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Non Federal Funding

Opportunities Organized by Specialty

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research/American Federation for Aging Research

Specialty Area
Aging

Award/Grant
Glenn Foundation Discovery Award
Deadline
2/18/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$555,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Full-time faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher
Support research projects with strong potential to develop pioneering discoveries for understanding the underlying biological mechanisms that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline. Relevant proposals from any branch of biology are eligible. This funding program specifically seeks to include principal investigators who may not have previously worked in the area of aging, but whose research and expertise are applicable to understanding the biological mechanisms of normal aging and its relevance to age-associated health decline.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Specialty Area
Anesthesiology

Award/Grant
Annual Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) Grants
Deadline
2/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$200,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Any qualified member of a sponsoring institution in U.S. and Canada are eligible to apply; PI cannot be currently funded by APSF.
Studies should yield results that increase patient safety, improve patient outcomes, and/or decrease incidence of morbidity, mortality, and severe complications.

Organization
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research

Specialty Area
Anesthesiology

Award/Grant
Mentored Research Training Grant

Deadline
2/15/26

Award Amount
$300,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Faculty member who has completed core anesthesiology residency within the past 10 years.
Basic science, clinical, or translational; health services research - help anesthesiologists develop the skills and primary data to become independent investigators.
Organization
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research

Specialty Area
Anesthesiology

Award/Grant
Research Fellowship Grant
Deadline
2/15/26

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Anesthesiology trainee after CA-1 year.
Basic science, clinical, translational, health services or education research - to provide training in research techniques and scientific methods for fellows.
Organization
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research

Specialty Area
Anesthesiology

Award/Grant
Research in Education Grant
Deadline
2/15/26

Award Amount
$100,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Anesthesiology faculty members of any rank (junior or senior faculty)
Advances the careers and knowledge of anesthesiologists interested in improving the concepts, methods and techniques of education in anesthesiology. The REG is focused on developing innovative approaches for anesthesia education.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Organization for Autism Research

Specialty Area
Behavioral Health; Autism

Award/Grant
Research Grants
Deadline
3/16/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must hold a doctoral degree and maintain a faculty position.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Society for Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Specialty Area
Cardiology

Award/Grant
Research Grant
Deadline
2/9/26

Award Amount
Up to $25,000 for starter grant, up to $50,000 for up to two years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Member of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists at the time of application; MD or PhD or equivalent degree; Primary Investigators (PI) on active NIH grants or other (inter)national peer-reviewed grants with > $50,000 per year are not eligible.
These grants and awards are meant to support research that will enhance the quality of care and life for patients undergoing cardiovascular and thoracic procedures, and advance the careers of SCA members through leadership opportunities.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Cystic Fibrosis

Award/Grant
Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award
Deadline
2/25/26

Award Amount
$100,000/year salary support for 3 years and $33,000 for supplies

Target Audience/Eligibility
This award is open to junior faculty and senior fellows; a successful candidate has: (i) previous relevant research training; (ii) expertise in a related research technique; and (iii) a minimum of one (1) manuscript or abstract accepted for publication; minimum of 70% of the applicant’s time must be devoted to research.
Support promising, clinically trained physicians with a commitment to cystic fibrosis research to develop into independent biomedical researchers. The award is intended to facilitate the transition from postdoctoral training to a career in academic medicine.
Organization
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Cystic Fibrosis

Award/Grant
LeRoy Matthews Physician-Scientist Award
Deadline
2/25/26

Award Amount
$73,000 (stipend) plus $12,000 (research and development) for year 1, to $100,000 (stipend) plus $33,000 (research and development) for year 6

Target Audience/Eligibility
Candidates for this award can be identified as early as their third year of residency training or at any time during their sub-specialty training. Up to 6 years of support.
Encourages outstanding newly trained pediatricians and internists to enhance clinical proficiency in cystic fibrosis-related sub-specialties and to develop the necessary research capabilities to become independent biomedical investigators.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research

Specialty Area
Prader-Willi Syndrome; Genetics

Award/Grant
Research Grant
Deadline
2/27/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$150,000 over 18 months

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Specialty Area
Health Policy; Equity

Award/Grant
Local Data for Equitable Communities

Deadline
3/3/26

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants must focus their projects on local geographies in the U.S. or U.S territories:

Neighborhood(s) within a city or county (do not need to be contiguous);
City, county, or other municipality (must be contiguous if multiple are the focus of the project);
A single metropolitan area; or
A tribal area

Eligible Topics: Applicants must select only one of the following conditions of their selected geography as the primary focus of their project:

Built environment,
Climate and environment,
Community safety,
Healthy food access,
Housing, or
Transportation.

