March 2024

Organization / Website Specialty Area / Award/Grant Description Target Audience / Eligibility Award Amount / Deadline
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Medicine

Award/Grant: Catalyst to Independence Award
The Catalyst to Independence Award provides support for outstanding investigators pursuing topics relevant to single ventricle heart disease and aligned with the specific focus areas in the Roadmap – genetics, basic cardiovascular development, tissue engineering, computational modeling, and other relevant areas. Applicants must have earned a PhD, MD, or doctoral equivalent more than 3 years prior to the application due date and must have held their current role for at least 2 years; must have current postdoctoral fellow or instructor status (or equivalent) and be in non-independent, mentored positions; commit minimum 9 months to the proposed research. $1.2M over 6 years

Date: 3/14/2024 (LOI)
Alzheimers Association
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Neurology

Award/Grant: Clinician Scientist Fellowship to Promote Diversity 
The Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) award is intended to support exceptional scientists from underrepresented groups who are working in Alzheimer's or all other dementias research and who are engaged in their post-graduate work (i.e. postdoctoral fellows) and before their first independent faculty positions (i.e., Assistant Professor) and working in diverse areas of research, including basic, translational, clinical, functional and social-behavioral research. Investigators doing clinically-focused research without clinical practice are encouraged to apply to this AARF-D program. Individuals applying to the program will be accepted from postdoctoral fellows with full time positions at their respective institution who have less than 13 years of research experience after receipt of their doctorate or other terminal degree. Individuals who have a position of an Assistant Professorship or above are not eligible. $250,000

Date: 2/28/2024 (LOI)
American Association for Cancer Research
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Oncology

Award/Grant: Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award
Proposed research projects may focus on any topic related to cancer etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention and may be basic, translational, or clinical in nature. Have a doctoral degree (including PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
Hold a tenure-eligible appointment (or equivalent, if institution does not follow a tenure system) at the rank of assistant professor (appointments such as research assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, assistant professor research track, visiting professor, or instructor are not eligible. Applicants cannot be tenured or under consideration for a tenured academic position at the time of the application. Applicants that have progressed to associate professor appointments are also not eligible.) Have completed their most recent doctoral degree within the past 11 years.
$225,000

Date: 3/4/2024 (LOI)
American Association for Cancer Research
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Oncology; Ocular Melanoma; Uveal Melanoma

Award/Grant: Joanne Barlia Research Fellowship
Research must have direct applicability and relevance to ocular/uveal melanoma and must be translational or clinical in nature. If the research project is applicable to cutaneous melanoma as well, it must be focused primarily on uveal melanoma and its specific biology. Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree. At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2024 applicants must: Hold a mentored research position with the title of postdoctoral fellow, clinical research fellow, or the equivalent.Have completed their most recent doctoral degree within the past five years. Applicants with a medical degree must have completed their most recent doctoral degree or medical residency - whichever date is later - within the past 5 years. Work under the auspices of a mentor at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world. $130,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/21/24
American Association for Cancer Research
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Oncology; Ocular Melanoma; Uveal Melanoma

Award/Grant: Career Development Award
Research must have direct applicability and relevance to ocular/uveal melanoma and must be translational or clinical in nature. If the research project is applicable to cutaneous melanoma as well, it must be focused primarily on uveal melanoma and its specific biology. Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD or equivalent) in a related field and not currently a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2024 applicants must: Hold a faculty position with the title of assistant professor, instructor, research assistant professor, or the equivalent. Have completed their most recent doctoral degree within the past 11 years. Applicants with a medical degree must have completed their most recent doctoral degree or medical residency (or equivalent) - whichever date is later - within the past 11 years. Have independent laboratory space as confirmed by their institution.
$150,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/21/24
American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand
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Surgery; Orthopaedics

Award/Grant: Andrew J. Weiland Medal
Contributed a body of research that advances the field.  The medal recognizes and supports outstanding research in hand surgery in order to continue Dr. Weiland’s vision for the field of hand surgery.  It is awarded to a mid-career surgeon who is up to 60 years of age, or a surgeon who is less than 20 years from hand fellowship training. $20,000

Date: 3/31/24
American Hand Therapy Foundation
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Physical Therapy

