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Basic Science
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
David Lehr Research Award
- Faculty
- Must be at least 45 years of age by the nomination deadline of the year in which they are applying
- Applicant must be a current ASPET member in good standing
- $100K over 2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/21/2026
- Website
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Postdoctoral
- PhD, MD/DVM
- Applicants must apply within five years of receiving their PhD (or MD/DVM whichever was awarded later) as of October 1, 2026
- $355K over 3 years
- Deadline 10/1/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2016 Ragunath Singaravelu, PhD
- Website
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Team Science Accelerator
- Full-time, independent academic appointment
- Have started their first full-time, independent position within 10 years of the Letter of Intent (LOI) submission
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- $1M over 2 years
- Deadline 11/9/2026 LOI
- Website
Biomedical
Broad Institute
Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology
- Individuals, Teams, and/or combinations of individuals and teams
- Mid to established career
- Self-nominations are not permitted
- $400K over 1 year
- 1 award
- Deadline 12/4/2026
- Website
Hematology
Pfizer
Improving Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Diagnosis and Treatment with Primary Care Settings
- $250K over 2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/30/2026
- Website
Hepatology
American Liver Foundation
Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award | Deadline Update
- Basic Researcher, Physician Scientist
- Individuals can self-nominate or nominate a colleague
- Self-nominations are encouraged
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/4/2026
- Website
Infectious Disease
Campbell Foundation
Grants for HIV & AIDS Research
- LOIs are accepted during January, April, July and October of each year with no set deadlines, but since all grants are handled chronologically, the Foundation suggests submitting as early as possible
- Only able to consider LOIs from one research team at any given institution within a one-year time frame due to funding limitations
- $60K-$100K over 1 year
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Gilead Sciences
HIV Prevention NOVA 2026
- Early to established career
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Any proposal with total costs greater than $500K should be discussed with the Project Officer via NOVA2026@gilead.com
- $500K over 18 months
- Deadline 9/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Neurology
Brain Research Foundation
Seed Grant Program | Limited Submission
- Full-time Faculty
- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
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See email dated 8/18/26 from the Office of Research/Center for Clinical and Translational Science or InfoReady for more information
- $100K over 2 years
- Internal deadline 9/14/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2026 Gabriella L. Boulting, PhD
- Website
Childhood Dementia Initiative
Research Grants
GBS/CIDP Foundation International
Discovery Awards
- Mid to established career
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Elevation Awards
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
MMN Elevation Award
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Please email grants@gbs-cidp.org to confirm the availability of Elevation Awards in any given year before applying
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Parkinson's Foundation
Impact Awards
- Early to established career
- PhD or MD
- Only independent investigators are eligible to serve as PIs
- Applicants must hold a tenure-track position or equivalent
- Non-tenure track faculty may serve as Co-PIs, and postdoctoral fellows are eligible to serve as Co-Is
- Applications from Instructors will be considered if they can demonstrate that they will begin a tenure-track position by the award start date (as confirmed by a support letter from their department chair)
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 10/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award (partnered with the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders)
- Early career
- MD
- Be either less than 35 years old or five years out of the residency program (which one best applies)
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 1/11/2027
- Website
Parkinson's Foundation-PSG Mentored Clinical Research Award (MCRA)
- Early to established career
- MD or PhD
- Any early career investigator (i.e., MD or PhD within five years of completing training) seeking to become an independent researcher in the field of Parkinson's Disease - OR - any established investigator beginning a new line of research for which preliminary clinical data are needed
- $75K over 18 months
- Deadline 9/9/2026
- Website
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- PhD or MD
- Must be within five years of receiving their PhD at the time the award starts (i.e., on or after August 1, 2022)
- Clinical Neurologists must possess an MD or equivalent and be within three years of having completed a residency in neurology at the time
- $140K-$160K over 2 years
- Deadline 10/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation
PERF® Infrastructure/Registry Research Grant in Any Area of Pediatric Neurology
- Early to established career
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- $330K over 3 years
- Deadline 10/29/2026 LOI
- Website
The SPARK Grant: Supporting Pediatric Neurology Advances through Research in K-Awards
- Faculty
- Instructor, Assistant Professor
- Early career
- Have submitted a K08, K23, or CNCDP-K12 application that was not selected for funding
- Be an active or junior member of the Child Neurology Society or demonstrate that the membership application is in process
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 1/14/2027
- Website
Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation
Awards Program in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research - Early Career Investigator Award
- Full-time Tenure-track or Clinician-Scientist/Investigator Track Research Faculty
- Early career
- Received or will receive first independent research faculty appointment on or between June 1, 2024 through June 1, 2027
- $275K over 2 years
- Deadline 10/13/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2022 Paul Greer, PhD
- Website
Awards Program in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award
- Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Mentored Clinician Scientist
- Early career
- MD, DO, or equivalent
- $125K over 2 years
- Deadline 10/13/2026
- Website
Nursing
National League for Nursing
Nursing Education Research Grants
- Faculty, Doctoral Student
- A nurse must be a member of the team, but it is not required that they are the PI
- NLN member
- $30K over 1 year
- 4-5 awards
- Deadline 1/21/2027
- Website
Oncology
Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
Innovation Grant (supported by the Mather Family Foundation)
- Full Professor, Associate Professor, Clinical Researcher (MD, PhD), Research Scientist, Epidemiologist, Biostatistician, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Early to established career
- MD, PhD, DPharm, DVM
- New or established multi-center (2 or more) collaboration
- $750K over 3 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/4/2026 LOI
- Website
Research Fellowship Program
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Fellow
- Early career
- MD, PhD, DPharm, DVM
- Postdoctoral Fellows and Clinical Fellows who do not have faculty positions at the time of application
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 10/9/2026 LOI
- Website
Melanoma Research Alliance
Young Investigator Award co-funded with the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
- Full-time Faculty
- Assistant Professor (or equivalent)
- Early career
- Within the first five years of their first independent, full-time academic faculty appointment
- SSO membership at time of application
- Applicant Eligibility Checklist and biosketch due 9/14/26
- $255K over 3 years
- Deadline 11/5/2026
- Website
Pfizer
Implementing Germline and Somatic Testing for Precision Medicine in Community-Based Prostate Cancer Care - Visiting Professorship Program
- Urologist or Medical Oncologist
- MD, DO, MBBS, NP, or equivalent
- A urologist or medical oncologist should serve as Program Chair, but clinicians from all other medical disciplines can be included in the program plan, such as pathologists, APPs, nurses, navigators, other allied prostate cancer healthcare providers, genetic counselors, etc.
- $50K over 1 year
- 5-7 awards
- Deadline 9/9/2026
- Website
SabastianStrong Foundation
Discovery Science Award | Limited Submission
- In select cases, proposals demonstrating exceptional potential for impact and scalability may be considered for higher levels of support
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See InfoReady for more information
- $500K over 1-3 years
- Internal deadline 11/2/2026 LOI
- Website
Stand Up To Cancer
Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) - Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC) and the PNOC Foundation Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG) Discoveries Challenge Grant Program
- The Team must include a Team Leader and Team Co-Leader
- There is no limit to the number of Investigators from each of the institutions that may contribute to the project
- $1M over 2 years
- 2 awards
- Deadline 9/30/2026
- Website
Orthopedics
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Angela S. M. Kuo Memorial Award
- Less than 12 years of practice as of January 1st of the year of submission
- The Principal Investigator must be a POSNA member who falls under the Candidate Active or Active category and is in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $40K over 1-2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Arthur H. Huene Memorial Award
- With 12 or more years of practice as of January 1st of the year of submission
- The Principal Investigator must be a POSNA member under the Active category and be in good standing
- $30K over 1-2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Clinical Trial Planning Grant
- Principal Investigator or Co-PI must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $30K over 1-2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
POSNA Directed Research Grant
- One Principal Investigator must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $50K over 1-2 years
- 1-2 awards
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
POSNA Peter Armstrong QSVI Grant
- Principal Investigator must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 2/12/2027
- Website
POSNA Registry Grant
- Principal Investigator or Co-PI must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $150K over 3 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
POSNA Research Grant
- Principal Investigator or Co-PI must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $30K over 1-2 years
- 3 awards
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
POSNA Research Start-Up Grant
- Principal Investigator or Co-PI must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $10K over 1 year
- 3 awards
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Roshen N. Irani Breakout Research Award
- Active, Associate, Candidate Active, and Candidate Associate POSNA members in good standing may apply
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $20K over 1-2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Roshen N. Irani Research Training Grant
- Resident, Medical Student, or Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellow with an interest in pediatric orthopaedic research
- A POSNA Candidate Active or Active member in good standing must serve as a mentor
- $10K over 1 year
- 2 awards
- Deadline 1/8/2027
- Website
St. Giles Young Investigator Award
- The Principal Investigator must be a POSNA member who falls under the Candidate or Active membership category of POSNA and is in good standing
- The Principal Investigator must have less than five years of practice as of January 1st of the year of submission
- Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI
- $30K over 1-2 years
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Physical/Occupational Therapy
American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Community Engaged Research Grant (NBCOT®) | Deadline Update
- Full-time faculty position appointment or an equivalent research position
- Credentialed Occupational Therapist
- Early career
- PhD, ScD, or has an OTD or EdD with advanced research training
- Be led by a community-academic partnership, jointly submitted by an academic researcher and at least one community-based individual, organization, or public agency
- $100K over 2 years
- 3 awards
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Hand in Hand Research Grant (collaborating with the American Society of Hand Therapists and the American Hand Therapy Foundation) | Deadline Update
- Full-time faculty position appointment or an equivalent research position
- Credentialed Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist
- Early career
- PhD, ScD, or a clinical doctorate (OTD, DPT, or EdD) with advanced research training and/or experience
- Must hold current certification as a hand therapist (CHT)
- $50K over 1 year
- 1 award
- Deadline 11/2/2026
- Website
Implementation Research Grant | Deadline Update
- Occupational Therapy Practitioner or working in occupational therapy research
- Early career
- PhD, ScD, EdD, or DrPH
- Preference given to early-career researchers and those from underrepresented backgrounds, including individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in occupational therapy, those with disabilities, and those from underresourced communities
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Intervention Research Grant Program | Deadline Update
- Full-time faculty position appointment or an equivalent research position
