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AGING
The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
Another Look 2026 Grant Program - Research to Improve Health for Older Adults Across Care Settings
- PhD or equivalent
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 2 years; 4-5 awards
- Deadline 4/23/2026 LOI
- Website
Gerontological Society of America
Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Contributions to Healthy Aging
- Mid to established career
- The candidate must be nominated by, or the nomination must be supported by, at least one member of the GSA
- Deadline 3/31/2026
- Website
ANESTHESIOLOGY
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
FAER NAM Fellowship
- Faculty
- Early career
- MD, DO, or equivalent
- Be nominated by a member of the NAM or a member of the FAER Board of Directors
- Be two-to-ten years out from completion of post-graduate work
- $25K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/30/2026
- Website
BARIATRIC MEDICINE
The Obesity Society
Early Career Research Grants
- Investigator, Postdoctoral Fellow, Junior Faculty
- Hold a full-time, entry-level position (e.g., post-doctoral fellow, instructor, up to Assistant Professor)
- Early career
- PhD/DSc, DVM, MD, or DO
- Degree must be obtained by the application date, and applicants cannot have more than five years of post-doctoral experience
- TOS member
- $25K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 6/1/2026 LOI
- Website
BIOMEDICAL
BBVA Foundation
Frontiers of Knowledge Award - Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) & Biology and Biomedicine
- In the event that an award is shared by more than one person, its monetary amount will be divided equally among all recipients
- Self-nomination is not permitted
- €400,000 over 1 year
- Deadline 6/30/2026
- Website
CARDIOLOGY
Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center
Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences
- Offered biennially in odd years
- $100K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 4/5/2027
- Website
Pfizer
Improving Health Outcomes in Patients with ATTR-CM Through the Development of a Shared Decision-Making Tool (Decision Aid)
- $250K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 5/5/2026
- Website
Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship
- $80K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 5/6/2026
- Website
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
CHEST Foundation (American College of Chest Physicians)
Community Service Grants Honoring D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
- Faculty
- CHEST membership is preferred but not required
- $15K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/20/2026
- Website
Hanover Insurance Group Foundation, Inc.
Charitable Foundation Grant Program - Health, Education, Workforce Development & Safety
- $25K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/19/2026, 9/18/2026
- Website
DERMATOLOGY
National Rosacea Society
Research Grants
- A higher award amount, in special cases, is possible
- $25K over 1 year
- Deadline 7/3/2026
- Website
EDUCATION
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
President's Grants
- $25K over 1 year
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
GENETICS
The Angelman Syndrome Foundation
Research Grants
- Researcher, Clinician
- $200K over 1-2 years
- Deadline 8/15/2026
- Website
Pfizer
Capacity Building for Clinical Trials in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) - Education for Healthcare Professionals
- $50K over 1 year; 2 awards
- Deadline 5/5/2026
- Website
The RYR-1 Foundation
Individual Investigator Research Grant Award - Readthrough Therapies for RYR-1-RD due to Nonsense Variants
- Faculty position/equivalent
- PhD, MD, DVM, DO, or equivalent degree
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 5/16/2026
- Website
Individual Investigator Research Grant Award - Variant-Agnostic Therapeutic Strategies for Dominant Forms of RYR-1-Related Myopathy
- Faculty position/equivalent
- PhD, MD, DVM, DO, or equivalent degree
- $120K over 2 years
- Deadline 5/16/2026
- Website
GLOBAL HEALTH
Rotary International
Global Grants - Focus Areas Include Fighting Disease
- Rotary member
- $30K-$400K over 1 year
- Rolling basis
- Website
HEALTH CARE
The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
Greater Value Portfolio 2026 Grant Program
- PhD, MD, or equivalent
- $500K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/30/2026 LOI
- Website
R3 2026 Grant Program - For Current & Past Donaghue Grantees
- $80K over 18 months
- Rolling basis
- Website
National Academy of Medicine
James C. Putter, M.D./American Board of Family Medicine Fellowship
- Early career
- MD, PhD, DO
- Be nominated by a member of the NAM or governing body of the ABFM
- Be active in the field of family medicine and may include a PhD, MD or DO
- Have received a PhD within the past one-to-ten years or be one-to-ten years out from completion of residency training with an MD or DO
- $25K over 2 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026
- Website
HEMATOLOGY
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
Fellow Scholar Award
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- MD, MD-PhD, PhD, or PharmD (or equivalent)
- MD/DO or MD/DO-PhD applicants must have completed residency at least 4 years but less than 6 years prior to the letter-of-intent deadline
- MD/DO or MD/DO-PhD who do not qualify for Scholar Fellow should apply to RTAF