Award Grant: Burkhalter New Investigator Grant for Clinical Research in Hand and Upper Limb Rehabilitation
Experimental, non-experimental, pilot studies, quasi-experimental, measurement, or qualitative studies designed to advance the clinical practice of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation in categories identified by the AHTF research priorities will be considered. Occupational or physical therapist clinicians, graduate students, or faculty at accredited occupational/physical therapy programs are eligible for this award. At least one member of the research team must be a member of ASHT.  $15,000

Date: 3/1/24
American Hand Therapy Foundation
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Physical Therapy

Award Grant: Judy Bell-Krotoski “Grab the Evidence” Award
Experimental studies, pilot studies, or systematic reviews/meta-analyses which support the evidence of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation in the diagnostic categories identified by the AHTF research priorities or by the specific donor’s research priorities will be considered. Occupational or physical therapist clinicians, graduate students, or faculty at accredited occupational/physical therapy programs are eligible for this award. At least one member of the research team must be a member of ASHT.  $25,000

Date: 3/1/24
American Hand Therapy Foundation
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Physical Therapy

Award Grant: Tri-Alliance Grant Honoring ASHT Founders 
Research within any domain of hand therapy accepted. Randomized or experimental study designs, including quantitative, mixed methods, or qualitative designs that aim to advance the clinical practice of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation.  Occupational or physical therapist: clinicians, graduate students, or faculty at accredited occupational/physical therapy programs are eligible for this award. At least one member of the research team must be a member of ASHT. $45,000

Date: 3/1/24
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
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Orthopaedics

Award Grant: Return to Play Clinical Research Grant
Support a clinical research project investigating return to play after musculoskeletal injury. Studies investigating clinical outcomes related to accelerated return to play utilizing innovative technology and techniques are strongly encouraged and will be a factor in the review process. Studies investigating primarily focusing on concussions are not eligible for this grant opportunity. The PI must be a licensed orthopaedic surgeon in the United States working in an institution in the United States. Any investigative team seeking this grant must include at least one member of AOSSM AND The Forum OR the J. R. Gladden Sports Medicine in good standing. No AOSSM Board officer (e.g., President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, etc.) may be a named investigator on any application. There is no requirement for Principal Investigators to have obtained peer-reviewed funding. $200,000

Date: 3/31/24
American Psychological Foundation
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Psychology

Award Grant: Esther Katz Rosen Fund for the study of Gifted Children and Youth
Studies related to the advancement and application of knowledge about gifted children; enhance development of idnetified giften/talented children and adolescents.  Doctoral degree or current graduate student. $50,000

Date: 3/6/24
American Society of Clinical Oncology
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Oncology; Lymphoma

Award/Grant: Young Investigator Award in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology with a focus on chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The purpose of this award is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. This is a mentored award and the research project is conducted under the guidance of a scientific mentor.  Be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) working in any country and currently in the last two years of their final oncology subspecialty training at an academic medical institution and within 10 years of obtaining their medical degree at the time of grant submission. Be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting. Have a mentor in the proposed research field from the sponsoring institution. The mentor must assume responsibility and provide guidance for the research. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member from the sponsoring institution must be included.
Be an ASCO member or have submitted a membership application with the grant application. Be able to commit at least 60% of full- time effort in research (applies to total research, not just the proposed project) during the award period, as confirmed in an institutional Letter of Support.
$50,000

Date: 3/14/24
American Society of Clinical Oncology
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Oncology; Lymphoma

Award/Grant: Frist Family Endowed Young Investigator Award (YIA) in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)
Provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality clinical research in MCL. The purpose of this award is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment.  Applicants must have earned a PhD, MD, or doctoral equivalent more than 3 years prior to the application due date and must have held their current role for at least 2 years; must have current postdoctoral fellow or instructor status (or equivalent) and be in non-independent, mentored positions; commit minimum 9 months to the proposed research. $50,000

Date: 3/14/2024
American Society of Clinical Oncology
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Oncology; Breast

Award/Grant: Young Investigator Award in Diversity and Inclusion in Breast Cancer Research
The purpose of this award is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment as they seek to build a career in clinical breast cancer research. The YIA is a mentored award, and the research project must be conducted under the guidance of a scientific mentor. Applications are accepted from U.S. and international applicants. Self-identify as a member of a racial and/or ethnic group traditionally excluded in academic medicine according to the AAMC definition (include but are not limited to: American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander). Be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) working in any country and currently in the last two years of their final oncology subspecialty training at an academic medical institution and within 10 years of obtaining their medical degree at the time of grant submission. Be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting. Have a mentor in the proposed research field from the sponsoring institution. The mentor must assume responsibility and provide guidance for the research. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member from the sponsoring institution must be included. Be an ASCO member or have submitted a membership application with the grant application.