- Credentialed Occupational Therapist
- Early career
- PhD, ScD, or has an OTD or EdD with advanced research training
- The PI has a terminal research degree (PhD, ScD) or has an OTD or EdD with advanced research training
- Completed their terminal research degree (PhD/DSc) or the post degree research fellowship (for non-research degrees e.g. OTD/EdD), within the past 6-10 years
- $100K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Psych
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (A Klingenstein Philanthropy)
Fellowship Program - Children and Adolescent ADHD or Depression | Deadline Update
- Junior Faculty, Postdoctoral
- Early career
- PhD or MD
- Only candidates in departments of psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, developmental pediatrics, social work, or public health, or education who have been nominated by their Department Chair and who have a primary mentor for the project may apply for a fellowship
- Department Chairs may nominate only one investigator for each of the two fellowship areas: ADHD and depression
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 11/20/2026
- Website
Mind & Life Institute
Mind & Life Research Grants
- Graduate Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, Junior Faculty
- Early career
- Must have attended the Mind & Life Summer Research Institute within the last five years
- For 2026 applications, one must have attended the Mind & Life Summer Research Institute in Garrison, NY (or online) in 2022 or later
- Junior faculty through their fifth year of university appointment
- $25K over 2 years
- Deadline 8/31/2026
- Website
Pulmonology
American Lung Association
Allergic Respiratory Diseases Research Award (partnered with with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Early to established career
- Doctoral degree
- Applicants may be at any level of research experience, but priority will be given to applicants below the rank of associate professor who have not received more than one NIH R series award
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- Website
Catalyst Research Award
- Early career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a relevant doctoral degree (PhD, DSc, MD, DO, etc.)
- Postdoctoral Fellows (PhD) and Medical Fellows who are seeking to complete at least two years of mentored research training are also eligible
- MD or DO applicants must have completed two years of research training after receiving their terminal degree prior to the start of the award
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2023 Priyadharshini Devarajan, PhD; 2023 Lorissa Smulan, PhD
- Website
Dalsemer Interstitial Research Award
- Faculty or professional appointment
- Early career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a relevant doctoral degree (PhD, DSc, MD, DO, etc.)
- Postdoctoral Fellows (PhD) and Medical Fellows who are seeking to complete at least two years of mentored research training are also eligible
- MD or DO applicants must have completed two years of research training after receiving their terminal degree prior to the start of the award
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- Website
Emerging Respiratory Pathogen Award
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Early to established career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of LOI, an applicant must hold a doctoral degree
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Hastings Innovation Award for Interstitial Lung Disease
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Early career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a doctoral degree
- The applicant must have held a K or R level grant in the five years preceding their application for this award
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- Website
Indoor Air Award
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Established career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a relevant doctoral degree (PhD, DSc, MD, DO, etc.)
- Postdoctoral Fellows (PhD) and Medical Fellows who are seeking to complete at least two years of mentored research training are also eligible
- MD or DO applicants must have completed two years of research training after receiving their terminal degree prior to the start of the award
- $50K-$100K over 3 years
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Innovation Award
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Early career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a doctoral degree
- Applicants must have held a K or R type award within five years preceding their application for this award
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 12/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Lung Cancer Discovery Award
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Early to established career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of LOI, an applicant must hold a doctoral degree and must have completed a training fellowship
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Public Health & Public Policy Research Award
- Full-time Faculty or professional appointment equivalent
- Early career
- Doctoral degree
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a relevant doctoral degree (PhD, DSc, MD, DO, etc.)
- Postdoctoral Fellows (PhD) and Medical Fellows who are seeking to complete at least two years of mentored research training are also eligible
- MD or DO applicants must have completed two years of research training after receiving their terminal degree prior to the start of the award
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- Website
Rare Disease
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - Orphan Disease Center
Mast Genes Research Foundation Pilot Grant Program 2026
- Faculty
- Early career investigators and postdoctoral fellows may apply, provided the application includes documented institutional and mentor support
- $50K over 1 year
- 2 awards
- Deadline 8/28/2026 LOI
- Website
Million Dollar Bike Ride 2026 Pilot Grant Program
- Faculty
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
Dynamic Grants
- MD, PhD, DDS, OD, or be working toward an advanced degree and be supervised by an experienced investigator
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1-2 years
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Partner Research Award
- MD, PhD, DDS, OD, or be working toward an advanced degree and be supervised by an experienced investigator
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1-2 years
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Surgery
American Society of Transplantation
Fellowship Research Grants
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent
- Within the first two years of post-doctoral research training (not including clinical training) by the grant application deadline
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- Website
Sages Education & Research Foundation
Grant Program
- $1K-$100K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/8/2026
- Website
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