- PhD or PharmD applicants must have completed their terminal doctoral degree less than 6 years prior to the letter-of-intent deadline
- ASH member
- $100K over 2 years
- Deadline 5/1/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2012 John Pulikkan, PhD
- Website
Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- MD, MD-PhD, PhD, or PharmD (or equivalent)
- MD/DO, PhD or MD/DO-PhD applicants must have completed residency at least 6 years but less than 11 years prior to the letter-of-intent deadline
- PhD or PharmD applicants must have completed their terminal doctoral degree at least 6 years but less than 11 years prior to the letter-of-intent deadline
- ASH member
- $125K over 2-3 years
- Deadline 5/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Junior Faculty Scholar Award
- Faculty
- Mid career
- MD, MD-PhD, PhD, or PharmD (or equivalent)
- MD/DO or MD/DO-PhD applicants must have completed residency at least 11 years but no more than 13 years prior to the letter of intent deadline
- PhD or PharmD applicants must have completed their terminal doctoral degree at least 11 years but no more than 13 years prior to the letter of intent deadline
- Applicants that have completed a Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award but have not met the minimum year requirements for the Junior Faculty level are eligible to apply for the Junior Faculty Scholar Award
- ASH member
- $150K over 2-3 years
- Deadline 5/1/2026 LOI
- Website
HEPATOLOGY
American Liver Foundation
Pilot Research Awards
- Junior Faculty
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/10/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2025 Siva Karthik Varanasi, PhD
- Website
MEDICINE
Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Encompass Mid-Career Investigator Research Grant
- Physiatrist or Faculty
- Mid career
- At least 5 and not more than 20 years post-completion of a terminal degree and subsequent training program
- Applicant must be able to demonstrate a history of successful research experience
- $25K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 5/1/2026
- Website
Scott F. Nadler PASSOR Musculoskeletal Research Grant
- Applicant and/or at least one co-investigator must be members of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
- $30K over 1 year; 1 award
- Deadline 5/1/2026
- Website
PhRMA Foundation
Faculty Starter Grant - Translational Medicine
- Full-time, Promotion-eligible, Research-intensive Faculty
- $100K over 1 year
- Deadline 5/27/2026 LOI
- Website
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Translational Medicine
- Postdoctoral
- PhD, PharmD, MD, or appropriate terminal research doctorate
- $120K over 2 years
- Deadline 5/27/2026 LOI
- Website
NEPHROLOGY
Dent Disease Foundation
Research Grant Program
- Faculty
- MD, PhD, or equivalent
- $50K over 1-2 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026
- Website
NEUROLOGY
ALS Finding a Cure
From Resilience to Vulnerability: Defining the Biological Determinants of ALS Onset
- Early to established career
- Cross-institutional and multidisciplinary teams are encouraged
- $400K over 2 years; 3 awards
- Deadline 3/30/2026 LOI
- Website
Childhood Dementia Initiative
Research Grants
CURE Epilepsy
Rare Epilepsy Partnership Award for Researchers
- Faculty, Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Fellow
- Associate Professor level or above
- Early to established career
- $100K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/9/2026 LOI
- Website
Dysphonia International
Research Grants
- Resident, Fellow, Predoctoral, Postdoctoral
- Early to established career
- PhD, MD, or postdoctoral position
- Residents, fellows, and pre-doctoral candidates may apply with a faculty sponsor who will serve as a mentor
- $75K over 1 year
- Rolling basis
- Website
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)
Blood-Based Biomarker Development
- $500K over 2 years
- Deadline 5/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Brain Health Medicines
- Faculty
- MD, PhD (or equivalent)
- Rolling applications reviewed on a quarterly basis
- $100K over 1 year
- Opportunity to qualify for up to $400K in additional funding and drug development support
- Deadline 3/31/2026, 6/30/2026, 9/30/2026, 12/31/2026
- Website
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
High Impact Pilot Project Award
- Faculty
- Early to established career
- $110K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/3/2026 LOI
- Website
NURSING
Academy of Neonatal Nursing
Excellence in Neonatal Nursing Practice Award
- Staff Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Educator, Nurse Manager
- Must be a current Academy member or join ANN to become eligible for the award
- Must not have previously received an Academy Excellence in Practice award
- Deadline 6/1/2026
- Website
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award
- Faculty
- Experienced faculty defined as teaching full- or part-time for 5 years or more in the faculty role
- Faculty with a doctoral degree in nursing or related discipline or a master's degree in nursing
- 1 award
- Deadline 5/15/2026
- Website
Novice Faculty Teaching Awards
- Faculty
- Novice faculty defined as teaching full- or part-time in their first faculty teaching role for five years or fewer
- Faculty that have taught full- or part-time for at least two semesters during the previous academic year
- Faculty with a doctoral or master's degree in nursing
- 2 awards
- Deadline 5/15/2026
- Website
ONCOLOGY
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation (ACCRF)
