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Aging
Point32Health Foundation
Equity in Aging & Promoting Healthier Communities
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Allergy
Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)
Mind Meld Team Grant Program
- Doctoral or Medical degree
- The lead institution must be a current member of the third cohort of the FARE Clinical Network
- $1M over 4 years
- Deadline 9/2/2026 LOI
- Website
Biomedical
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF)
BSF Research Grants
- Faculty or equivalent
- PhD, MD, or equivalent
- For 2-year start-up applications, the budget must be a fixed $90K
- In odd calendar years (2027, 2029, etc.) the BSF supports research projects in Biomedical Engineering, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Psychobiology
- In even calendar years (2026, 2028, etc.) the BSF supports research projects in Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Economics, Energy Research, Environmental Research (Air, Water and/or Soil), Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Sociology & Anthropology, Psychology (excluding Psychobiology)
- $300K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/18/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2024 Dohoon Kim, PhD; 2019 Rene Maehr, PhD; 2016 Nathan Lawson, PhD
- Website
Cardiology
American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)
ACC/ABC Merck Research Fellowship Award
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- Preference will be given to individuals who have no more than two years of full-time research experience in either basic or clinical research – though experience relevant to your project is important to outline in your application – and who would not hold another major external (e.g., from the National Institutes of Health or the American Heart Association) fellowship salary award during the ACC/ABC Merck Research Fellowship funded year
- One fellowship award will be awarded to a current member of the Association of Black Cardiologists
- $100K over 1 year; 3 awards
- Deadline 9/14/2026
- Website
Chemistry
Herman Frasch Foundation/American Chemical Society
Herman Frasch Foundation Grants
- Tenured or Tenure-track Faculty
- Within the first seven years of first academic appointment
- $250K over 5 years; 8 awards
- Deadline 11/5/2026
- Website
Community Programs
Grodman Family Foundation
Integrated Multidisciplinary Interventions
- $50K-$200K over 1-3 years r
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
MS Center Quality of Life Grants
- $40K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2019 Christopher Hemond, MD
- Website
Cosmology
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
Cosmology Prize
- Nominations from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science
- Individuals that are active in or have an appreciation for contemporary cosmological research and study may submit nominations
- Self-nominations are not accepted
- $500K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/15/2026
- Website
Dermatology
American Contact Dermatitis Society
Education & Research Awards
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 10/15/2026
- Website
National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF)
Milestone to a Cure
- MD, PhD, DVM, DO, OD, DNP, DMS or equivalent degree
- $500K over 2 years; 4 awards
- Deadline 8/31/2026 LOI
- Website
Endocrinology
Breakthrough T1D
Accelerating the Development of Combined CGM–Pump Devices
- Faculty
- MD, DO, DMD, DVM, PhD, or equivalent
- $900K over 3 years
- Deadline 9/2/2026 LOI
- Website
Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES)
Laureate Awards
Gastroenterology
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
IBD Ventures
- $500K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026 LOI
- Website
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Innovator Awards in IBD (Innovator Awards and Synergy Awards are now one grant)
- Early to established career
- MD, PhD, or equivalent
- Innovator Awards support individual research projects with grants of up to $150K and collaborative projects involving multiple investigators with grants of up to $300K
- Grantees who demonstrate significant progress are eligible for up to two years of additional support
- $150K-$300K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/30/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2023 Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD; 2019 Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD; 2017 Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, FIDSA; 2017 Andrea Reboldi, PhD; 2017 Neal Silverman, PhD; 2016 Jun Huh, PhD; 2014 Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD
- Website
Genetics
American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
Catalyst Award
- ASGCT member
- Nomination letters must be submitted by two or more ASGCT members in good standing
- $2K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
Excellence in Advancing Access Award (formerly the Award for Excellence in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
- ASGCT member
