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December 2025

Opportunities Organized by Specialty

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Heart Association

Specialty Area
Cardiovascular; Basic; Clinical; Translational; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Innovative Project Award

Deadline
12/10/25 (pre-proposal)

Award Amount
$100,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
The candidate must hold a post-baccalaureate Ph.D. degree or equivalent, or a doctoral-level clinical degree, such as MD, DO, DVM, PharmD, or PhD in nursing, public health, or other clinical health science. This program places no limit on eligibility based on career stage, academic rank or discipline. It requires only evidence of employment at a qualified institution, beyond the fellowship/training stage. While no minimum percent effort is specified, the principal investigator must demonstrate that adequate time will be devoted to ensuring successful completion of the proposed project.

To support highly innovative, high-impact research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research.

Research deemed innovative may introduce a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities. Should you include information about preliminary work, then the proposal is not innovative. Proposals may also refer to existing, unanalyzed datasets and the types of data they contain (e.g., geospatial, demographic, billing, molecular) that could be leveraged in conducting the proposed work, but there should be no preliminary descriptive summaries of the data itself. Proposed work should not be the next logical step of previous work, but should have a high probability of revealing new avenues of investigation, if successful.

The principal investigator (PI) is responsible for clearly and explicitly articulating the project's innovation and the potential impact on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research.The idea proposed here should not have been submitted in whole or in part in a previous proposal for AHA support.

Organization
Myocarditis Foundation

Specialty Area
Cardiology; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Research Grant

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 for one year of salary support (full-time research)

Target Audience/Eligibility
Candidates may apply up to 10 years following receipt of an MD, PhD, or an equivalent degree; All applicants must select a preceptor with a proven track record of research in myocarditis.

Innovative basic, clinical or translational research relevant to the cause or treatment of myocarditis.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American College of Gastroenterology

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Clinical Research Awards
Deadline
12/1/25

Award Amount
$100,000 for 1 year

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must be an ACG member or trainee at the time of submission; Applicant must be a physician (MD, DO, or PhD); physicians in training (fellows) are eligible to apply provided that the work is conducted under the supervision of a more senior or experienced investigator at the faculty level; Pilot data required. 
Fund innovative patient-oriented research that should be translational with direct applicability to clinical care. 
Organization
American College of Gastroenterology

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Clinical Research Pilot Awards
Deadline
12/1/25

Award Amount
$30,000 for 1 year

Target Audience/Eligibility
PI must be an ACG member at time of submission, physicians (MD, DO, or PhD) and physicians in training (fellows) are eligible to apply; ACG will not grant more than two Clinical Research Awards to former or current principal investigators on R01, P01, U01, VA Merit Awards or Hughes grants. 
Research to support innovative patient-oriented research and encourage clinical research among trainees and junior faculty.
Organization
American College of Gastroenterology

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Junior Faculty Development Grants
Deadline
12/1/25

Award Amount
$450,000 over 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Full-time Faculty, member of ACG, junior faculty (not above assistant prof level or held academic position for greater than 7 years) must have record of accomplishment in research, devote 50% of effort to clinical research related to hepatology or gastroenterology, must have preceptor for mentorship.
To assist promising clinical researchers to develop research and careers that have a direct bearing on clinical gastrointestinal practice. 
Organization
American Gastroenterological Association

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Research Scholar Award
Deadline
12/3/25

Award Amount
$300,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants for this award must hold an MD, PhD and/or equivalent degree and a full-time faculty or equivalent position, identify as "early career."
For early-career faculty (i.e., investigator, instructor, research associate or equivalent) working toward an independent career in digestive disease research.
Organization
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; Endoscopy; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
ASGE Research Award
Deadline
12/5/25

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Candidate is required to be an ASGE member at the time of application, be an MD (or have equivalent degree).
Projects in  basic, translational and clinical research with a relationship to gastrointestinal endoscopy. The ASGE is particularly interested in research pertaining to (in no particular order): colorectal cancer screening, Barrett's esophagus, endoscopy training, health disparities, quality measurement and improvement, endoscope reprocessing and infection control, endoscopic sedation/anesthesia, bowel preparation, novel endoscopic treatments for obesity, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and other endoscopically-guided imaging/interventions.
Organization
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; IBD; Crohn's; Colitis; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Litwin IBD Pioneers
Deadline
12/2/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$130,00 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
The applicant institution must be a non-profit, charitable institution, such as a university, hospital, or research organization. Applications are accepted from institutions worldwide
The applicant who wishes to take on the Principal Investigator position must have a faculty appointment at the institution. For this, we request that the applicant's university or institution (particularly the Grants and Contracts personnel) send us a statement confirming that the applicant is or is not able to apply as a Principal Investigator from his/her institution.