$50,000


Date: 3/14/2024

American Thyroid Association
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Endocrinology; Thyroid

Award/Grant: Research Grants
The ATA® is committed to supporting research into better ways to diagnose and treat thyroid disease. The generosity of members, patients, industry, and donors in the workplace has enabled the ATA® to fund 105 thyroid research grants totaling over $2.8 million since the inception of the Research Fund. In addition, the ATA® rigorously manages the selection of research projects and distribution of over $2.9 million to date generously donated to the ATA® specifically for research grants from ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. and Bite Me Cancer. Investigators must be one of the following:
a) Junior facultythat completed their training program or postdoctoral fellowship in the last 5 years. Investigators who have the academic title of Associate Professor or higher are ineligible.
b) Graduating postdoctoral research fellows or clinical fellowsin their last year that will have a junior faculty position by August 2024 (ie. Instructor, Assistant Professor, etc). A written letter from the applicant's institution confirming that the applicant will have an independent, junior faculty position by August 2024 is required prior to proceeding with the application.
c)Trainee applying for MTC Grant with Supervising Mentor/Faculty. Trainees are defined as (postdoctoral research fellows, residents, or graduate students working towards an MD or a PhD) that are applying for a medullary thyroid cancer grant with a supervising mentor or faculty member are eligible. Individuals who have been a Principal Investigator (PI) on an NIH RO1 (or equivalent grant) and/or that have received an ATA, ThyCa or BMC research grant are not eligible. Recipients of NIH R29, R21 and KO8 awards are eligible.
Applicants must apply for ATA membership by March 15, 2024 or be an ATA member in good standing (through 12/31/24). 
Various.

Date: 3/31/2024
B*Cured
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Cancer

Award Grant: Brain Cancer Research Investigator Grant
Clinical projects are encouraged, as well as translational projects with significant clinical promise. Projects for adult and pediatric brain cancer research will be considered.  Applicants must be full time faculty; clinical or translational research, with the intention of applying for R01 NIH funding or the equivalent within five years, or innovative research to bridge from bench to animal research or to acquire preclinical data from animal models.  $50,000

Date: 3/1/2024
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
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Medicine; Lyme Disease

Award/Grant: Emerging Leader Awards
These grants support new and innovative projects and aim to attract aspiring new scientific talent to the field of Lyme. Candidate applications must include a viable proposal for a proof-of-concept project to be funded, in part or in sum, by the grant award. Healthcare insitutions. $150,000

Date: 3/1/2024
Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation
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Oncology

Award/Grant: Translational Adult Glioma Grant Award
High-impact, high-reward translational research for glioblastoma.  This award is intended to support projects designed to contribute to identifying therapies that will impact the survival of patients with brain cancer. A PhD, MD or equivalent is required. Only one submission per applicant is permitted every calendar year. Applicants need not be U.S. citizens, but must be employed by a U.S. non-profit academic institution. $600,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/1/2024
Breast Cancer Alliance
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Oncology; Breast

Award/Grant: Exceptional Project Grants 
Awards unique, innovative basic, translational, or clinical research in the field of breast cancer.  Clinicians and researchers at any stage of their career; only 2 LOIs per institution  $100,000

Date: 3/31/2024 (LOI)
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
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Cancer

AwardGrant: Research Grant
Proposals should: improve our understanding of the biology of pediatric brain tumors, improve the treatment of childhood brain tumors, reduce or ameliorate tumor or treatment related sequelae, heighten public awareness of childhood tumors and improve the lives of children with brain tumors and their families. Doctoral degree. $60,000

Date: 3/15/2024
Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation
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Rehabilitation Medicine

