Office of Advancement

Addiction

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Substance Use PCORI Funding Announcement -- Cycle 3 2026

• Early to established career
• $1.2M over 5 years; 5 awards
• Deadline 9/8/2026 LOI
• Website

Autism

Autism Research Institute

Research Grants - Standard

• $100K over 12-18 months
• Deadline 5/18/2026 LOI
• Website

Research Grants - Young Investigator Program

• Graduate Student, Post-doctoral Fellow, Medical Resident on a research track, Medical Post-Doctoral Fellow
• Early career
• $50K over 12-18 months
• Deadline 5/18/2026 LOI
• Website

Biomedical

Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award

• Faculty
• MD or MD/PhD (or equivalent)
• Opportunity to compete for acceleration funds up to $300K
• Opportunity to qualify for investment funds typically up to $2M
• $100K over 2 years; 12 awards
• Deadline 6/23/2026
• Website

The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation

Research Fellowship

• Postdoctoral
• Early career
• Received a PhD (or DPhil or equivalent) degree no more than two years before the application deadline, or an MD (or MD-PhD) degree no more than four years before the deadline
• Have been employed in their postdoctoral laboratory for no more than one year before the application deadline
• The Foundation will not make more than one award per year for training with a given supervisor
• Should the Foundation receive more than one application from a single laboratory, they will review only one, as chosen by the Chair of the SAC, and decline the other(s) administratively - They urge the heads of laboratories to make this choice for them
• The Foundation also does not support more than two fellows per laboratory at the same time, so that if they make awards to applicants from a particular laboratory in two successive years, applicants from that laboratory are ineligible in the third year
• $229,500 over 3 years
• Deadline 6/16/2026
• UMass Recipients: 2015 Anna Barbara Loveland, PhD; 2015 Colin Conine, PhD
• Website

UMass Chan Medical School | Center for Clinical & Translational Science

UMCCTS PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM (PPP) 2026

• Faculty at a UMass Campus
• The Principal Investigator must be a faculty member at a UMass campus
• At least one PI/Co-PI must be UMass Chan Medical School Worcester campus faculty
• Cross campus and transdisciplinary collaborations between UMass faculty are highly encouraged but not required
• For projects involving collaborations with multiple campuses, the science and budget proposed for each campus should be equal
• All applicants must become members of the UMCCTS
• Email your LOI to ccts@umassmed.edu
• $50K over 1 year
• Deadline 5/7/2026 LOI
• Website

Cardiology

American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)

Early-Career Development Grant for Echo Scientists (EDGES)

• Physician, PhD, Veterinarian, Sonographer, other Health Care Professional
• Early career
• Within 7 years from having completed training
• ASE member
• $25K over 1 year; 3 awards
• Deadline 7/1/2026
• Website

Mend a Heart Foundation

Independent Research Awards

• Researchers from other disciplines, including nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, anesthesiologists, PhDs, MPHs and clinicians and/or researchers from non-cardiac specialties are encouraged to apply
• Only one application may be submitted, per PI, during each Independent Grant Award cycle
• $300K over 2 years
• Deadline 5/20/2026 LOI
• Website

Dermatology

American Academy of Dermatology | Sulzberger Institute for Dermatologic Education

Sulzberger Institute - Small & Seed Grants

• Resident, Fellow
• Early career
• Primary investigators are limited to one grant application per cycle
• $5K-$30K over 1 year
• Deadline 6/29/2026 LOI
• Website

Gastroenterology

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

AGA Pilot Research Award

• Full-time Faculty or equivalent
• Early to established career
• MD, PhD and/or equivalent (MBBS, MBChB, DO)
• AGA member
• $40K over 1 year; 5 awards
• Deadline 9/15/2026
• Website

AGA Research Scholar Award (RSA)

• Full-time Faculty or equivalent
• Early career
• MD, PhD and/or equivalent (MBBS, MBChB, DO)
• AGA member
• $300K over 3 years; 6 awards
• Deadline 12/2/2026
• UMass Recipients: 2019 Jason Pitarresi, PhD
• Website

AGA-Caroline Craig Augustyn and Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer

• Full-time Faculty or equivalent
• Early career
• MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree (e.g., MB, ChB, MBBS, DO)
• Applicants must hold an NIH K series (e.g., K01, K08, K23, K99, R00) or other federal or non-federal career development award of at least four years’ duration
• Must have at least one year remaining on the award on April 1, 2026
• AGA member
• $40K over 1 year; 1 award
• Deadline 9/15/2026
• UMass Recipients: 2026 Meng-Ju Wu, PhD
• Website

AGA-R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer

• Full-time Faculty or equivalent
• Established career
• MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree (e.g., MBBS, MBChB, DO)
• AGA member
• $100K over 2 years; 1 award
• Deadline 9/15/2026
• Website

AGA-Takeda Pharmaceuticals Research Scholar Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Full-Time Faculty or equivalent
• Investigator, Instructor, Research Associate, or equivalent
• Early career
• MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree (e.g., MBChB, MBBS, DO)
• AGA member
• $300K over 3 years; 1 award
• Deadline 12/2/2026
• Website

Beyond Celiac

ISSCD-Beyond Celiac Translational Research Award (partnered with the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease)

• Full-time position
• PhD or MD (or equivalent)
• $300K over 3 years
• Deadline 7/1/2026
• Website

Celiac Disease Foundation

CDF/NASPGHAN Foundation Celiac Disease Pilot Grants

• Early to established career
• The primary investigator must hold a medical or postdoctoral degree (MD, PhD, or equivalent), an advanced nursing degree (BSN with an MS/PhD), or a degree in pharmacy, physiotherapy, dietetics/nutrition, or social work and work full- or part-time in a clinical or academic setting
• Be a NASPGHAN, APGNN, or CPNP full member in good standing for at least one year
• APGNN and CPNP members and post-doctoral fellows are invited to submit grant applications under the clinical mentorship of a NASPGHAN member
• $25K over 1 year
• Deadline 7/1/2026
• Website

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

IBD Plexus

• Faculty
• Professor, Head of Research, Associate Professor, or equivalent
• Proposals are reviewed six times a year - the last day of February, April, June, August, October, December
• Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
• Rolling basis LOI
• Website

Genetics

Progeria Research Foundation

Research Grants for Specific Projects

• Send an email with the title of the proposal, hypothesis, specific aims and planned methods with particular attention to experience with the proposed methods, impact statement explaining the importance of the proposed work to the PRF research priorities and mission, and preliminary data to Gina Incrovato, Director of Operations, at gincrovato@progeriaresearch.org
• Include PRF Grant Opportunities in the subject line
• $150K over 2 years
• Rolling basis LOI
• Website

Health Care

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants

• $50K over 1 year
• Deadline 7/23/2026
• Rolling with quarterly deadlines through July 2026
• Website

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Open Competition: Implementation of Findings From PCORI's Research Investments -- Cycle 3 2026

• $1.8M over 4 years
• Deadline 9/8/2026 LOI
• Website

Immunology

The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation

Grant Awards Program | Limited Submission

• Faculty
• See email dated 4/27/26 from the Office of Research/Center for Clinical and Translational Science or InfoReady for more information
• Contact CFR as there are limited applicants we can put forth and CFR is coordinating our applications
• $600K-$700K over 3 years
• Internal deadline 7/1/2026 LOI
• UMass Recipients: 2021 William E. Theurkauf, PhD; 2020 Robert Finberg, MD; 2019 Jane Freedman, MD; 2016 Evgeny Rogaev, PhD; 2012 Oliver Rando, MD, PhD; 2010 Oliver Rando, MD, PhD
• 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

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)

Pichichero Family Foundation Vaccines for Children Initiative Research Award in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

• Early to established career
• MD and/or PhD
• PIDS member
• $100K over 2 years
• Rolling basis LOI
• Website

Medicine

Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Physician-Scientist Prize - Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine (presented by the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Harrington Discovery Institute)

• MD or MD/PhD (or equivalent)
• Self-nomination is not permitted
• $20K over 1 year; 1 award
• Deadline 9/14/2026
• Website