- Nomination letters must be submitted by two or more ASGCT members in good standing
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
Founders Award
- ASGCT member
- Nomination letters must be submitted by two or more ASGCT members in good standing
- $2K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
Outstanding Achievement Award
- ASGCT member
- Nomination letters must be submitted by two or more ASGCT members in good standing
- $2K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
Outstanding New Investigator Award
- Within fifteen (15) years of obtaining their terminal degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) at the time of nomination
- ASGCT member
- Nomination letters must be submitted by two ASGCT members in good standing
- $2K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
A-T Children's Project
A-T Translational & Clinical Research Grants
- $150K over 2 years
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
Genetics Prize
- Nominations may be submitted by individuals that are active in or have an appreciation for contemporary genetic research or problems
- Self-nominations are not accepted
- $500K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/15/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2023 Allan Jacobson, PhD; 2014 Victor Ambros, PhD
- Website
International Rett Syndrome Foundation
Bridge Award
- Faculty or equivalent
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 8/14/2026
- Website
The Lilly and Blair Foundation
Rapid Response Grants
- $25K over 6 months
- Rolling basis
- Website
Mito Foundation
Strategic Grant Opportunities (ad hoc) - Partnership Grants
- Overseas-based applications welcome
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Rolling basis
- Website
Strategic Grant Opportunities (ad hoc) - Project Grants
- Overseas-based applications welcome
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Rolling basis
- Website
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
Research Initiative Program
- Request for Proposals (RFPs) is by invitation only and open all year
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If you consider applying for funding, please contact research@ntsad.org and they will set up a meeting to further discuss your research
- $2K-$140K over 1-2 years
- Rolling basis
- UMass Recipients: 2023 Guangping Gao, PhD; 2017, 2015, 2013 Miguel Esteves, PhD; 2011 Guangping Gao, PhD
- Website
Health Care
Arnold Ventures
Strengthening Evidence: Support for RCTs to Evaluate Social Programs and Policies
- $100K-$400K over 1-4 years
- Deadline 9/11/2026 LOI
- Website
Hematology
Amyloidosis Foundation
Research Grant
- PhD, MD, or equivalent
- Within 10 years of receiving a PhD, MD or equivalent degree
- Applicants must have a mentor who guarantees an environment that will support the research project of the applicant
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/12/2026
- Website
Hemostasis & Thrombosis Research Society
HTRS Mentored Research Award (MRA)
- Junior Faculty, Clinical Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Early career
- MD, MD/PhD, PhD, DO, MBBS, or an equivalent medical or scientific doctoral degree
- In the appropriate setting, other clinical degrees may be accepted and include nursing, pharmacy, or other allied health professional degrees
- $165K over 2 years
- Deadline 8/31/2026 LOI
- Website
HTRS Mid-career Research Award (MCRA)
- Faculty, Clinician, Physician-scientist, or Discovery-based Scientist
- Mid career
- MD, DO, PhD, or MD/PhD, or equivalent
- With 5-to-15 years of academic research experience
- $216K over 2 years
- Deadline 8/14/2026 LOI
- Website
Pfizer
Implementing Shared Decision Making in Hemophilia Patient Care | Deadline Extended
- $30K over 18 months; 2 awards
- Deadline 9/24/2026
- Website
Hepatology
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation (AASLD)
Autoimmune Liver Diseases Exploratory Research Award
- Pre-Doctoral, Graduate, Resident, Fellow/Postdoc
- Junior Faculty
- Early career
- Junior faculty within five years of first appointment
- ASSLD member
- $20K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Bridge Award
- Junior Faculty
- Up to and including Associate Professor
- Mid career
- AASLD member
- $100K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award (CTORA)
- Junior Faculty
- Early to mid career
- Within five years of first appointment
- AASLD member
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Frank J. Tusa Pilot Award for Research in Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Junior Faculty
- Up to and including Associate Professor/equivalent
- Early to mid career
- AASLD member
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Lalit and Anubha Gupta Pilot Award in PSC Research
- Fellow, Postdoctoral, Junior Faculty
- Up to and including Associate Professor/equivalent
- Mid career
- MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent
- AASLD member
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Pilot Research Award
- Junior Faculty
- Up to and including Associate Professor
- Mid career
- At least three years from first appointment
- AASLD member