There can be only one Principal Investigator for each proposal.
Litwin IBD Pioneers supports researchers who are exploring all possible opportunities for diagnostic and therapeutic improvements, including novel, out-of-the-box ideas, and funds innovative and pioneering ideas that have a clinically relevant focus. Additionally, the program is open to investigators from other disciplines new to the IBD field, as well as countries outside the United States.
Organization
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; IBD; Crohn's; Colitis; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Senior Research Award
Deadline
12/2/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$130,000 per year for up to 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicant must hold an MD and/or PhD (or equivalent degree) and must be employed by an institution (public non-profit, private non-profit, or government) that is engaged in health care and/or health-related research. He/she must have attained independence from his/her mentor. Eligibility is not restricted by citizenship or geography.
To provide established researchers with funds to generate sufficient preliminary data to become competitive for funds from other sources such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Proposal must be relevant to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) or Crohn's disease and/or ulcerative colitis. Only one application is allowed per applicant per submission date. Simultaneous submission of a Senior Research Award and a Training Award is not permitted.
Organization
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Specialty Area
Gastroenterology; IBD; Crohn's; Colitis; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Career Development Award
Deadline
12/2/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$102,500 per year for up to 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
At the time of application, applicants must be employed by an institution (public non-profit, private non-profit, or government) engaged in health care and/or health related research within the United States. Research is not restricted by citizenship; however, proof of legal work status is required. Applicants must hold an MD and/or PhD (or equivalent degree).

Candidates holding MD degrees must have five years of experience after receiving their terminal degree—two years of which must be documented research experience relevant to IBD. Applicants holding PhDs must have at least two years of documented post-doctoral research relevant to IBD. Generally, candidates should not be in excess of ten years beyond the attainment of their doctoral degree.
Proposal MUST be relevant to IBD (Crohn's disease and/or ulcerative colitis) and must contain a career development plan detailing a training plan, mentorship plan, and describe how receiving this award will facilitate the transition to independence. Only one application is allowed per applicant per submission date. Simultaneous submission of a Senior Research Award and Training Award is not permitted.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
National Blood Foundation/AABB

Specialty Area
Hematology; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Early Career-Scientific Research Grants Program 

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
Various

Target Audience/Eligibility
Early-career investigator: has completed a terminal research degree or medical residency – whichever date is later – within the past 10 years of the grant application deadline and has not yet been awarded a substantial research grant (i.e. NIH R01). 

Applications for research into new and innovative projects for areas including: hematology, immunology, immunohematology, infectious disease, patient blood management, cellular therapies, biotherapies.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Heart Association

Specialty Area
Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Career Development Award

Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$231,000 over 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must hold a faculty/staff position up to and including the rank of assistant professor (or equivalent). No more than five years and nine months may have elapsed since the first faculty/staff appointment (after receipt of doctoral degree) at the assistant professor level or equivalent (including, but not limited to, instructor, research assistant professor, research scientist, staff scientist, etc.). If the candidate held the title of instructor during postdoctoral fellowship or residency years due to clinical or teaching responsibilities, that period of time does not count against the eligibility period for applying for the Career Development Award. The applicant must demonstrate that adequate time will be devoted to ensuring the successful completion of the project.

Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals, in the early years of one’s first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training necessary to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Specialty Area
Nephrology; Liver Disease; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award 

Deadline
12/8/2025

Award Amount
$200,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must commence award within first 5 years of faculty appointment at the start of the award; if funded must devote 50% effort to research project; must be member of AASLD; must have mentor sponsorship; cannot hold R01/K Award; a single institution may submit up to 2 applications per department; may apply for 1 AASLD award per application cycle.

