Non Federal Funding
Opportunities Organized by Specialty
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| Organization Research Corporation for Science Advancement Specialty Area Chemistry; Physics Award/Grant Cottrell Scholars Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $120,000 over 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Eligible applicants are early career tenure-track faculty who hold primary or courtesy appointments in chemistry, physics, or astronomy departments that offer bachelor's and/or graduate degrees in the applicant's discipline. Eligibility is limited to faculty members who started their first tenure-track appointment anytime in calendar year 2020. |
Honors and helps to develop outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills. Successful research plans identify relevant problems of high scientific significance and describe innovative and feasible approaches toward solutions; contain a research plan, an educational plan, and a clear statement on how the applicant will become an outstanding teacher-scholar with strong academic citizenship skills. |
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Deadline 7/29/2026 Award Amount Various, up to $600,000 per year Target Audience/Eligibility Non-profit institution; funds will not support buildings, fundraising, endowments, general operating budgets, or scholarship. |
Applications must be focused on people aged 5-25, and identify a specific inequality in youth outcomes. |
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| Organization National Rosacea Society Specialty Area Dermatology Award/Grant Research Grant |
Deadline 7/3/2026 Award Amount $25,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Researchers interested in applying for a research grant may fill out the form on their web site and submit it to the Society. A research grant application form and instructions will then be sent by mail. |
High priority is given to research in such areas as the pathogenesis, progression, mechanism of action, cell biology and potential genetic factors of this conspicuous and often life-disruptive condition. Studies may also be funded in such areas as epidemiology, predisposition, quality of life and associations with environmental and lifestyle factors. |
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| Organization Breakthrough T1D (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Specialty Area Diabetes Award/Grant Kellogg Family Early-Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Awards |
Deadline 7/2/2026 Award Amount up to $1,000,000 over 5 years Target Audience/Eligibility Clinical researchers who have received their first faculty-level appointment less than 5 years before the submission date are eligible to apply for this award. Applicants must have an MD, MD-PhD or PsyD, hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine in a clinical department, and conduct human clinical research. |
In a change from previous years, applicants proposing human subject research on long-term complications covered by the Breakthrough T1D research strategy (specifically diabetic eye, kidney, and cardiovascular disease) are eligible to apply for training awards. Human subject research includes interventional or observational trials as well as analysis of clinical bio-samples or data. Applications in Psychosocial and Behavioral Health will be accepted. |
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| Organization North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Specialty Area Medicine; GI Award/Grant George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $75,000 per year for up to 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicant must be junior faculty, must be a NASPGHAN member in good standing for at least two years, and pediatric gastroenterology, advanced fellowship training, or basic post-doctoral training within 5 years of the application. |
This grant is awarded to support a meritorious clinical, quality improvement, translational or basic science research project related to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas or nutritional disorders of children. |
| Organization North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Specialty Area Medicine; GI Award/Grant Mid Career Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $50,000 per year for up to 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicant must be 1) Mid-level career (at least 6 years out from first faculty position;) 2) Hold an MD, PhD or equivalent degree and a full-time faculty position; 3) Be a NASPGHAN member in good standing for at least two years and; 4) Not have an active R01. |
For applicants pursuing research in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. |
| Organization North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Specialty Area Medicine; GI Award/Grant Research Award for Disorders Associated with Carbohydrate Maldigestion/Malabsorption in Children |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $80,000 per year for up to 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants at any career level may apply; PI must be a member in good standing of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition for at least one year at the time of the application. Inclusion of co-investigators or collaborators in other scientific disciplines is encouraged. Applicants must hold a faculty position at a North American University or research institute and hold an MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD or equivalent degree. |
For studies focused on disorders of carbohydrate (CHO) maldigestion/malabsorption in children, either primary or secondary. |