Award/Grant: Quality of Life Grants
An award invested into a very specific project or part of a program or project that directly impacts the lives of people with paralysis, their families and caregivers. Grants will fund specific budget items that will clearly impact individuals living with paralysis and their families, and the project must be completed within 12 months. Non-profit institution. Up to $25,000

Date: 3/8/2024
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
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Oncology

Award/Grant: Fellowship Award
All theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention. Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM, DO. The applicant must include a copy of their diploma to confirm date of conferral.  Varies

Date: 3/15/2024
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research
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Prader-Willi Syndrome; Genetics

Award/Grant: Research Grant
Funding priorities include: Genotype to phenotype: understanding PWS genetics / how loss of PWS-critical region genes leads to the phenotype; Neurobiology of hunger / feeding behavior in PWS; Neurobiology of cognitive deficits, maladaptive behavior and mental illness in PWS; Clinical care research: evaluation of existing drugs and interventions to improve health and quality of life in PWS; Therapeutics development for PWS- Genetic therapies; novel pharmaceuticals; drug repurposing for PWS. Principal Investigators must have a primary faculty appointment at the level of Instructor or higher.  This grant program will be useful for junior faculty in the early stages of their careers, established investigators in other areas of research who wish to enter the field of PWS research, or investigators in the PWS field who are seeking funding to support pilot studies in a new area of PWS research. $150,000 over 18 months

Date: 3/1/2024 (LOI)
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
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Sarcoidosis; Pulmonology; Rheumatology

Award/Grant: Fellowship Award
Support early career physicians and researchers interested in sarcoidosis research. Early career physicians and researchers. $150,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/20/2024
Glaucoma Foundation
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Opthamology; Glaucoma

Award/Grant: Research Grant- Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliation Glaucoma, Pressure Independent Mechanisms of Glaucoma, Neuroprotection, and Genetics of Glaucomas that affect people under the age of 40 years
The areas of current focus for TGF’s Grant Research program are exfoliation syndrome, exfoliation glaucoma and intraocular pressure-independent mechanisms of optic nerve degeneration in glaucoma. Full Time faculty or equivalent. $75,000

Date: 3/1/2024
Hereditary Disease Foundation
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Huntington's Disease

Award/Grant: Transformative Research Award 
The program seeks to fund collaborative research teams to create innovative ways to study new pathogenic disease mechanisms and treatment modalities in Huntington’s disease. Funded projects will “significantly move the needle” and provide transformational new insights to the HD field. General areas include but are not limited to: whether modulation of somatic repeat instability is disease modifying, whether and how cellular, biochemical or molecular insights in HD systems are predictive of disease, or how to apply unexplored therapeutics for clinical application (inclusive of biomarkers). Projects that discover disease modifying targets and incorporate novel tools or technologies are encouraged. Projects must justify how results could ultimately connect to therapies.  Investigators from academic institutions, companies, national laboratories, nonprofit institutes, and multi-institutional teams are welcome to apply. Partnerships between academia and industry and those bringing scientific expertise from outside the HD field are strongly encouraged. up to $500k/per group/per year up to two years

Date: 3/15/24 (LOI) 
Huntington's Disease Society of America
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Huntington's Disease

Award Grant: Catalyst to Independence Award"Berman/Topper family
Huntington’s Disease
Career Development Fellowship"
Provide support for young scientists to work collaboratively with their mentors and other committed HD health professionals to help develop the fellow into an independent HD leader. Applicants should be no more than 5 years removed from obtaining their PhD or completing their residency/fellowship; applicants cannot have their own laboratory and must identify an individual who will serve as his or her mentor and supervisor. $300,000

Date: 3/18/2024
Lung Cancer Research Foundation
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Cancer

Award/Grant: Leading Edge Research Grant Program
The goal of the 2024 LCRF Leading Edge Research Grant Program is to fund innovative projects across the full spectrum of basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, health services, early detection, disparities, and social determinants of health research. Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators with less than ten years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment. $150,000

Date: 3/4/24 (LOI)
Lung Cancer Research Foundation
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Cancer