Full Grants
- $100K-$300K over 1-3 years
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Pilot Grants
- $50K over 1 year
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
'A' Award Grant
- Faculty
- Instructor, Assistant Professor
- Early to mid career
- MD, PhD or MD/PhD (DO, MBBS or equivalent)
- Be within five years of their first faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor at the time that their application is submitted
- MD and MD/PhD must be within ten years of their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training (whichever date is later)
- PhD must be within ten years of their terminal research degree
- $800K over 4 years
- Deadline 6/16/2026
- Website
R Accelerated Award Grant
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- MD, PhD, or MD/PhD, DO, MBBS or equivalent
- Be within ten years of their first faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level (higher academic ranks allowed) at the time that their application is submitted
- $800K over 4 years
- Deadline 6/11/2026
- Website
American Cancer Society
ACS-Flatiron Real-World Data Impact Award
- $100K over 1 year; 2 awards
- Deadline 4/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
- Full-time Faculty
- MD, MD/PhD, DO, DDS, DNP, DSW, PharmD, PhD, PsyD, DVM, or terminal degree for their field
- Active license (or equivalent certification for their field) to provide clinical care
- $405K-$675K over 3-5 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026, 12/1/2026
- Website
Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- Full-time Faculty or equivalent
- Early to established career
- MD, PhD, DVM, or equivalent
- $270K over 2 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026, 12/1/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2026 Scot Wolfe, PhD
- Website
EDS Accelerator Award
- Faculty
- Early to established career
- $75K over 1 year
- Rolling basis
- Website
Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP) - Research Scholar (partnered with the RUNX1 Research Program)
- Early to established career
- Aplicants may only apply for one of the two funding mechanisms: the LEAP-Research Scholar Grant OR the LEAP-Team Award
- $860K over 4 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026
- Website
Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP) - Team Award (partnered with the RUNX1 Research Program)
- Early to established career
- Aplicants may only apply for one of the two funding mechanisms: the LEAP-Research Scholar Grant OR the LEAP-Team Award
- $1.720M over 4 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026
- Website
Mission Boost Grant Stage I (MBG)
- Full-time Faculty or equivalent
- Early to established career
- $270K over 2 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026, 12/1/2026
- Website
Mission Boost Grant Stage II (MBG)
- Full-time Faculty or equivalent
- Early to established career
- It requires the investigator to have successfully completed the Stage I milestones
- Investigators can apply for Stage II grants after 18 months of Stage I, provided they have completed the milestones
- Stage I MBG recipients may apply for Stage II funding for up to 18 months following the Stage I end date
- $545K over 18 months
- Deadline 6/1/2026, 12/1/2026
- Website
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF)
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- Doctoral degree
- Applicants may apply for two- or three-year fellowships, depending on how long they have held their doctoral degree
- ACS uses the application deadline date to determine eligibility and the duration of fellowship awards
- The month and year are used when determining the time that the terminal degree has been held
- $204K over 3 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026, 12/1/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2022 Joshua Pajak, PhD, 2019 Amelia Luciano, PhD; 2018 Tessa Simone, PhD; 2017 Caitlin Brown, PhD; 2017 Amanda Monahan, PhD; 2017 Tess Simone, PhD; 2016 Gregoriy Dokshin, PhD; 2014 Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, PhD; 2014 Yuefeng Tang, PhD
- Website
Research Scholar Grants (RSG)
- Faculty or equivalent
- Early career
- Were first appointed as independent, full-time faculty LESS than 10 years ago
- $860K over 4 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026, 12/1/2026
- UMass Recipients: 2023 Marcus Ruscetti, PhD; 2019 Jonathan K. Watts, PhD; 2017 Michael Lee, PhD; 2016 Brian Kelch, PhD; 2016 Wen Xue, PhD; 2014 Thomas Fazzio, PhD
- Website
Cannonball Kids' Cancer Foundation
Clinical Trial Grant
- Faculty
- Assistant Professor or higher
- MD, DO, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- Preclinical studies must be complete
- $200K over 3 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Young Investigator Grant
- Faculty
- Instructor or higher
- MD, DO, MD/PhD, or equivalent
- PI must be within 5 years of completing a training fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology or a closely related discipline that has direct clinical contact with pediatric cancer patients
- Research must be within 2-3 years to translation to a clinical trial or already associated with a clinical trial
- $100K over 3 years
- Deadline 6/1/2026 LOI
- Website
Children’s Leukemia Research Association
Research Grants
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/30/2026
- Website
The Cure Starts Now Foundation
Cure Fund - ISPNO
- MD, DO, PhD, DrPH, or equivalent
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/10/2026