Eligible Activities: This grant program provides flexibility for applicants to determine what data are needed to answer their proposed project questions and how those data are collected, analyzed, disseminated, and ultimately put to use by community members to bring about changes in local policies and practices. There is no preference for qualitative or quantitative data and applicants should choose the methods that are best suited to produce the information that is needed. Please see the “Selection Criteria” section in the Call for Proposals for the factors used to assess the proposed projects. Summaries for past projects of Local Data for Equitable Communities grantees are available at LocalDataforEquitableCommunities.org.

This call for proposals (CFP) invites eligible nonprofit organizations in the U.S. to apply for a grant to collect, analyze, and use data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place under the Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program.

Improving these conditions is key to achieving health equity where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. Local data can be valuable tools to make progress on building places that offer everyone the chance to be as healthy as possible. Community organizations and residents can use data to understand challenges, set priorities, advocate for what is important to them, and hold others accountable for promised changes.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Thyroid Association

Specialty Area
Medicine

Award/Grant
Research Grant
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Junior faculty that completed their training program or postdoctoral fellowship in the last 5 years (2020 or later). Investigators who have the academic title of Associate Professor or higher are ineligible. Postdoctoral research fellows, clinical fellows or trainees 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 with a supervising mentor or faculty member are eligible. A mentor/faculty member's CV must be submitted with a full application. A mentor/faculty supervisor is not eligible to receive more than one thyroid research grant in the same cycle.
Support new investigator-initiated research projects in the areas of thyroid function, thyroid disease, and thyroid cancer. Topics may include, but are not limited to, Disorders of Thyroid Function, Iodine Uptake and Metabolism, Thyroid Autoimmunity, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Hormone Effect and Metabolism, Thyroid Hormone in Development and the Brain, Health Disparities, Health Services Research and Health Economics and Outcomes, Thyroid Imaging, Thyroid Nodules and Goiter, Thyroid and Pregnancy.
Organization
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

Specialty Area
Medicine

Award/Grant
Early Career Fellowship Grant
Deadline
3/2/26

Award Amount
$150,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants with NIH funding are not eligible for an FSR Early Career Fellowship. This includes R01, P01, P50, and other major individual career development awards (e.g., K01, K07, K08, K22, K23, K25, K76, K99/R00) or the equivalent. Current and former recipients of an NIH Small Grant (R03), Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21/R33), Planning Grant (R34/U34), Dissertation Award (R36), or SBIR/STTR (R41, R42, R43, R44) remain eligible, as do awardees of Transition Scholar (K38) awards and individuals appointed to institutional K programs (K12, KL2).
Provides an opportunity for early-stage investigators to develop specialized skills, gain experience within the field of sarcoidosis, and contribute directly to advancing knowledge about sarcoidosis and enhancing medical care for sarcoidosis patients. Each candidate must apply with a proposed study that is innovative and likely to add significant knowledge to the field.
Organization
The Sjögren's Foundation

Specialty Area
Medicine

Award/Grant
High Impact Grant
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$100,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Research faculty involved in related research.
This award supports more fully developed research proposals, which should already have the necessary preliminary data and methodology in place to move forward into the next phase of the project.
Organization
The Sjögren's Foundation

Specialty Area
Medicine

Award/Grant
Foundation Pilot Grant
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Research faculty involved in related research.
This award assists investigators in conducting feasibility studies, collecting preliminary data, or other research assistance necessary to advance their project and should help prepare them to pursue additional, larger forms of grant funding.
Organization
National MPS Society

Specialty Area
Medicine; MPS Disorders; Genetics

Award/Grant
Research Grants
Deadline
3/13/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$25,000-$100,000 per year dependent on tier

Target Audience/Eligibility
Only one research or fellowship application per independent laboratory group within an institution; special consideration will be given to new investigators.
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.
Organization
Cystinosis Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Medicine; Nephrology; Genetics; Cystinosis

Award/Grant
Research and Fellowship Applications
Deadline
3/12/2026

Award Amount
Research Award: Various; Postdoc Fellowship: up to $150,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Doctoral degree or equivalent.
Fund proposals to improve the immediate care of children and adults with cystinosis and to develop a new understanding and treatment of cystinosis in an effort to help these patient in the futureor cystinosis.
Organization
American Thoracic Society