Award/Grant: Minority Career Development Award
The LCRF Minority Career Development Award (CDA) for Lung Cancer is a two-year career development award intended to support early-stage scientists from underrepresented groups working in lung cancer and working in diverse areas of research including basic, clinical, translational, disparities, and social determinants of health research. The objective of this award is to increase the number of highly skilled and trained researchers from groups that are historically underrepresented in academia, medicine, and leadership in lung cancer research. Investigators must be from racial or ethnic groups that are underrepresented in health-related sciences and biomedical research.This includes Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. Individuals from racial or ethnic groups that can demonstrate convincingly that they are underrepresented by the host institution will also be eligible; must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators within 10 years of receiving their MD and/or Ph.D. $150,000

Date: 3/4/24 (LOI)
Lung Cancer Research Foundation
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Cancer

Award/Grant: Research Grants on Understanding Resistance in Lung Cancer
This grant mechanism will focus on understanding the development, prevention, and therapy of resistance by supporting projects that are identifying, characterizing, treating or preventing resistance to therapies in lung tumor cells, tissues, mouse models, and/or patients. Work supported through this mechanism will address important mechanistic questions and developmental therapeutics across histological subtypes of lung cancer (including lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and small cell lung cancer) and across the care continuum including newly designed targeted therapies and immunotherapies. These studies will enhance the momentum of improving lung cancer outcomes and have the potential to increase survivorship. Investigators must must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators with less than ten years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment. $150,000

Date: 3/4/24 (LOI)
Lupus Research Alliance
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Rheumatology; Lupus

Award/Grant: Lupus Innovation Award
Provides support for pioneering, high-risk, high-reward approaches to major challenges in lupus research. Special emphasis is placed on lupus studies exploring fundamental mechanisms, novel targets and pathways, novel technologies, and interdisciplinary approaches.  Both early career and established investigators new to lupus with highly innovative ideas are encouraged to apply;  MD, PhD, DO or equivalent, holding a faculty, or equivalent, position and leading an independent research team.  $300,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/4/2024 (LOI)
Melanoma Research Foundation
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Oncology; Melanoma; Skin

Award/Grant: Career Development Award
This year, in addition to general CDAs, the MRF will again offer the Silverstein Family Research Grant Challenge Women in Science Award/WIS CDA. Applicants who are postdoctoral fellows must have less than 5 years of postdoctoral experience at the time the grant will be awarded and must not have previously received any major grant support (e.g. from ACS, NIH, NCI, or DoD). $50,000 per year up to 2 years

Date: 3/1/2024
Melanoma Research Foundation
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Oncology; Melanoma; Skin

Award/Grant: Established Investigator Award
Award goals include 1) to help identify and support the next generation of melanoma scientists and 2) to focus on either improving clinical outcomes for patients with melanoma being treated with immuno‐oncology agents or advancing the scientific understanding of immuno‐oncology and the role of the immune system in melanoma. Applicants must have a title equivalent to Associate Professor or higher at the time of the grant submission. Both tenured and non-tenured track faculty are encouraged to apply. $125,000 per year up to 2 years

Date: 3/1/2024
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
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Orthopedics

Award/Grant: Innovation in Allografts Translational Grants
Proposed studies should focus on innovative translational and clinical research in the fields of tissue allograft transplantation and science, novel uses of allografts, combination with other biomaterials to enhance properties, and transformative regenerative medicine technologies relying on allograft tissues and matrices. Applicants may apply to either Junior Investigator or Established Investigator Track. Award amount varies by track. $75,000- $250,000

Date: 3/15/2024 (LOI) 
National MPS Society
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Medicine; MPS Disorders; Genetics

Award/Grant: Investigator-Initiated Research Grants 
Funds research that may lead to treatments for MPS diseases and solicits applications for innovative research projects that involve basic research, translational studies and clinical research. Funding can also be requested for a research fellowship.  Only one research or fellowship application per independent laboratory group within an institution; special consideration will be given to new investigators. $100,000

Date: 3/15/2024 (LOI) 
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation
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Cancer

Award/Grant: Mentored Research Award
The NETRF Mentored Award is designed to encourage early career investigators to pursue neuroendocrine tumor research and make a commitment to the field. Mentored Research Awards are in the amount of $100,000 over two years. These proposals typically have two aims that provide work requiring two years to complete. They have one PI with or without collaborators. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, MD/PhD or equivalent degree and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral or professional degree; applicants must hold a full-time, mentored research position with the title of postdoctoral fellow, clinical research fellow, or equivalent. $100,000