- Website
Homerun Grant
- MD, DO, PhD, DrPH, or equivalent
- $100K-$200K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/1/2026
- Website
Gateway for Cancer Research
Decentralized Clinical Trial Initiative (DCTI)
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 5/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Gateway Traditional Grant Program
- $200K-$1.5M over 2-5 years
- Deadline 5/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Integrative Research
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 5/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Joint NCI/SPORE/P20 Program
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 5/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Joint Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) Program
- LOIs will be accepted year-round, however, FGA invitations will only be sent out once yearly in correspondence with the Spring Gateway/SIO peer review meeting
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 5/15/2026 LOI
- Website
Pfizer
Prostate Cancer: Best Practices for Combining Targeted Therapies in mPC
- $5K-$250K over 18 months; 2-4 awards
- Deadline 4/28/2026
- Website
ORTHOPEDICS
Arthritis Foundation
AF-AOSSM Hip Osteoarthritis Think Tank Research Program (in collaboration with the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine)
- The principal investigator on an application must be an active AOSSM member in good standing
- $250K over 1 year; 3 awards
- Deadline 4/17/2026
- Website
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant
- Clinician/Researcher
- Must have been awarded a "K" award to apply
- $20K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/24/2026
- Website
Resident Clinician Scientist Training Research Grant
- Resident
- $20K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/22/2026 LOI
- Website
Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation
AOPA Sponsored Research Grant
- Doctoral degree or have equivalent research experience
- Doctoral trainees may serve as PI only if they have formally advanced to PhD candidacy and have a designated faculty mentor who provides written verification and oversight
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/6/2026 LOI
- Website
Early Career Grant
- Early career
- Doctoral degree or have equivalent research experience
- Must have completed their terminal degree less than 10 years prior to the application due date
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/6/2026 LOI
- Website
Pilot Grant
- Early career
- Doctoral degree or have equivalent research experience
- Must have completed their terminal degree less than 10 years prior to the application due date
- $30K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/6/2026 LOI
- Website
Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Foundation (OTC Foundation)
Research Grants
- Established career
- A trauma or orthopedic surgeon must serve as either the principal or coprincipal investigator
- Non-trauma/orthopedic surgeon, MD, PhD or DVM may serve as the principal or co-principal investigator, as long as they are affiliated with a trauma/orthopedic department with an orthopedic surgeon as the co-principal investigator
- $50K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/15/2026
- Website
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
American Tinnitus Association
Innovative Tinnitus Research Grants - Fundamental
- Early to established career
- $220K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/24/2026
- Website
Innovative Tinnitus Research Grants - Translational/Clinical
- Early to established career
- $220K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/24/2026
- Website
U.S. Pilot Data Grant
- Early to established career
- $25K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/24/2026
- Website
PEDIATRICS
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
Grants
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1 year
- Deadline 5/31/2026, 9/30/2026, 1/31/2027 LOI
- Website
Charles H. Hood Foundation
Child Health Research Awards Program
- Faculty
- Early career
- PhD-scientists within five years and physician-scientists within seven years of employment following conclusion of training
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/15/2026 LOI
- 2025 Silvia Galvan Pena, PhD; 2025 Jin Zhang, PhD; 2022 Judith S. Kempfle, MD; 2022 Fiachra Humphries, PhD; 2022 Gowthaman Uthaman, PhD; 2020 Michael Lodato, PhD; 2020 Megan Horn Orzalli, PhD; 2018 Michela Frascoli, PhD; 2018 Aaron Remenschneider, MD, MPH; 2017 Andrea Reboldi, PhD; 2016 Read Pukkila-Worley, MD; 2016 Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD; 2014 Jun Jiang, MD, PhD; 2014 Rene Maehr, PhD; 2011 John Harris, MD, PhD; 2011 Steven Hatch, MD; 2010 Abraham Brass, MD, PhD (while at Mass General); 2010 David Guertin, PhD; 2009 Junhao Mao, PhD; 2009 Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc; 2007 Christopher Sassetti, PhD; 2005 Usha Acharya, PhD; 2004 Merav Socolovsky, PhD; 2003 Ronghua ZhuGe, PhD; 2002 Zheng-Zheng Bao, PhD; 2001 Diane R. Blake, MD
- Website
PHARMACEUTICAL
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation (ASHP)
Pharmacist Nutrition Support Patient-Care Impact Program
- Licensed Pharmacist
- Minimum of 5 years clinical practice experience
- The program will support a cohort of up to ten pharmacy preceptors and a resident completing a PGY2 residency with them
- Currently precepting pharmacy residents in an accredited PGY2 residency program located in the U.S.
