spring Cycle)
  • Given the limited number of applications for the department, coordination with the Department Chair is critical
  • $75K over 1 year
  • Deadline 7/1/2026
  • Website

 

RPB Physician-Scientist Award

  • Full-time Faculty
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
  • Early to mid career
  • MD, MD/PhD, OD, or OD/PhD
  • Chairs of any Ophthalmology department may nominate one (1) candidate per department
  • Applications received without a prior nomination form will not be accepted
  • Nomination forms due no later than June 15 (Fall Cycle)
  • Given the limited number of applications for the department, coordination with the Department Chair is critical
  • $300K over 3 years
  • Deadline 7/1/2026
  • Website

 

RPB Stein Innovation Award

  • Full-time Faculty
  • Associate Professor, Professor
  • Mid to established career
  • MD, PhD, MD/PhD
  • Ophthalmology Chairs (including interim or acting Chairs) from any institution of higher education in the U.S. may nominate multiple candidates
  • Applications received without a prior nomination form will not be accepted
  • Though multiple candidates can be nominated from one department, only one award per department can be approved
  • Nomination forms due no later than June 15 (Fall Cycle) and December 15 (Spring Cycle)
  • Given the limited number of applications for the department, coordination with the Department Chair is critical
  • $300K over 3 years
  • Deadline 7/1/2026
  • Website
 

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