Intended to foster career development for individuals performing clinical, translational or outcomes research in a liver-related area - ensures that a significant portion of investigator's time is protected for research.
Organization
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Specialty Area
Nephrology; Liver Disease; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Autoimmune Liver Diseases Exploratory Research Award 

Deadline
12/8/2025

Award Amount
$20,000 for 1 year

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicant may be pre-doctoral/graduate level, post-doctorate level, or junior faculty within 5 years of primary appointment; must be AASLD member; may apply for 1 AASLD award per application cycle at the start of the award; If funded, at least 20% effort should be devoted to research activities related to this award.

To provide supplementary funding during pilot phase of basic, translational, or clinical research projects in autoimmune liver disease (i.e. autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis).
Organization
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Specialty Area
Nephrology; Liver Disease; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Pilot Award in PSC Research 

Deadline
12/8/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 for 1 year  

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must be at post-doctoral or faculty level at or below Associate Professor at the award start date (July 1, 2024); must devote at least 20% effort; must be AASLD member; may apply for 1 AASLD award per application cycle.

Supports new, highly innovative PSC research ideas that focus on questions pertaining to the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and/or management of PSC in children and/or adults. Responsive projects will address highly innovative research ideas that have a clear potential to produce high-impact results, but that have little or no preliminary data to successfully compete for funding from other sources; Not intended to support ongoing research in the applicant’s laboratory, but rather support new ideas or approaches that have not previously been studied.
Organization
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Specialty Area
Nephrology; Liver Disease; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Pinnacle Research Award  

Deadline
12/8/2025

Award Amount
$300,000 over 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must commence award within first 5 years of faculty appointment at the start of the award; must be member of AASLD; must be sponsored by research mentor; cannot hold R01/K Award/AHA Award; may apply for 1 AASLD award per application cycle; at least 50% of the available time will be devoted to the research project on which this application is based.

Provides support for young scientists to bridge the gap between completion of research training and attainment of independent research scientist status. Designed to enable young researchers to successfully compete for awards from national sources.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Federation for Aging Research

Specialty Area
Neurology

Award/Grant Name
The CART Fund, Inc. -- Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust Grants
Deadline
12/5/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
up to $500,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Full-time faculty at a non-profit institution
Encourage exploratory and developmental AD research projects within the United States by providing support for the early and conceptual plans of those projects that may not yet be supported by extensive preliminary data, but have the potential to substantially advance biomedical research. Proposals should be distinct from those projects designed to increase knowledge in a well-established area unless it is intended to extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications.
Organization
Children's Tumor Foundation

Specialty Area
Neurology; Neurofibromatosis; Pediatrics

Award/Grant Name
Young Investigator Award
Deadline
12/2/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$64,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
A postdoctoral fellow (MD, Ph.D., or equivalent) with no more than 7 years past completion of their first doctoral degree at start of award, OR A graduate student pursuing an MD, Ph.D., or equivalent degree.
Basic and translational research towards 1.) Understanding cellular, genetic, and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis phenotypes; 2.) Identifying and/or testing novel therapeutic targets; 3.)Testing candidate therapeutics; or 4.) Analysis of natural history of NF.
Organization
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

Specialty Area
Neurology

Award/Grant Name
Scholar Awards
Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$225,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must hold a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor (or equivalent, see below) and must have served at that rank for less than five years at the time of the application deadline.
The McKnight Scholar Awards are given to exceptional young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent laboratory and research career. The intent of the program is to foster the commitment by these scientists to research careers that will have an important impact on the study of the brain. Applicants for the McKnight Scholar Award must demonstrate their ability to solve significant problems in neuroscience, which may include the translation of basic research to clinical practice. They should demonstrate a commitment to an equitable and inclusive lab environment.
Organization
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Specialty Area
Neurology

Award/Grant Name
The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
Deadline
12/4/2025

Award Amount
$180,000 for two years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Academic centers worldwide that are able to train a movement disorder clinician researcher over a two-year period are eligible.
To grow the global base of movement disorder specialists — neurologists with additional training in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders — by training movement disorder clinician-researchers who can provide expert care and lead scientific advances.
Organization
Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Neurology

Award/Grant Name
PVA Education Foundation -- Grants
Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility

Applications are accepted from fiscally responsible organizational entities in the name of the Principal Investigator (applicant).
The Education Foundation is focused on funding educational projects that benefit and serve individuals with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease, their families and caregivers.  The Education Foundation has six topic categories for funding consideration which are: Consumer, Caregiver, and Community Education; Professional Development and Education; Research Utilization and Dissemination; Assistive Technology; Consumer Guides; and Conferences and Symposia.  These projects should be designed to improve the quality of life for individuals with SCI/D, educate consumers about the consequences of and complications associated with SCI/D, improve the knowledge and skills of SCI/D health care professionals and to prevent the occurrence and complications of new SCI/D. 