Microbiome

Wellcome Leap

Focused Antibiotics

• Multiple collaborators can be on a single submission, but only the Principal Investigator (PI) will be able to submit the application on the portal
• There is no limit to the number of Co-PIs
• Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
• Over 3 years
• Deadline 5/15/2026 LOI
• Website

Neurology

Alzheimer's Association

The Tau Pipeline Enabling Program (T-PEP) IV

• Full-time Employee
• Early to established career
• Postdoctoral applicants are not eligible to serve as a PI but may be included as key personnel
• $750K over 2 years
• Deadline 5/28/2026 LOI
• Website

Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA)

Anne & Irving Brodsky Innovation Grant

• AFA member
• $25K over 1 year
• Deadline 8/14/2026
• Website

Hjärnfonden Brain Foundation

Postdoctoral Scholarships - Grant Options 1,2,3

• Early career
• The doctoral degree should not be older than five years at the time of application
• It is possible to apply for a grant if you defend your thesis after the application deadline
• Completion in the form of a grade report must be made no later than 31 October 2026
• SEK 400,000 - SEK 1,000,000 over 1-3 years
• Deadline 8/31/2026
• Website

Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA)

HD Human Biology Project

• Early to established career
• Early-career investigators are especially encouraged to apply
• $180K over 2 years
• Deadline 5/22/2026 LOI
• UMass Recipients: 2015 Marie-Cecile Didiot, PhD
• Website

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

Access Advocate for Clinical Research Participation

• $200K over 2 years
• Deadline 6/16/2026
• Website

SPARK NS

SPARK NS Translational Research Program, 2027 Cohort - Developing Therapeutics for Autism, Parkinson's Disease & Adjacent Disorders

• Early to established career
• $2M over 2 years
• Deadline 6/5/2026
• Website

Nursing

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation

Grants and Scholarships

• Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
• Over 1 year
• See website for multiple deadlines
• Website

Nutrition

Allen Foundation, Inc.

Nutritional Research Grants

• Full-time Regular Faculty Member with Tenure or on Tenure Track
• Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
• Over 1 year
• Deadline 7/15/2026
• Website

Oncology

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

AGA-Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer (Fund B)

• Full-time Faculty or equivalent
• Investigator, Instructor, Research Associate, or equivalent
• Early career
• MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree (e.g., MBChB, MBBS, DO)
• AGA member
• $300K over 3 years; 1 award
• Deadline 12/2/2026
• UMass Recipients: 2022 Jason R. Pitarresi, PhD
• Website

Chordoma Foundation

General Research Grant

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

TBXT Challenge - Ligand Prize

• $500K over 1 year
• Rolling basis
• Website

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

MMRF Scholars Program

• Up to and including Assistant Professor or equivalent
• Early career
• PhD, MD, or equivalent degree(s)
• $400K over 4 years
• Deadline 6/30/2026
• Website

Pablove Foundation

Off-cycle Applications Relating to Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome

• Clinical Fellow, Postdoctoral, Established Investigator
• Early to established career
• MD or PhD, or equivalent degree
• $100K over 2 years
• Rolling basis LOI
• Website

Orthopedics

Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)

Stryker/ORS Women's Research Fellowship

• Postdoctoral
• PhD
• Identify as a woman or gender non-conforming (non-binary, gender fluid, etc.)
• Post-doc less than 5 years after obtaining PhD
• Must maintain post-doc status throughout the Fellowship
• Obtained a PhD in science or engineering
• ORS member
• $60K over 1 year
• Deadline 6/12/2026 LOI
• Website

Pediatrics

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation

Grants for Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Welfare of Children and Youth

• Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
• Deadline 7/15/2026
• Website

Psych

American Psychological Foundation

Scott and Paul Pearsall Grant

• Graduate Student, Early-career Researcher
• Early career
• Psychologist no more than 10 years post doctoral
• $10K over 1 year
• Deadline 10/2/2026
• Website

Arnold Ventures

Causal Research on the Impacts of Cell Phone Policies in K-12 Schools

• $500K over 1 year
• Deadline 5/1/2026 LOI
• Website

Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation

Eating Disorders - Bulimia Nervosa

• $25K over 1 year
• Rolling basis
• Website

International Center for Responsible Gaming

Large Grant - Gambling Disorder and Responsible Gambling

• PhD, MD, or other comparable terminal degree
• Investigators who are not active PIs or Co-PIs or Co-Is on existing ICRG grants are strongly encouraged to apply
• $150K over 2 years; 1 award
• Deadline 5/14/2026 LOI
• Website