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1 year
- Deadline 5/11/2026
- Website
PSYCH
American Psychological Association (APA)
John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)
- Psychologist
- PsyD
- No more than 10 years postdoctoral
- $22K over 1 year; 3 awards
- Deadline 4/24/2026
- Website
Visionary Grants
- Graduate Student, Early Career Researcher
- No more than 10 years postdoctoral
- $20K over 1 year; 10 awards
- Deadline 4/3/2026
- Website
Cures Within Reach
Clinical Repurposing Research to Impact U.S. Veterans/Military
- Be led either by a previously funded PI or by an early-stage investigator who has received little or no extramural research funding to date
- This funding opportunity includes a required institutional match
- $75K over 3 years
- Deadline 5/29/2026 LOI
- Website
L.I.F.E. Foundation
Research Grants
- Early career
- All UC faculty with 80% or greater FTE, including those based at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, as well as outside researchers in non-profit organizations with novel approaches, are eligible to apply for funding
- $100K over 2 years; 2 awards
- Deadline 6/30/2026 LOI
- Website
PULMONOLOGY
American Respiratory Care Foundation
AARC Vision Grant
- Early to established career
- Preferences are given when respiratory therapists are PI or co-PI
- At least one member of the research group must be an active member of the AARC, as verified by the AARC Executive Office
- $50K over 1 year
- Deadline 3/31/2026 LOI
- Website
RARE DISEASE
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Mentored Research Grant
- Early Career Faculty, PhD Student, Postdoctoral Fellow or Researcher, Full-time Clinician
- PI has a research degree (PhD or equivalent), OR has a clinical degree and license to practice in the field of developmental disabilities in their local region, but would benefit from research mentorship to expand their research career
- The Principal Investigator (PI), as the mentee, must be an AACPDM member in good standing
- $15K over 1 year
- Deadline 4/15/2026
- Website
International Foundation for CDKL5 Research
Research Grants - Basic & Clinical
- Early to established career
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1 year
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
RHEUMATOLOGY
Arthritis Foundation
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)
- 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
- Postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows are not eligible to apply for this award as the Principal Investigator, but may be listed as a Co-Investigator
- $250K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/29/2026 LOI
- Website
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Program - Large Research Award
- Full-time Faculty/Staff
- Up to and including Associate Professor (or equivalent)
- Early to mid career
- PhD, MD, or equivalent degree
- Applicants holding nontenure track, full-time, independent faculty-level positions with titles such as Instructor, Assistant Research Professor, or similar are eligible to apply
- $450K over 3 years
- Deadline 4/28/2026 LOI
- Website
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Program - Pilot Research Award
- Full-time Faculty/Staff, Clinical or Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Up to and including Associate Professor (or equivalent)
- Early to mid career
- 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
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 4/28/2026 LOI
- UMass Recipients: 2014 Uyen-Sa Nguyen PhD; 2014 Donhai Wang, PhD; 2011 Anita Shaw, PhD
- Website
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Research Grants
- Applications received on a rolling basis - reviewed in January, June and September
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Deadline 6/30/2026, 9/30/2026
- Website
SCIENCE
The Franklin Institute
Benjamin Franklin Medal (The endowed Benjamin Franklin Medals are given annually in seven disciplines of science, notably chemistry, computer and cognitive science, and the life sciences)
- Faculty
- Nominees must be living
- Nominations will be accepted from any individual, organization, or institution, including self-nominations
- Award recipients must participate in the Awards Ceremony at which their medals are presented
- $10K
- Rolling basis
- Website
SLEEP
ResMed Foundation
Clinical Research Grants Supporting Sleep and Respiratory Health
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1 year
- Deadline 6/15/2026, 9/15/2026, 12/15/2026
- Website
SPINE
Craig H.Neilsen Foundation
Spinal Cord Injury Postdoctoral Fellowships (SCIRTS)
- Postdoctoral
- Early career
- PhD, MD, DVM