Date: 3/18/2024 (LOI)
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation
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Cancer
Award/Grant: Investigator Award 
Seeks investigators and teams with the tools to study neuroendocrine cancers in innovative and transformative ways.These proposals have two (or three smaller) aims that describe work requiring two years to complete. They typically have only one PI with or without collaborators. They are comparable to an NIH R21 grant. Applicants must have a faculty appointment or equivalent position (assistant professor and above). Research track faculty are eligible to apply.
Applicants must have the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, MD/PhD or equivalent degree. 
$270,000

Date: 3/18/2024 (LOI)
Organization for Autism Research
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Behavioral Health; Autism

Award/Grant: Research Grants
OAR seeks to fund studies that expand the body of knowledge related to autism intervention and treatment, produce practical and clearly objective results, have the potential to positively affect public policy, and provide outcomes that offer to enhance quality of life for persons with autism and their families.  OAR has placed special emphasis on research addressing the following areas: Community-Engaged Research; Community-Based Assessment and Intervention; Community-Living and Supports; Gender, Reproductive, and Sexual Health; Physical Health and Mental Health; Improving Access to and Effectiveness of Existing Systems and Services; Intersectionality, Equity and Diversity; and Mid-life and Older Adults. Must hold a doctoral degree and maintain a faculty position.  $50,000

Date: 3/18/2024 (LOI)
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
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Oncology; Pediatrics

Award/Grant: Emerging Investigator Fellowship
These grants are designed to support Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Clinical Investigator training for emerging pediatric cancer researchers to pursue exciting research ideas. These grants encourage and cultivate the best and brightest researchers of the future. Applicants must have completed two years of their fellowship, or not more than two years as a junior faculty instructor or assistant professor at the start of the award period. $50,000

Date: 3/1/2024 (LOI) 
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
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Oncology; Pediatrics

Award/Grant: Translational Research Grant
This type of grant primarily funds new research protocols and therapies that hold promise for improved outcomes and accelerates cures from the laboratory bench to the bedside of children and teens with high-risk cancers. This Grant is given to programs that involve open, multi-institutional cancer clinical trials or consortia, and implement new approaches to therapy. Not specified. up to $75,000 per year for up to 2 years

Date: 3/1/2024 (LOI) 
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
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Hypertension

Award/Grant: Pediatric PH Research Award
Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s Pediatric PH Research Award is to support research that could have a great impact towards advancing the field of pediatric pulmonary hypertension research. The PHA Pediatric PH Research Award will support a pilot study that would provide foundational research for a larger study and support additional grant submissions. Applicants should have a post-baccalaureate Ph.D. degree or equivalent, or a doctoral-level clinical degree such as MD, DO, PharmD or Ph.D. in public health or other clinical health sciences or be an advanced practice providers or in nursing who have complete all fellowship, post-doctoral training, or appropriate training. Early and mid-career researchers are encouraged to apply. $65,000

Date: 3/13/2024
ResMed Foundation
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Sleep and Respiratory Health

Award/Grant: Clinical Research Proposal
Promote novel research as well as public and physician awareness of sleep disordered breathing, with a primary focus on positive airway pressure therapies and ventilation-based treatments; morbidies associated with SDB; emphasis on hypertension, coronary disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation. Not specified. Various

Date: 3/14/2024 (LOI)
Rheumatology Research Foundation
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Rheumatology

Award/Grant: Mentored Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Award for Workforce Expansion
The purpose of the Mentored Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant (NP/PA) Award for Workforce Expansion is to increase the supply of rheumatology healthcare providers to better meet the needs of people with rheumatic diseases across the United States, particularly in geographically underserved areas. This award provides resources and the framework of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by NP/PAs, new to rheumatology, to facilitate their integration into a rheumatology practice under the supervision of a rheumatologist.  Board-certified rheumatologist; the NP or PA does not have to be identified at the time of application but must be identified at the time of award contract.  Eligible NP/PA must be new to the field of rheumatology (employed in a rheumatology practice setting for fewer than 18 months).  $25,000

Date: 3/14/2024 (LOI)
Saving Tiny Hearts Society
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Cardiology; Pediatrics