Large Grant - Lottery Gambling and Responsible Gambling

• PhD, MD, or other comparable terminal degree
• Investigators who are not active PIs or Co-PIs or Co-Is on existing ICRG grants are strongly encouraged to apply
• $187,500 over 2 years; 1 award
• Deadline 6/26/2026
• Website

Seed Grant - Gambling Behaviors and Risks Among College Athletes and Students

• PhD, MD, or other comparable terminal degree
• $50K over 1 year; 1 award
• Deadline 6/5/2026
• Website

Seed Grant - Gambling Disorder and Responsible Gambling

• PhD, MD, or other comparible terminal degree
• Investigators who are not active PIs or Co-PIs on existing ICRG grants are strongly encouraged to apply
• ICRG also encourages early career investigators to apply
• $50K over 1 year; 2 awards
• Deadline 6/5/2026
• Website

Sports Betting, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse

• PhD, MD, or other comparible terminal degree
• Investigators who are not active PIs or Co-PIs or Co-Is on existing ICRG grants are strongly encouraged to apply
• $437,500 over 1 year; 1 award
• Deadline 7/17/2026
• Website

Sports Betting, Fan Behavior and Athlete Well-being

• PhD, MD, or other comparible terminal degree
• Investigators who are not active PIs or Co-PIs or Co-Is on existing ICRG grants are strongly encouraged to apply
• $50K over 1 year; 1 award
• Deadline 6/5/2026
• Website

Pulmonology

Association of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD)

CHEST and APCCMPD Medical Educator Diversity Scholar Fellowship Award

• Early to established career
• $25K-$35K over 1 year
• Deadline 5/4/2026
• Website

Scholarship in Medical Education Research Award

• Junior Faculty, Fellows-in-Training
• Early career
• Within 5-years of program completion
• $25K over 1 year
• Deadline 11/2/2026
• Website

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF)

LEAPP-ACE CF Fellowship: Developing Advanced Clinical Expertise for Advanced Practice Providers

• Early to established career
• Applicants must have completed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant training and hold an advanced practice state license and board certification
• $76,100 over 18 months
• Deadline 6/17/2026
• Website

Radiology

American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)

ARRS Scholarship

• Full-time Faculty
• Lecturer, Instructor, Assistant Professor, or equivalent
• Early career
• MD, DO (or equivalent)
• No more than five years beyond initial faculty appointment
• Only one candidate per department per institution is eligible to be nominated each year
• ARRS member
• $180K over 2 years
• Deadline 10/6/2026
• Website

Rare Disease

Children's Tumor Foundation

Contract Award (CA)

• MD, PhD, or equivalent
• The Contract Award application is a one-stage process wherein applicants submit their full research proposal through Proposal Central
• A Letter of Intent is not required, however, prospective applicants are required to email grants@ctf.org to discuss their proposal before submitting an application
• Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
• Rolling basis
• Website

LAM Foundation

Clinical Research Grant

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Postgraduate Medical Trainee, Graduate Student, Junior Faculty, Established Investigator
• MD, DO, PhD, DVM, or equivalent professional degree
• The Foundation encourages applications from investigators new to the field of LAM research who can offer fresh knowledge and expertise
• Only one LOI may be submitted by the same research laboratory or research group
• $50K over 1 year
• Deadline 6/15/2026 LOI
• Website

Patient Quality of Life Awards

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Postgraduate Medical Trainee, Graduate Student, Junior Faculty, Established Investigator
• MD, DO, PhD, DVM, or equivalent professional degree
• The Foundation encourages applications from investigators new to the field of LAM research who can offer fresh knowledge and expertise
• Only one LOI may be submitted by the same research laboratory or research group
• $25K over 1 year
• Deadline 6/15/2026 LOI
• Website