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Sigma Theta Tau International/Western Institute of Nursing

Specialty Area

Nursing

Award/Grant Name
Nursing Research Grant

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$10,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Registered nurse with current license; have a master's degree, and/or be enrolled in a doctoral program.

Encourage qualified nurses to contribute to the advancement of nursing through research. Proposals for pilot and/or developmental research may be submitted for the grant.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pediatric

Award/Grant Name
Young Investigator Grant
Deadline
12/11/2025

Award Amount
$180,000 over 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Designed to support early career researchers,
such as postdoctoral, clinical fellows or instructors, pursuing promising childhood cancer research ideas. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD or equivalent and must not have achieved an appointment higher than Instructor. A minimum of 75% of the applicant’s time must be allocated as protected time for all research activities.
Applicants must show a commitment to a research career in pediatric cancer. A mentor is required, and a career development plan must be included. Proposals must fall within the scope of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s mission, focused on childhood cancers. Proposals with a sole/primary focus on patients >21 years of age will not be considered.
Organization
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pediatric

Award/Grant Name
RUNX1 RARE Grant 
Deadline
12/11/2025

Award Amount
$250,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants need not be United States citizens. Funds must be granted to non-profit institutions or organizations.

Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD (DO, MBBS or equivalent)

Applicants must have research experience working in, and a deep understanding of, normal or malignant hematopoiesis and/or immunology.
The purpose of the grant is to fund research that will accelerate the discovery of druggable oncogenic pathways and deliver cancer interception and cancer prevention therapeutics for RUNX1-FPD children and family members.
Organization
American Association of Thoracic Surgery

Specialty Area
Oncology; Surgery

Award/Grant Name
AstraZeneca Surgical Investigator Award
Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$100,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Completed their formal training in cardiothoracic surgery and be certified or in the process of obtaining certification by the appropriate Thoracic Surgery Board in the United States, Canada or international equivalent.

Candidates must have completed their cardiothoracic residency within 7 years of application.

All candidates who submit eligible applications will be considered for all available AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator funding. The review committee will assign successful candidates based on internal requirements.
Research proposals focused on the treatment of lung cancer, either in terms of basic science advances, surgical outcomes or the development of quality initiatives.
Organization
American Cancer Society

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Research Scholar Grants (RSG)
Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$215,000 per year for 4 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Investigators within the first 8 years of an initial independent research career or faculty appointment; eligibility extends to 10 years for clinician scientists who remain active in clinical care.
Research that prioritizes at least one of the six research areas: 1. Etiology (causes of cancer), 2. Obesity/Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL), 3. Screening and Diagnosis, 4. Treatment, 5. Survivorship, or 6. Health Equity Across the Cancer Control Continuum.  
Organization
American Cancer Society

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$135,000 per year for 3-5 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Licensed clinicians who are US citizens and are within the first 6 years of their initial faculty appointment, who have an active role in patient care.
Research that prioritizes at least one of the six research areas: 1. Etiology (causes of cancer), 2. Obesity/Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL), 3. Screening and Diagnosis, 4. Treatment, 5. Survivorship, or 6. Health Equity Across the Cancer Control Continuum.  
Organization
American Society for Radiation Oncology