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Pinnacle Research Award in Liver Diseases
- Junior Faculty
- Early career
- MD, PhD or MD/PhD
- Within the first five years of first appointment
- AASLD member
- $300K over 3 years
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Stravitz Visionary Award
- Junior Faculty
- Early to mid career
- Within 10 years of completion of training
- MPI/multi-institution studies will be considered
- $500K over 3 years
- Deadline 10/12/2026 LOI
- Website
Immunology
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
AAI ASPIRE Award
- Early career
- Independent research scientists (PIs) who started their first independent position no more than five years ago (for 2027 eligibility, the first independent position must have begun after September 15, 2021)
- AAI member
- $2K over 1 year; 6 awards
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award
- Mid to established career
- AAI member
- No self-nominations
- 1 award
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
AAI Lancefield Mid-Career Achievement Award
- Mid career
- Have started their first independent position at least 10 years ago and no more than 20 years ago (for 2027 eligibility, the first independent position must have begun between September 15, 2006 and September 15, 2016)
- AAI member
- No self-nominations
- $5K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
AAI Meritorious Career Award
- Mid career
- Have started their first independent position at least 10 years ago and no more than 20 years ago (for 2027 eligibility, the first independent position must have begun between September 15, 2006 and September 15, 2016)
- No self-nominations
- AAI member
- $5K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2022 Katherine A. Fitzgerald, PhD
- Website
AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award
- AAI member
- No self-nominations
- $5K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research
- AAI member
- No self-nominations
- $5K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
AAI-Waters Biosciences Investigator Award
- Early career
- Have started their first independent position at least five years ago and no more than 10 years ago (for 2027 eligibility, the first independent position must have begun between September 15, 2016 and September 15, 2021)
- AAI member
- No self-nominations
- $5K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Food Allergy Fund
Innovators Research Grants
- Researcher or Team of Researchers
- $75K-$250K over 1-2 years
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Gates Foundation
Global Grand Challenges - Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status, Inflammation and Infectious Disease | Alternative A (Minimum Scope)
- Early to established career
- $200K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/8/2026
- Website
Global Grand Challenges - Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status, Inflammation and Infectious Disease | Alternative B (Optimistic Scope)
- Early to established career
- $800K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/8/2026
- Website
Immune Deficiency Foundation
Research Grant Program
- MD, DO, PhD, RN
- Note that medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows, and other professional school students can apply, as long as they have the support of an appropriate mentor
- $25K-$50K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/14/2026
- Website
Pfizer
Optimizing Maternal RSV Immunization Delivery: A Systems-Based Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Uptake, Equity, and Newborn Outcomes
- $100K-$200K over 1 year; 1-2 awards
- Deadline 9/10/2026
- Website
Nephrology
American Society of Nephrology
Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program
- Postdoctoral
- MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent degree
- May not have completed more than five years of research training after the completion of MD, DO, or equivalent degree, or three years of postdoctoral research training after the PhD degree, at the time of the activation of the award of July 1, 2026
- ASN member
- $100K over 2 years; 10 awards
- Deadline 11/19/2026
- Website
PKD Foundation (Polycystic Kidney Disease)
Fellowship Grants
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- MD, PhD, or equivalent
- May not have completed the equivalent of more than five years of research or post-doctoral training (excluding clinical training) after completion of MD or PhD training at the time the award begins
- $140K over 2 years
- Deadline 8/17/2026 LOI
- Website
Neurology
ALS Association
Next Generation Research Grant in ALS (partnered with the American Brain Foundation)
- Clinician-investigator
- Early career
- MD, PhD, or equivalent terminal-level clinical or research degree
- Applicants must have completed clinical residency or PhD on or after July 1, 2022
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 10/8/2026
- Website
Richard Olney Next Generation Clinician Scientist Grant in ALS (partnered with the American Brain Foundation)
- Early career
- MD, PhD, or equivalent terminal-level clinical or research degree
