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