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Clinician Scientist Development Award
Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$729,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Doctoral degree; full-time faculty
This award supports full-time faculty members in becoming independent investigators as clinician scientists. This grant is designed for people trained primarily as clinicians who want to maintain clinical practice and conduct cancer research. The applicant must be in the radiation oncology field.
Organization
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Patient-Centered Clinical Research Award
Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$250,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Full-time faculty appointment as at least the level of an assistant professor, research assistant professor, or equivalent; applicants can either be new to the Patient-Centered Care (PCC) research field with no prior experience or can have participated in PCC-related work but have not yet received an R01 or equivalent level of funding.
This Patient Centered Clinical Research Award supports junior-level to senior-level full-time faculty investigators who have demonstrated a commitment to improving the understanding, treatment and experience of bladder cancer patients and are launching careers in patient centered clinical research (e.g. studies of shared decision making, access to care, quality of care, quality of life, health disparities, comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research and survivorship). Applications that include cross-disciplinary teams including Advance Practice Providers (APPs) will be favorably reviewed. This award is intended to advance new patient centered clinical research initiatives and to provide an opportunity to increase competitiveness for subsequent funding applications in this space.
Organization
Cancer Research Institute

Specialty Area
Oncology; Immunotherapy

Award/Grant Name
Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP Grant)
Deadline
12/1/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
Up to $300,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Candidates for a CLIP Grant must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation.
Scientists working to explore clinically relevant questions aimed at the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. Grant supports basic, pre-clinical and translational research. 
Organization
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Physician Scientist Training Award 
Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$460,000 over 4 years (no indirect costs or institutional overhead)

Target Audience/Eligibility
Physician-scientist (MDs only) must have completed their residencies and clinical training, be US Specialty Board eligible; devote 80% of time to research; Post-doc fellows, clinical fellows and clinical instructors are eligible--Applicants may apply at any time prior to their initial assistant professorship appointment; no K Awards.
Designed to recruit outstanding U.S. Specialty Board-eligible physicians into cancer research careers by providing them with the opportunity for a protected research training experience under the mentorship of a highly qualified and gifted mentor after they have completed all of their clinical training.
Organization
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award
Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
Up to $80,000 per year for 3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Open to quantitative scientists with an interest in the intersection between computational biology, data science and cancer research. Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM, DO.

 Applicants must not have been in their Mentors’ labs for more than 18 months prior to the application deadline date.
To encourage quantitative scientists (trained in fields such as mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering, or related) to pursue research careers in computational biology under the joint mentorship of leaders in both computational science (“dry lab”) and cancer biology (“wet lab”).
Organization
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant Name
Cancer Research Grants
Deadline
12/15/2025

Award Amount
Various

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must be part of nonprofit institute and propose research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. 
Research to investigators in United States non-profit institutions proposing research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. The Foundation particularly encourages grant applications for a one year period which will allow establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers, or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Research to Prevent Blindness

Specialty Area
Ophthalmology; Blindness

Award/Grant Name
Grants Program

Deadline
12/15/25 (nomination form due); 1/10/26 (application due)

Award Amount
Various; see RFP for details.

Target Audience/Eligibility
Varied; see RFP for details.

Provides grants to high-performing U.S.-based departments of ophthalmology and to their high-potential investigators. 

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Foundation

Specialty Area
Otolaryngology; Immunology

Award/Grant Name
Research Award
Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$10,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Residents and medical students are encouraged to apply.  The principal investigator and/or listed key personnel on the grant proposal must be current AAOA members in good standing, or become an active candidate for membership.
Proposals should seek to advance research and knowledge for the treatment of otolaryngic conditions by conducting research in pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of otolaryngic allergy.
Organization
American Academy of Otolaryngology

Specialty Area
Otolaryngology; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
CORE Grants

Deadline
12/15/25 (LOI) 

Award Amount
Between $10,000 to $100,000 dependent on award.

Target Audience/Eligibility
Check individual mechanism for eligibility requirements.

The CORE program brings greater scale and less fragmentation and overlap to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery research opportunities, reduces the aggregate costs of the individual grant programs, and enables a comprehensive overview of the spectrum of promising otolaryngology and head and neck surgery research/researchers to promote to NIH and other agencies.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Physical Therapy Association 

Specialty Area
Physical Therapy

Award/Grant Name
Section Health Policy and Administration Grant Program

Deadline
12/31/2025

Award Amount
$15,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
All HPA-The Catalyst Section members are eligible to apply. Collaborative research with non-section members is permissible as long as the principal investigator is a member of HPA-The Catalyst Section. Priority will be given to researchers at the post-professional level (PhD or ScD candidates, post-doctoral fellows, or researchers).