- Applicants must have completed clinical residency or PhD on or after July 1, 2020
- $240K over 3 years
- Deadline 10/8/2026
- Website
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (also known as Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation)
Research Fellowship Grant
- Resident
- Early career
- Applicants must be physicians who have been accepted into, or who are currently in approved residency training programs in, neurological surgery in North America
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026
- Website
Young Clinician Investigator Award
- Junior Faculty
- Early career
- Applicants must be neurosurgeons, no more than two years from having completed their neurosurgical residency training, and/or clinical fellowship, who are full-time faculty in North American teaching institutions
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026
- 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 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 10/12/2026 LOI
- Website
CurePSP
New Investigator Award (previously the Pathways and Pipeline Program)
- Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor, or equivalent independent research position
- Early career
- ScD, PhD, MD, MD/PhD, DO, DSW, and DVM
- Within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or the end of their post-graduate clinical training
- Postdoctoral fellows and medical fellows are eligible to apply, provided this project is intended to support a transition to an independent research career
- $100K over 1-2 years
- Deadline 10/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR)
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS) Research Grants
- Possibility of a second grant period of 18 months of funding upon competitive renewal
- $150K over 18 months
- Deadline 9/4/2026, 2/26/2027 LOI
- Website
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
Neuroscience Prize
- Nominations may be submitted by individuals that are active in or have an appreciation for contemporary neuroscience research and study
- Self-nominations are not accepted
- $500K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/15/2026
- Website
International Association for the Study of Dreams
Dream Research Grants (partnered with the DreamScience Foundation)
- Early to established career
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 10/15/2026
- Website
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Accelerations Program (NTAP)
Francis S. Collins Scholars Program in Neurofibromatosis Clinical and Translational Research
- Faculty, Postdoctoral
- Early career
- Be in the last year of post-doctoral training or be a junior faculty member within seven years of the first faculty appointment
- Full Salary over 3 years
- Deadline 12/7/2026
- Website
Morton Cure Paralysis Fund
Research Grant
- $5K-$75K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/30/2026
- Website
Pershing Square Foundation
2027 Mind Prize (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery)
- Faculty
- Early to mid career
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Applicants must have completed at least one but no more than eight years of independent research experience as a tenure-track faculty member (or equivalent) by the start date of the Prize (May 2027)
- $750K over 3 years; 6 awards
- Deadline 9/21/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2026 Marcus Ruscetti, PhD
- Website
Warren Alpert Foundation
Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Awards - Neuroscience | Limited Submission
- Postdoctoral
- MD, PhD, or both
- Minimum of three years and no more than six years of a post-doctoral fellowship by July 1, 2027
- Must be nominated by the dean of the medical school or equivalent institutional senior leader
- There is no limited number of applicants, but coordinating with leadership is critical
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See InfoReady for more information
- $400K over 2 years; 5+ awards
- Internal deadline 9/10/2026
- Website
Whitehall Foundation
Grants in Aid
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- Early to established career
- Must hold Principal Investigator status
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 10/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Research Grants
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- Early to established career
- Must hold Principal Investigator status
- $300K over 3 years
- Deadline 10/1/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2024 Jin Zhang, PhD; 2022 Yang Xiang, PhD; 2018 Paul Greer, PhD; 2012 Kensuke Futai, PhD
- Website
Neuropychology
Learning Disabilities Foundation of America
Grants
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Oncology
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Sarcoma Research Grants
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
AACR-AstraZeneca Fellowship for Physician-Scientists for Digital Pathology and AI Training
- MD, DO, MD/PhD, or the equivalent
- Be enrolled in an accredited pathology fellowship or residency program at an academic, medical, or research institution within the U.S.