Award/Grant: Research Grants
These research grants are intended to fund early stage science with unique hypotheses fostering the next generation of congenital heart defect research, thus, creating a strong foundation of preliminary evidence to make scientific advancements. Research faculty involved in related research. $100,000

Date: 3/1/2024
Scoliosis Research Society
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Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award Grant: Standard Research Grant
The Society expects that these grants will lay the foundation for a sustained avenue of investigation and allow the investigator(s) to seek larger grants from sources such as the NIH or OREF. Applicants do not need to be members of the SRS but do need to have at least one SRS member as a co-investigator. $75,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/15/2024 (LOI)
Scoliosis Research Society
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Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant: SRS Resident/Fellow Research Grant 
The Resident/Fellow Research grants are meant to allow residents/fellows to pursue avenues of interest to prepare them for a lifelong research career.  Open to all residents/fellows in good standing in an Orthopaedic or Neurosurgery training program. $10,000

Date: 3/15/2024 (LOI)
Scoliosis Research Society
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Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant: Biederman Innovation Award
The Biedermann Innovation Research Award shall be designed to support innovative research by young clinical investigators in the field of spine deformity. Recipients should be young Active or Candidate SRS members (age 45 or younger at the time the award is given) who have demonstrated clinical or translational research promise and have submitted a research proposal designed to enhance innovation in spinal deformity treatment. $50,000

Date: 3/15/2024 (LOI)
Scoliosis Research Society
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Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant: New Investigator Research Grant
New investigator research grants are meant to stimulate younger members into a career of investigation in spinal deformity. Applicants do not need to be members of the SRS but do need to have at least one SRS member as a co-investigator. $30,000 over 2 years

Date: 3/15/2024 (LOI)
Shock Society
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Trauma Research

Award/Grant: Faculty Research Award for Early Career Faculty Investigators
Support a faculty at his/her early career stage to do research in the areas related to trauma, shock, and sepsis, leading to be an outstanding independent investigator. Research topics may vary from basic cellular responses to clinical outcomes. Proposing translational research and clinical application are encouraged. Proposed research must have intrinsic importance, but may also contain a component for permitting the applicant to learn the methodology, theory, and conceptualizations necessary for project development. Member of the US Shock Society or Member Society of the International Federation Shock Societies, holds a doctoral degree or its equivalent, such as but not limited to M.D, Ph.D., DDS, DMD, DO, DC, OD, DVM, or PharmD., within 10 years of the terminal doctoral degree and no more than 4 years since the first faculty appointment, devote a minimum of 50% of full-time professional effort conducting research and research career development. $83,000

Date: 3/29/2024
Society for Vascular Surgery
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Surgery; Vascular

Award/Grant: Clinical Research Seed Grant
The Clinical Research Seed Grant program has the following goals: encourage the interest and development of clinical investigators among the SVS membership, particularly junior members or those with limited prior experience as Principal Investigators and provide direct support for pilot clinical projects that have potential to develop into larger studies fundable by industry or governmental sources. The Principal Investigator for the Clinical Research Seed Grant must be 1) an SVS Active Member within the first 10 years of practice or 2) a fellowship- or integrated residency-trained, board-eligible, vascular surgeon within the first 10 years of practice with a full-time faculty position with an SVS Active Member serving as mentor. Residents and fellows are not eligible. $25,000

Date:3/1/2024
The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation
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Opthamology

Award/Grant: Heed Fellowship
To encourage and support education and research in ophthalmology and the ophthalmic sciences by providing postgraduate fellowships to individuals of exceptional ability. Graduate from an accredited medical school, school of osteopathic medicine, or holder of ECFMG certificate; Must complete fellowship within 3 years of residency. Fellowship has to take place in the United States; A minimum of 20% of the fellowship is required to be spent in research. $10,000

Date: 3/1/2024
Thrasher Research Fund
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Pediatrics

Award/Grant: Early Career Award (Pediatric Research) 
The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The goal is to fund applicants who will go on to be independent investigators. Those eligible to apply: physicians who are in a residency/fellowship training program, or who completed that program no more than one year before the date of submission of the Concept Paper; Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than three years prior to the date of submission of the Concept Paper. A new investigator who holds a National Institutes of Health (NIH) K award (including a K12 award) or a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) is not eligible to apply for the Early Career Award. $25,000

Date: 3/19/2024 (LOI)