Specialty Area
Medicine; Thoracic

Award/Grant
ATS Foundation Unrestricted Grants
Deadline
3/11/26 (LOI)

Award Amount
$40,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Within 0-10 years of terminal degree (e.g. MD, PhD) or completing postdoctoral training, if applicable. For the current grant cycle, this means that you must have received your terminal degree or completed postdoctoral training no earlier than 2016.
The focus of these research grants is to support junior investigators interested in research that advances the knowledge and understanding of the three pillars of the ATS: pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. A primary goal of the ATS Research Program is to enable junior investigators the chance to make the transition to careers as established investigators.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Friedreichs Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)

Specialty Area
Movement Disorder

Award/Grant
Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award
Deadline
2/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$200,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
PhD or equivalent
This award is given to proposals focused on pre-clinical and clinical investigations that will advance treatments for FA.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
National Kidney Foundation

Specialty Area
Nephrology

Award/Grant
Young Investigator Grants
Deadline
2/9/26

Award Amount
$35,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Fellowship training in an ACGME-accredited program and hold FT faculty rank of Assistant Professor or Instructor; no more than 4 years of appointment; only one investigator per institution will be funded.
Projects must be patient oriented, elements may include development of new technologies, mechanisms of human disease, educational/therapeutic interventions, epidemiological studies, health policy studies, and clinical trials.
Organization
National Kidney Foundation

Specialty Area
Nephrology

Award/Grant
Kidney Health Equity Community Engagement Award
Deadline
2/9/26

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Open to all healthcare professionals, researchers, and multidisciplinary teams affiliated with any health system, academic medical center, FQHC, or any other health care organization in the U.S. serving people with kidney disease.
NKF seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity related to kidney health at a community level. The application must seek to improve access to kidney care, kidney disease management, and patient outcomes.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

Specialty Area
Neurology; Friedreich's Ataxia

Award/Grant
General Research Grant
Deadline
2/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$125,000 per year; up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Any qualified researcher, junior faculty encouraged to apply.
Grant program priorities: advancing understanding of neuroscience systems, cardiac disease, drug discovery and development, and clinical research.
Organization
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

Specialty Area
Neurology; Friedreich's Ataxia

Award/Grant
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline
2/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
Trainee salary for up to 2 years.

Target Audience/Eligibility
Any qualified postdoctoral researcher.
Applicants are required to submit a personal statement describing their current position and plans for the future as it relates to FA research, with a description of career goals and how the proposed research and research environment will favor achieving those goals.
Organization
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

Specialty Area
Neurology; Friedreich's Ataxia

Award/Grant
Postdoctoral Research Award
Deadline
2/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$100,000 per year for 1 or 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Any qualified postdoctoral researcher.
Grant program priorities: advancing understanding of neuroscience systems, cardiac disease, drug discovery and development, and clinical research.
Organization
FRAXA Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Neurology; Genetics; Fragile X Syndrome

Award/Grant
FRAXA Fellowships
Deadline
2/2/26

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

Target Audience/Eligibility
One position will be supported with salary support, can be any scientist with a BS degree or higher; must commit 50% time to project.
Purpose/Description
Priority research is translational or preclinical focus on Fragile X, with potential to lead to improved treatment. PI must demonstrate adequate funding; is recommended to submit an LOI in advance of the application.
Organization
Aneurysm and AVM Foundation

Specialty Area
Neurology

Award/Grant
Cerebrovascular Research Grant Awards
Deadline
3/30/26

Award Amount
$30,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Individuals involved in basic science, clinical care and epidemiological studies may submit applications.
The Aneurysm and AVM Foundation (TAAF) invites applications for scientific research projects that will advance our understanding of cerebrovascular diseases, specifically as they relate to aneurysms, AVMs, and complex vascular malformations. TAAF Grants aim to support innovative research strategies that can lead to novel therapies, improved clinical management, and better recovery outcomes for both adult and pediatric patients.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Association for Cancer Research

Specialty Area
Oncology; Bladder

Award/Grant
Oncodisparity Fellowship for Bladder Cancer
Deadline
2/24/26

Award Amount
$65,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants must 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.