- AACR member
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/3/2026
- Website
AACR-World Cancer Research Fund International-Prevent Cancer Foundation Cancer Prevention Research Fellowship
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Research Fellow, or the equivalent
- PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Have completed their most recent doctoral degree within the past five years (i.e., degree cannot have been conferred before December 1, 2021)
- AACR member
- $130K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/22/2026
- Website
Victoria's Secret Global Fund for Women's Cancers Career Development Award (in partnership with Pelotonia)
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor, Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, or the equivalent
- PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Have started their first independent faculty position within the past six years from the start of the grant term
- AACR member
- $206K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/3/2026 LOI
- Website
Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation
Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program - Consortium Grant
- Faculty, Fellow, Research Scientist
- MD, DO, PharmD and/or PhD degrees
- Consortiums are three or more institutions collaborating on a grant-supported research project
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/14/2026 LOI
- Website
Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program - Independent Investigator Grant
- Faculty, Fellow, Research Scientist
- MD, DO, PharmD and/or PhD degrees
- Researchers under this award identify as either a Young Investigator or an Independent Investigator
- Young Investigators are no more than five years post fellowship
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/14/2026 LOI
- Website
Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program - Outside the Box Grant
- Faculty, Fellow, Research Scientist
- MD, DO, PharmD and/or PhD degrees
- At the end of the award, researchers may apply for additional funding in the next grant cycle through a Fellow, Independent Investigator or Consortium Grant, as appropriate
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/14/2026 LOI
- Website
Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program - Postdoctoral and Clinical Research Fellow Grant
- Faculty, Fellow, Research Scientist
- MD, DO, PharmD and/or PhD degrees
- Fellows in the last year of their fellowship are only eligible for a one-year grant and may apply through the Independent Investigator Grant the following grant cycle
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/14/2026 LOI
- Website
Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
Translational Research Program (TRP)
- Faculty
- Established career
- PhD, MD, DVM, or equivalent
- With more than three years in an independent faculty appointment
- $750K over 3 years
- Deadline 10/16/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2014 Lucio Castilla, PhD; 2009 Shaoguang Li, MD, PhD
- Website
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Biology of Early Onset Breast Cancer Initiative - Clinical Trial or Intervention Awards
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- $2.25M over 3 years
- Deadline 8/25/2026 LOI
- Website
Biology of Early Onset Breast Cancer Initiative - Innovation Awards
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- $750K over 3 years
- Deadline 8/25/2026 LOI
- Website
Biology of Early Onset Breast Cancer Initiative - Translational Multi-PI Cross-disciplinary Awards
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- $1.5M over 3 years
- Deadline 8/25/2026 LOI
- Website
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award
- $460K over 4 years
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2017 Sakiko Suzuki, MD
- Website
The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research - Tina's Wish
Acceleration to Clinic (A2C) Grant
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher (or equivalent)
- $1M over two years
- Deadline 9/9/2026 LOI
- Website
Hyundai Motor America: Hyundai Hope on Wheels
Bridge2K Award for NIH K Award Applicants
- Junior Faculty
- No higher than Assistant Professor
- MD, MD/PhD
- Be a Pediatric Oncologist in a pediatric cancer-focused division with a junior faculty position (no higher than Assistant Professor) at a COG member institution
- Have submitted a pediatric cancer-related K award application (K08, K23, K99/R00) within the past 18 months that was scored but not funded (the 18 months begins at review date)
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Must be submitted through Proposal Central where more details are found
- $150K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/12/2026
- Website
The Lustgarten Foundation
Dr. Robert F. Vizza Lustgarten Clinical Accelerator Initiative (CAI)
- Faculty position or equivalent
- MD, DMD, DVM, PhD, or equivalent
- $1.5M-$2M over 3 years
- Deadline 11/2/2026 LOI
- Website
Melanoma Research Foundation
MRF Breakthrough Consortium Pilot Translational Award
- Post-doctoral and/or Research Fellow, Research Associate/Scientist, Instructor, or Professor (either Assistant, Associate, or Full)
- PhD, MD, or equivalent
- Both tenured and non-tenured track faculty are encouraged to apply