Stimulate, encourage and support research activities that enhance the body of knowledge related to health policy, clinical administration, global health, and the use of technology in physical therapy. The grants provide funding to assist new physical therapist investigators, or established investigators who are embarking on a new research agenda in these areas of physical therapist practice, leadership, administration, or education. 

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Plastic Surgery Foundation 

Specialty Area
Plastic Surgery

Award/Grant Name
National Endowment for Plastic Surgery

Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
MD, DO or PhD; hold full time clinical or research position; be active or candidate member of ASPS. 

Priority will be given to applications which translate clinical or basic science research findings into clinically relevant advancements or tools with a high likelihood of impacting daily practice and patient care within the next few years. 
Organization
Plastic Surgery Foundation 

Specialty Area
Plastic Surgery

Award/Grant Name
Pilot Research Grant

Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$15,000 for 1 year

Target Audience/Eligibility
MD, DO, Or PhD; full time clinical or research position, be an active ASPS; primarily intended for residents, fellows, and junior faculty.

Provides support for residents/junior faculty to address focused research questions, obtain preliminary data, and develop a line of research that can be carried into an academic career. 
Organization
Plastic Surgery Foundation 

Specialty Area
Plastic Surgery

Award/Grant Name
Research Fellowship Grants

Deadline
12/2/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 for 1 year

Target Audience/Eligibility
MD or DO, or have doctoral-level degree and post-doctoral training appropriate for a clinical fellowship; Hold full-time position at institution; obtain sponsorship from an Active ASPS member at your institution.

The PSF supports investigators from the beginning of their careers, during residency and as they advance to becoming experienced and well-established plastic surgeons. This grant is for salary support only for a Resident or Fellow to obtain training and experience in research, under the guidance of an experienced mentor. The application must describe a structured research training plan, in addition to a research project. Only already funded research projects will be considered.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Lung Association

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Lung; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Catalyst Award

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicant must hold a faculty appointment or equivalent with demonstrated institutional commitment. Applicants must have a mentor who has a demonstrated history of research experience and mentorship. 

This award champions the next generation of scientists who are ascending toward independence by supporting mentored-investigators who are conducting basic science, behavioral, clinical or translational research into lung health. 
Organization
American Lung Association

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Lung; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Dalsemer Research Grant (interstitial lung disease)

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must hold a doctoral degree with faculty appointment in a recognized academic institute. Fellows and post-docs are eligible to apply if their Dept. Chair can assure a faculty appointment by award start date. Must have a mentor with demonstrated research experience. 

Mentored award meant to provide seed monies to junior investigators on the path to independence for researching the mechanisms and biology of interstitial lung disease. 

 

Organization
American Lung Association

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Lung; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Innovation Award

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$75,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Faculty appointment with demonstrated institutional commitment. Must have a publication record that reflects significant scientific contribution, and must have held a K or R level grant in 3 years prior to the application. 

Support promising independent investigators who are leveraging their existing body of work to conduct basic science, behavioral, clinical or translational research for lung health 
Organization
American Lung Association

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Lung; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Public Policy & Public Health Award

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$50,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must hold a doctoral degree with faculty appointment in a recognized academic institute. Fellows and post-docs are eligible to apply if their Dept. Chair can assure a faculty appointment by award start date. Must have a mentor with demonstrated research experience. 

Support to stimulate and inform important public policy debates around healthy air and lung disease. This award supports research on and evaluation of existing public policy and programs, as well as projects that inject innovative ideas into public policies impacting lung health. 

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Society of Transplantation and Immunology Research Network

Specialty Area
Transplantation

Award/Grant Name
Early Faculty Development Research Grant - (Basic, Translational, Clinical) 

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicant must be within 5 years of initial academic appointment; member of AST; current PI on Ro1, P01, R21 or VA Merit Award or comparable are ineligible; concurrent K-Series or R00, or two-year R56 are ineligble.

Intended to improve all research areas in relation to solid organ transplantation (and/or immunology relating to solid organ transplant).
Organization
American Society of Transplantation and Immunology Research Network

Specialty Area
Transplantation

Award/Grant Name
Fellowship Research Grant

Deadline
12/1/2025

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Fellows who have spent two years or less performing research in the areas of transplantation/immunology; minimum protected time for basic or translational grants is 50% and for clinical grants is 25%.

Submitted in 3 categories: basic, clinical, and translational research.