| Organization North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Specialty Area Medicine; GI; Celiac Disease Award/Grant The Celiac Disease Foundation/NASPGHAN Celiac Disease Pilot Grants |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $25,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Be a NASPGHAN, APGNN or CPNP full member in good standing for at least one year. APGNN and CPNP members and post-doctoral fellows are invited to submit grant applications under the clinical mentorship of a NASPGHAN member. The primary investigator must hold a medical or postdoctoral degree (MD, PhD, or equivalent), an advanced nursing degree (BSN with an MS/PhD), or a degree in Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics/Nutrition, or Social Work and work full or part time in a clinical or academic setting. Investigators at all career stages are encouraged to apply. For individuals with independent funding such as R01, P01 or similar, or recipients of K08, K23 or similar, this pilot funding must represent a departure from current areas of funding. |
The Celiac Disease Foundation/NASPGHAN Celiac Disease Pilot Grants are designed to encourage and fund pilot projects in North America that address critical issues related to Celiac Disease and gluten-free diet management. The intent with this grant is to support Celiac Disease and gluten-free diet related innovative research or education proposals focused on new research areas that could improve the diagnosis and treatment of Celiac Disease; development of innovative tools or technologies to improve Celiac Disease management; research focused on understanding and improving adherence to the gluten-free diet among individuals with Celiac Disease, and research activities that have the potential to advance the nutrition care of patients and families of children with Celiac Disease. |
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| Organization Lupus Research Alliance Specialty Area Lupus Award/Grant LRA/RRF Empowering Lupus Research Scientist Development Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $225,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Must be within 3 years of terminal degree at the time of application. |
Mentored career development award is designed for individuals in the early stages of their career or those without significant prior research experience. Projects should help awardees generate scientific data and develop innovative research ideas necessary to transition to an independent research role in areas aligned with the stated goals of the LRA/RRF Empowering Lupus Research Partnership. |
| Organization Lupus Research Alliance Specialty Area Lupus Award/Grant LRA/RRF Empowering Lupus Research Investigator Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $500,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Faculty appointment, applicant must be able to commit a minimum of 75 percent full-time professional effort to research, academic career development, and other research related activities. Candidates may not spend more than 25 percent in clinical and/or teaching activities. |
Intended to support early career investigators for the period between the completion of post-doctorate fellowship training and establishment as an independent investigator. |
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| Organization John Templeton Foundation Specialty Area Medicine Award/Grant Research Grant |
Deadline 7/15/2026 Award Amount Varies Target Audience/Eligibility Ph.D; MD; or equivalent |
Interested in your ideas for projects related to our Core Funding Areas: Individual Freedom & Free Markets, Life Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Public Engagement, Character Virtue Development Religion, Science, and Society (visit website for detailed information). |
| Organization Cure JM Foundation Specialty Area Medicine; Juvenile Myositis Award/Grant Mental Health Grant |
Deadline 7/31/2026 Award Amount $90,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must hold a Ph. D. or M.D. degree or equivalent |
Funding to advance mental health to improve the lives of children and families living with juvenile myositis. |
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| Organization LGS (Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome) Foundation Specialty Area Neurology; Epilepsy Award/Grant Cure LGS Research Grant |
Deadline Rolling Award Amount $25-$75,000 (see different levels) Target Audience/Eligibility Young investigators, physician residents, and clinicians (no additional specifications provided). |
Award for those interested in studying Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. Our seed grants are intended to help researchers explore novel ideas and answer questions related to the clinical aspects, therapies and/or genetic causes of LGS. |
| Organization Brain Injury Association Specialty Area Neurology Award/Grant Seed Grant |
Deadline 7/1/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $25,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Young Investigators vs. Brain Injury Scholars- see RFP for difference in eligibility. |
Research Priorities for the 2025 competition: Progressive Degenerative Processes; Late Consequences of Childhood TBI; Excess Mortality; Chronic Health Condition Management; Social Determinants of Health |
| Organization National Multiple Sclerosis Society Specialty Area Neurology; MS Award/Grant Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research |
Deadline 7/22/2026 Award Amount $325,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Any investigator(s) active in MS research is eligible for the prize, and the nominee(s) may be from any institution or organization— public or private, government, as well as commercial entities. The award is intended for early to mid-career MS researchers. Nominees should have no more than 20 years of experience as an independent investigator or team leader to be eligible. There are no specific requirements for residency or citizenship. Nominees need not be current or past grantees of the National MS Society. |
The Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research recognizes an exceptional scientist or a team of scientists whose work in MS research has demonstrated outstanding innovation and originality. This annual prize, made possible by the generosity of the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, is $125,000 to be used at the discretion of the recipient. The prize also includes a $200,000 fellowship award at the recipient’s institution for a trainee chosen by the recipient. |
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| Organization American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Specialty Area OB/GYN Award/Grant Research and Training Fellowships |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $150,000 Target Audience/Eligibility All physicians who have completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology in the United States or Canada are eligible to apply if they do not have any of the following exclusions: candidates who have had no more than 2 years of prior K-award training (e.g., institutional K12, K08) are eligible to apply, but candidates who currently hold BIRCWH, WRHR, RSDP or other K12 awards are not eligible. Prior or current R01 grant recipients are ineligible for Foundation funding. |
Seek to identify future academic physician leaders in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and to stimulate their scholarly development through the support of advanced scientific training. |
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| Organization Children's Leukemia Research Association Specialty Area Oncology; Pediatric Award/Grant Research Grant Program |
Deadline 6/30/2026 Award Amount $30,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Any doctor in the United States at the Ph.D. or MD level who is involved in research towards finding the causes and cure for leukemia may apply. |
Funding research grants for doctors who are conducting the most promising research into leukemia, in the hopes of isolating the causes and finding a cure for this dreadful disease. The objectives of this committee are to direct the funds of the Association into the most promising projects, and where funding would not duplicate other funding sources. |
| Organization Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists |
Deadline 7/15/2026 Award Amount $100,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Damon Runyon Fellows are eligible to apply in the last year of their Fellowship. Currently, Damon Runyon Fellows selected in November 2022, May 2023, and February 2024 (DRG-2483-23 to DRG-2512-23, DRQ-19-24 to DRQ-22-24) are eligible to apply. - Fellows who have terminated their awards early to accept an independent academic faculty position or other funding are eligible. - Fellows who have moved to a position at a for-profit organization are not eligible. Fellows may only apply once, at the deadline date that correlates with their award selection date. |
The Damon Runyon Fellowship identifies the nation’s top postdoctoral fellows and provides funding that enables them to complete their training under the mentorship of a leading senior scientist and encourages them to follow their own bold ideas. At the end of the Fellowship, there are often a select few who have greatly exceeded the Foundation’s highest expectations. These spectacular young scientists are the most likely to make paradigm-shifting breakthroughs that transform the way we prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. To catapult their research careers—and their impact on cancer—the Foundation will make an additional investment in these exceptional individuals by selecting them as recipients of the Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists. |
| Organization Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $200,000 over 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be either: 1) Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, 2) Clinical Instructors or Senior Clinical Fellows, 3) Distinguished Fellows; must devote 80% of their time to research; must conduct proposed research independently; must have doctoral degree. |
Designed to support new researchers with novel, high-risk/high-reward ideas. Specifically designed to fund an innovative idea that lacks sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding; it is not designed to support incremental advances. |
| Organization Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Fibrolameller Research Funding |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount Various Target Audience/Eligibility Non-profit institution. |
FCF aims to drive and support high-impact research that is critical for the discovery of better treatments for FLC; to support innovative research leading to improved understanding and curative treatments for fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC). |
| Organization Skin Cancer Foundation Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Research Grant |
Deadline 7/19/2026 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Program is open to dermatology residents, fellows and investigators within 10 years of their first academic appointment. |
Many early career investigators in the dermatology community have used their grants to launch studies on the prevention, detection or treatment of skin cancer that ultimately led to significant advances for patients and physicians. These grants are an important first step to getting new ideas off the ground. |