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 8/15/2026
- Website
Osteosarcoma Institute
Clinical Trials Grant Program
- Faculty or equivalent
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Applicants can submit only one Letter of Intent (LOI)
- $800K over 2-3 years
- Deadline 9/10/2026 LOI
- Website
Correlative Science Grant Program
- Faculty or equivalent
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Applicants can submit only one Letter of Intent (LOI)
- $200K-$500K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/10/2026 LOI
- Website
High Risk/High Impact Grant Program
- Faculty or equivalent
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Applicants can submit only one Letter of Intent (LOI)
- $25K-$125K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/10/2026 LOI
- Website
Off-Cycle Grants (Case-by-Case Basis)
- Faculty or equivalent
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
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Please email a 1–2-page summary of your proposed project to submissions@osinst.org briefly describing the proposed research, why the opportunity is time sensitive, and outlining why it cannot reasonably wait until the next annual Grant Cycle
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Rolling basis
- Website
Preclinical/Translational Grant Program
- Faculty or equivalent
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Applicants can submit only one Letter of Intent (LOI)
- $500K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/10/2026 LOI
- Website
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)
Rosalind Franklin Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research
- Faculty
- MD, PhD, ScD
- $10K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 8/12/2026
- Website
Otolaryngology
American Hearing Research Foundation
Discretionary Grants - Birtman Grant & Richard G. Muench Chairman’s Grant
- MD, PhD, AuD, or equivalent degree(s)
- $65K-$75K over 1 year; 1-2 awards
- Deadline 8/15/2026
- Website
American Otological Society (AOS)
Clinical Investigations Grant
- $66K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Clinician-Scientist Award
- Full-time faculty
- Early career
- MD or equivalent
- $240K over 3 years; 1 award
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Multi-centered Clinical Cooperative Seed Grant
- AOS membership required for PI
- Minimum of 3 collaborating sites
- $55K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Research Grant
- Faculty
- MD and/or PhD
- $55K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Research Training Fellowship
- Clinical Fellow, Resident, Postdoctoral Fellow (both MD and PhD)
- MD, PhD
- $44K over 1 year
- Deadline 11/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Physical/Occupational Therapy
American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF)
Nancy Talbot Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Postdoctoral
- Have an OT degree and a doctorate in OT or a non-OT field (PhD/OTD/DrOT/ScD)
- Non-OT doctorates must perform their postdoc in an OT department
- Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) group
- Have a mentor who has expertise in the area of research study
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 2/20/2027
- Website
Community Engaged Research Grant (NBCOT®)
- 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 9/19/2026 LOI
- Website
Hand in Hand Research Grant (collaborating with the American Society of Hand Therapists and the American Hand Therapy Foundation)
- 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 11/3/2026
- Website
Implementation Research Grant
- 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 9/19/2026 LOI
- Website
Intervention Research Grant Program
- 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 9/19/2026 LOI
- Website
Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence
- Occupational Therapist
- Be initially certified by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, formerly the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board
- Candidates previously nominated but not selected may be re-nominated in subsequent years
- $1K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/30/2026
- Website
Psych
Reliant Foundation
Community Grants for Programs - Mental Health and/or Behavioral Health | Recovery From Substance Use Disorder (Including Opioids, Alcohol and Other Substances)
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 10/9/2026
- Website
World Childhood Foundation
Child Focused Response to Abuse
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Child Safety Online
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Child Supportive Relationships and Environments
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- 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
Program for Adult Care Excellence (PACE) Award
- MD
- Applicants must be physicians trained in Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, or Family Medicine
- Subspecialty training in pulmonary/critical care is included but not required
- Applicants must have less than five years of clinical experience in CF
- $108K over 3 years
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2025 Jennifer Kodela, DO; 2023 Christine Bielick Kotkowski, MD
- Website
Rare Disease
Children's Fund for Glycogen Storage Disease