- Fellows must have attained their doctoral degree or an equivalent terminal professional degree by the LOI submission deadline and have held that degree no longer than five years before the FGA submission deadline
- For Fellows with a MD, the five-year eligibility period begins after completion of the residency program
- $200K over 2 years
- Deadline 5/22/2026 LOI
- Website
Spinal Cord Injury Translational Spectrum Grants (SCIRTS)
- Faculty
- Early to established career
- PhD, MD, DVM
- Applicants who do not hold a tenure track position (e.g., Instructor, Research Associate) may include, at the LOI and FGA stage, a Letter of Assurance from the institution’s Director or Department Chair confirming their position as independent and affirming that needed space and equipment are available to them
- $400K over 2-3 years
- Deadline 5/22/2026 LOI
- Website
SURGERY
American Surgical Association Foundation
Fellowship Research Award
- Faculty
- Early career
- MD or equivalent medical degree
- Must be submitted within five years from the time that the applicant has completed their residency or fellowship training
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 6/15/2026
- Website
Intuitive Foundation
Bronchoscopy Research Grants
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/5/2026, 9/7/2026 LOI
- Website
Clinical Research Grants
- $75K over 1 year
- Deadline 6/5/2026, 9/7/2026 LOI
- Website
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
Career Development Award
- Faculty
- Early career
- Restricted to surgeons who have completed formal clinical and research training in general surgery and are within five years of their first faculty appointment in a department of surgery at a medical school
- $150K over 2 years
- Deadline 3/31/2026
- Website
Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF)
Advanced Robotic Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
- Surgeon
- Early to established career
- $25K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Every Heartbeat Matters Awards (partnered with the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation)
- Surgeon
- For qualified surgeons who conduct humanitarian work in underserved regions and populations
- $35K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Michael J. Davidson Fellowship Award
- Faculty
- Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Early career
- Within 7 years of first faculty appointment at the time of application deadline, and cardiothoracic surgery residents in their last year of training at an ACGME-accredited program, who are seeking to enhance their skills in both transcatheter valve techniques and open valve surgery
- $20K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship Award
- Resident
- Early career
- Woman resident working in a cardiac surgical clinic or laboratory research program who has not yet completed cardiothoracic surgical training
- $110K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Quadri/Bavaria Innovation and Translational Research Award
- Surgeon, Resident, Trainee, Research Scientist, and other Inventor
- Early to established career
- $80K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Resident Research Award
- Resident
- $80K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
STS Database Clinical Research Fellowship Award
- Clinican Fellow
- Early career
- Open to those in active residency training in an approved ACGME or equivalent training program, or within the first two years of practice
- $80K over 1 year
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
STS Research Award
- Surgeon
- Early career
- Within seven years of first faculty appointment at time of application deadline
- $180K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
TSF Research Award
- Surgeon
- Early career
- Within seven years of first faculty appointment at time of application deadline
- $170K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award
- Resident
- Early career
- Resident who has not yet completed cardiothoracic surgical training
- $120K over 2 years
- Deadline 9/15/2026
- Website
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Nuttall Women's Health
XXcelerate: Turning Existing Research Into Impact for Women
- Faculty position or equivalent
- Early to established career
- PhD, MD, or equivalent
- Multidisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations are highly encouraged
- Amount and/or duration vary and/or are unpublicized
- Over 1-3 years
- Rolling basis LOI
- Website
Pfizer
Migraine and Women’s Health (collaborating with the American Headache Society)
- Medical, Dental, Nursing, Allied Health, and/or Pharmacy professional
- Proposals with smaller budgets are also encouraged
- $200K over 2 years; 2-4 awards
- Deadline 5/5/2026 LOI
- Website
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