| Organization Pfizer Specialty Area Oncology; Prostate Award/Grant Quality Improvement (QI) Project: Improving Metastatic Prostate Cancer (mPCa) Care Through Innovative Strategies |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount $250,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Healthcare institution |
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® and Pfizer Global Medical Grants (Pfizer) are collaborating to offer a new grant opportunity seeking proposals for investigator-initiated research to improve mPCa care. Pfizer (hereafter, “Grantor”) is providing $1 Million in funding to support quality improvement studies to advance health care quality, the delivery of quality care, and improve health care provider performance in mPCa care. The Grantor will serve as the funding organization. Grants are available to all investigators from institutions within the United States. |
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| Organization Research to Prevent Blindness Specialty Area Ophthalmology Award/Grant Individual Awards |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount Various Target Audience/Eligibility Various |
RPB offers a variety of individual awards, across topics and career stages, that allow scientists to pursue specific, cutting-edge research proposals. Funded projects must be grounded in excellent science and must move the field of vision science forward. |
| Organization Glaucoma Research Foundation Specialty Area Ophthalmology; Glaucoma Award/Grant Shaffer Grant Program |
Deadline 7/15/2026 Award Amount $60,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Grant applicants must possess at least a graduate degree. Interdisciplinary teams and collaborations that may lead to new glaucoma treatments are encouraged. |
Support new high-impact clinical, epidemiological and laboratory research; strategic goals include to protect and restore the optic nerve, accurately detect glaucoma and monitor its progress, find the genes responsible for glaucoma, understand the intraocular pressure system and develop better treatments, determine the risk factors for glaucoma damage using systematic outcomes data. |
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Deadline 7/30/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $200,000 per year for up to 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Established PIs. |
This program is intended to provide support for high-risk/high-gain age-related macular degeneration research. We hope to attract established investigators to apply for this support, but the aims of the application must contain outside-the-box ideas that are novel in the field. Applicants who are experts in another field are encouraged to apply their talents to proposing innovative research in the macular degeneration field. |
| Organization Bright Focus Foundation Specialty Area Optometry; Age-related Macular Degeneration Award/Grant New Investigator Grant Program |
Deadline 7/30/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $150,000 per year for up to 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Early Career Investigators |
This research grant is intended to support investigators during their early years as an independent investigator involved in studies that have an impact on the causes and/or treatment of macular degeneration. |
| Organization Bright Focus Foundation Specialty Area Optometry; Age-related Macular Degeneration Award/Grant Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
Deadline 7/30/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $200,000 over 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Young postdoctoral researchers during their final stages of mentored training. |
Support for a young scientist to conduct postdoctoral studies in an established laboratory focused on research contributing to understanding the biological causes and/or new clinical treatment of macular degeneration and should also serve as the basis for the applicant's own independent research career. |
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| Organization Orthopaedic Research Foundation Specialty Area Orthopaedic Award/Grant Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant |
Deadline 6/24/2026 Award Amount $20,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Promotes the development of new clinician scientists who have demonstrated success as both a clinician and a researcher. Allows investigators to spend dedicated time in research for a period of up to five years to develop a long and productive career in academic surgery. |
The applicant must demonstrate success in research by receiving extramural research funding under one or more K08 or K23 awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), or an equivalent funding source. The grant is renewable annually for up to five (5) years, equal to the term of the research funding, subject to an annual review of the scientific progress of the research project and available OREF funding. |
| Organization American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Area Orthopaedics Award/Grant Sandy Kirkley Clinical Outcome Research Grant |
Deadline 7/31/2026 Award Amount $25,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Any investigative team seeking such a grant must include at least one member of AOSSM in good standing. |
To honor the memory and spirit of the late Dr. Sandy Kirkley by providing start-up, seed, or supplemental funding for an outcome research project or pilot study. To support an orthopaedic sports medicine clinical outcome research project. |
| Organization Paralyzed Veterans of America Specialty Area Orthopaedics; Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Award/Grant Research Grants |