Grant/Fellowship Programs
- MD and/or PhD, or equivalent doctoral degree
- Applications from minority individuals, women, and young investigators are encouraged
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Rolling basis
- Website
Job Research Foundation
Job Syndrome Research Grant
- $200K over 2 years; 2 awards
- Deadline 10/16/2026
- Website
Reproductive Health
Gates Foundation
Global Grand Challenges - AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning
- $500K over 1 year
- Deadline 8/25/2026
- Website
Rheumatology
Lupus Research Alliance
Lupus Insight Prize
- Early to established career
- Only one nomination will be accepted per investigator
- Self-nominations are not allowed
- $100K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 1/4/2027
- UMass Recipients: 2016 Ann Marshak Rothstein, PhD
- Website
Osteoarthritis Research Society International
Lifetime Achievement Award
- OARSI members who have contributed an impactful body of original work within the field of OA research during the last 10 years
- Nomination by OARSI members including industry partners and Board members
- Self-nomination is not possible
- Deadline 12/18/2026
- Website
Rheumatology Research Foundation
Career Development Bridge Funding Award: K Bridge
- Full-time Junior Faculty
- MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent level degree
- Must be ACR or ARP member
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 10/1/2026
- Website
Career Development Bridge Funding Award: R Bridge
- Full-time Faculty
- MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent level degree
- Must be ACR or ARP member
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 10/1/2026
- Website
Sleep
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM Foundation)
Strategic Research Award - Category I
- Early to established career
- Sleep scientists with a master’s level degree (MA, MS, MSN, MPH, or equivalent) or higher (MD, DO, DDS, DMD, DNP, DNSc, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent)
- $250K over 1-3 years
- Deadline 10/19/2026 LOI
- Website
Strategic Research Award - Category II
- Early to established career
- Sleep scientists with a master’s level degree (MA, MS, MSN, MPH, or equivalent) or higher (MD, DO, DDS, DMD, DNP, DNSc, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent)
- $100K over 1-2 years
- Deadline 10/19/2026 LOI
- Website
Strategic Research Award - Category III
- Early to established career
- Sleep scientists with a master’s level degree (MA, MS, MSN, MPH, or equivalent) or higher (MD, DO, DDS, DMD, DNP, DNSc, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent)
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 10/19/2026 LOI
- Website
Surgery
American Society of Transplantation (AST)
Early Faculty Development Research Grants
- Faculty
- Early career
- PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent
- Within the first five years of their first faculty appointment
- Applicant must be an active member of the AST or have submitted a completed membership application by December 1
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 12/1/2026
- Website
Association for Academic Surgery
AAS Joel J. Roslyn Faculty Research Award
- Full-time Faculty
- Less than Associate Professor
- Early career
- AAS member
- $50K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
AAS/AASF Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award
- Faculty
- Less than Associate Professor
- Early career
- Within their first five years of practice following residency
- AAS member
- $50K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
AAS/AASF Trainee Research Fellowship Awards
- Resident, Fellow
- Early career
- Currently enrolled as a resident or fellow in an accredited training program
- Completed at least two years of postgraduate training in a surgical discipline
- Be an AAS Candidate Member
- Applicants whose Candidate Membership applications are being processed are also eligible
- Be sponsored by a mentor who is an Active or Senior Member of the AAS
- $30K over 1 year; 4 awards
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
Geoffrey Dunn, M.D. Research Award in Surgical Palliative Care
- Full-time Faculty
- Within the first ten years of their practice
- AAS member
- $20K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 9/18/2026
- Website
Urology
American Urological Association (AUA)
The Urology Care Foundation Bridge Award (supported by Dornier MedTech)
- MD, PhD, or equivalent
- $60K over 1 year; 2 awards
- Deadline 10/5/2026
- Website
Vision
BrightFocus Foundation
National Glaucoma Research Grants: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
- Early career
- MD, PhD, DVM, DO, OD, or equivalent
- Within four years after completion after their terminal degree or end of post-graduate clinical or research training
- $125K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/24/2026 LOI
- Website
National Glaucoma Research Grants: Standard Award
- Established career
- MD, PhD, DVM, DO, OD, or equivalent
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/24/2026 LOI
- Website
Macula Society
Research Grant (MSRG) Program
- A Macula Society member who can log in will have access to the deadline and the ability to apply
- $30K-$35K over 1 year; 6 awards
- Deadline 9/11/2026
- Website
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