Pilot and Feasibility Grant

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Postgraduate Medical Trainee, Graduate Student, Junior Faculty, Established Investigator
• MD, DO, PhD, DVM, or equivalent professional degree
• The Foundation encourages applications from investigators new to the field of LAM research who can offer fresh knowledge and expertise
• Only one LOI may be submitted by the same research laboratory or research group
• $50K over 1 year
• Deadline 6/15/2026 LOI
• Website

The Myositis Association

Research Grant Program

• Early career
• MD, MD/PhD, PhD, or equivalent
• $107,500 over 18-24 months
• Deadline 5/20/2026 LOI
• Website

Reproductive Science

Society of Family Planning

Bridging Investments in Abortion and Contraception Research

• $100K over 2 years
• Rolling basis
• Website

Rheumatology

Arthritis Foundation

Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Research Program

• Full-time Faculty/Staff
• Up to and including the rank of full Professor (or equivalent)
• PhD, MD, or equivalent degree
• Applicants holding non-tenure track, full-time, independent faculty-level positions with titles such as Instructor, Assistant Research Professor, or similar are eligible to apply
• $250K over 2 years
• Deadline 5/19/2026 LOI
• 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 6/1/2026, 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 6/1/2026, 10/1/2026
• Website

Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Philip Hauge Abelson Prize

• Early to established career
• Self-nomnations are permitted
• $5K over 1 year
• Deadline 6/30/2026
• Website

Speech Pathology

National Stuttering Association

CASE Research Grant

• $15K over 1 year
• Deadline 7/15/2026
• Website

Spine Health

Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)

Grants in Basic Science, Clinical Applications & Design and Development

• Postdoctoral
• PhD or MD preferred
• Senior fellows are encouraged to apply as principal investigators
• $200K over 2-3 years
• Deadline 7/1/2026
• Website

Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Postdoctoral
• PhD or MD preferred
• During the grant cycle application period, fellowship applicants must have received their PhD or completed a formal medical residency program within the past eight years
• Those with more than eight years of post-doctoral or medial experience should apply for a research grant rather than a fellowship
• $150K over 1-3 years
• Deadline 7/1/2026
• Website

Surgery

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award

• Mid career
• Women who have completed cardiothoracic residency no less than 5 years and no more than 15 years from application
• $100K over 2 years
• Deadline 12/2/2026
• Website

David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award

• Resident, Fellow
• Early career
• Resident who is currently enrolled in an accredited training program in the U.S. or Canada and has completed at least two years of postgraduate training in a surgical discipline
• $80K over 2 years
• Deadline 12/2/2026
• Website

Thoracic Surgical Oncology Clinical Trial Research Training Fellowship

• New Faculty Member, Resident, Fellow
• Early to mid career
• Actively engaged in ACGME-approved or similar foreign training program in general surgery or in thoracic surgery prior to the start of the fellowship, with general thoracic surgery as their primary specialty
• Have an academic or hospital appointment
• $100K over 1 year
• Deadline 7/2/2026
• Website

Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation

Clinical Awards

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

Preclinical Awards

• $100K over 1 year
• Rolling basis LOI
• Website

Triological Society

TRIO/ACS Clinical Scientist Development Awards

• Surgeon
• MD
• With the expectation that the awardee will have sufficient pilot data to submit a competitive R01 proposal prior to the conclusion of the K award
• This award provides financial support in the amount of $80K per year for up to five years, or for the remainder of the term of existing grants, to supplement the K08/K23 award
• Must be Associate Fellows or Fellows of the American College of Surgeons
• $400K over 5 years
• Deadline 5/15/2026
• Website

Urology

American Urological Association (AUA)

AUA Data Research Program

• AUA member
• $2K over 1 year; 6 awards
• Deadline 6/21/2026 LOI
• UMass Recipients: 2015 Mitchell Sokoloff, MD
• Website

Vision

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Brint Family Translational Research Program (BFTRP)

• Faculty, Director of Research
• Only two (2) LOIs can be submitted per person, laboratory, company
• $1M over 3 years
• Deadline 6/18/2026 LOI
• Website

International Retinal Research Foundation

The Robert Machemer, MD/IRRF Fellowship

• MD or equivalent
• Be in the final year of or in the first year following successful completion of vitreoretinal/retinal surgical training
• $100K over 1 year
• Deadline 5/15/2026
• Website