Deadline 7/1/2026 Award Amount Various Target Audience/Eligibility Eligible grantee institutions must be located in the United States or Canada. However, investigators and fellows are not required to be U.S. or Canadian citizens. All grant applicants must have a professional degree: Ph.D. or M.D. preferred. Senior fellows are encouraged to apply as principal investigators. Post-doctoral scientists are eligible to apply for fellowship support within four years of receiving a Ph.D. or completing M.D. residency. Graduate students can participate in Foundation-related research and be paid from a Foundation award. However, graduate students cannot apply for a Foundation grant as a fellow or as a principal investigator. |
The grant funds the following categories: Basic Science - laboratory research in the basic sciences to find a cure for SCI/D Clinical - clinical and functional studies of the medical, psychosocial and economic effects of SCI/D, and interventions to alleviate these effects Design and Development - of new or improved rehabilitative and assistive technology/devices for people with SCI/D to improve function, which also includes improving the identification, selection and utilization of these devices. Fellowships - for postdoctoral scientists, clinicians and engineers to encourage training and specialization in the field of spinal cord research. |
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| Organization Little Giraffe Foundation Specialty Area Pediatrics; Neonatal Award/Grant Neonatal Research Initiative |
Deadline 6/26/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $10,000 Target Audience/Eligibility All applicants must be based in the United States and represent a U.S. based institution, must be a qualified scientist, doctor, and/or nurse. |
Research grants directed at addressing both the long term and immediate health needs caused by premature birth; Research subjects appropriate for support by the Little Giraffe Foundation include basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies. |
| Organization Thrasher Research Fund Specialty Area Pediatrics Award/Grant Pediatric Research Grants |
Deadline 7/14/2026 Award Amount up to $550,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Principal Investigators must be qualified in terms of education and experience to conduct research. A doctoral-level degree is required. There are no citizenship or residency requirements. |
E.W. "Al" Thrasher Awards focus on projects that are changing pediatric clinical care. Each award is a novel approach to problems plaguing pediatrics. The award is open to applications focusing on any disease or topic within the umbrella of pediatrics, both in and outside the United States. |
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| Organization Rheumatology Research Foundation Specialty Area Medicine; Rheumatology Award/Grant Scientist Development Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $225,000 over 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Non-profit institution; ACR Members: Must be within 6 years of terminal degree at the time of award start date; ARP Members: Must be within 3 years of terminal degree at the time of award start date. |
This award is designed for individuals in the early stages of their career (typically Fellows) or those without significant prior research experience who plan to embark on careers in biomedical and/or clinical research in rheumatic diseases. The purpose of this award is to provide support for a structured research training program for rheumatologists or health professionals in the field of rheumatology. |
| Organization Rheumatology Research Foundation Specialty Area Medicine; Rheumatology Award/Grant Investigator Award |
Deadline 7/1/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $375,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Non-profit institution; ACR Members: Individuals more than 8 years from the beginning of fellowship (or 9 years for pediatric rheumatologists) at the time of award start date may not apply; ARP Members: Must be within 6 years of terminal degree at the time of award start date. |
Encourage junior investigators in the period between completing post-doctoral fellowship training; while being competitive for more significant funding and establishing themselves as independent investigators. |
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| Organization American Society for Surgery of the Hand Specialty Area Surgery Award/Grant Fast Track Grants |
Deadline 7/6/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $5,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Hand surgery fellows or surgical residents in ACGME or RCPSC accredited programs are eligible to apply. |
This research opportunity is designed specifically for residents and fellows, offering a small amount of funding to seed innovative projects related to hand surgery. The scope of the project is smaller, and the time to funding is faster than the traditional AFSH basic science and clinical research grants.Practice Management: Studies relevant to the delivery of care by the practicing hand surgeon across a variety of practice settings. Projects may be either hypothesis-driven clinical research or quality improvement projects. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) clinical pathways, care delivery, patient safety, patient experience, and personnel utilization. Surgical mission outcomes research: Studies designed to track outcomes of surgical outreach. Outcomes of outreach can include results of treatment, predictors of treatment results, and impact of education on care provided by local surgical teams. Healthcare Disparities in Hand Surgery: Studies exploring interventions and solutions to improve care among under-represented and disadvantaged groups. Emerging technology: Investigation of new technology/strategies to educate surgeons or to improve clinical care and communication |