At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2026, 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 (i.e., degree cannot have been conferred before July 1, 2021; the formal date of receipt of doctoral degree is the date the degree was conferred as indicated on their diploma and/or transcript).
Applicants with a medical degree must have completed their most recent doctoral degree or medical residency - whichever date is later - within the past five years.
Work under the auspices of a mentor at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world
The AACR-EMD Serono “I’M IN” Oncodisparity Fellowship for Bladder Cancer represents a joint effort to encourage and support a postdoctoral or clinical research fellow to conduct cancer disparities research and establish a successful career path in this field. The proposed research should specifically address disparities in oncology care in the area of bladder cancer and address barriers leading to inequality of cancer care that exist in institutions and within society at large.
Organization
Leukemia Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Hematology

Award/Grant
Research Grants
Deadline
2/6/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$150,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
New investigators within first 7 years of initial faculty appointment. Must be in an independeny faculty position.
Basic, clinical, or translational research focused on leukemia, lymphoma, MDS, and multiple myeloma.
Organization
Melanoma Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Melanoma

Award/Grant
Resident/Fellow Award
Deadline
2/6/26

Award Amount
$10,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants must hold a MD and/or MD/PhD degree or equivalent at the time of the grant submission; Applicants must be a radiation oncology, dermatology, or pathology resident OR a fellow in an at least a two-year clinical fellowship program (medical oncology or surgical oncology) in the United States with an interest in melanoma research; The applicant does not need to be a U.S. citizen; Applicants are required to have at least one research mentor; The research mentor should be a MD and/or PhD engaged in melanoma research. Co-mentors are allowed; The research project must be with a mentor at the same institution where the applicant is enrolled/ employed; The applicant's proposed research project is expected to be applicant-led and not merely an extension of ongoing research of their research mentor.
To promote research opportunities to resident/ fellows early in their careers by funding clinical or laboratory-based research projects focused on better understanding the prevention, early detection, behaviors that impact melanoma risk, biology and treatment of melanoma, including cutaneous, ocular, mucosal, pediatric, etc. In 2025, in addition to awards focused on any aspect of melanoma research, the MRF is pleased to also offer at least one award focused specifically on ocular melanoma research.
Organization
CURE Childhood Cancer

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pediatrics

Award/Grant
Translation to CURE Award
Deadline
2/13/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$150,000 per year for up to 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Assistant to Full Professors.
CURE Childhood Cancer’s mission is to conquer childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families. CURE invests millions of dollars each year into the most promising childhood cancer research, working to ensure children have the best chance to survive their cancer without sacrificing their future health and quality of life.
Organization
CURE Childhood Cancer

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pediatrics

Award/Grant
Early Investigator Award
Deadline
2/13/2026 (LOI)

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

Target Audience/Eligibility
Open to beginning scientists and physician scientists at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level. Physician scientists (MD or MD/PhD) who are within 5 years of completion of their clinical (or terminal) fellowship training and are beginning to establish a research career may apply as Instructors or Assistant Professors. PhD scientists within 5 years of an initial appointment as a tenure track Assistant Professor are also invited to apply for this award.
CURE Childhood Cancer’s mission is to conquer childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families. CURE invests millions of dollars each year into the most promising childhood cancer research, working to ensure children have the best chance to survive their cancer without sacrificing their future health and quality of life.
Organization
American Association for Cancer Research

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant
Cancer Disparities Fellowship
Deadline
3/12/26

Award Amount
$130,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants must 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.

At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2026, 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 (i.e., degree cannot have been conferred before July 1, 2021; the formal date of receipt of doctoral degree is the date the degree was conferred as indicated on their diploma and/or transcript).
Applicants with a medical degree must have completed their most recent doctoral degree or medical residency – whichever date is later – within the past five years.
Work under the auspices of a mentor at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world.
The AACR Cancer Disparities Research Fellowship represents an effort to encourage and support postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to conduct cancer disparities research and to establish a successful career path in this field. The proposed research may be in basic, translational, clinical, or population sciences research and must have direct applicability and relevance to cancer disparities.
Organization
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant
Fellowship Award
Deadline
3/16/26

Award Amount
Varies

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
All theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention.
Organization
Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology

Award/Grant
Fibrolamellar Research Funding
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
Unspecified

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants must be employed by an institution engaged in health-related research. The research must focus specifically on FLC. Studies should be intended to advance knowledge relevant to the understanding, diagnosis, epidemiology, or treatment of FLC.
FCF aims to drive and support high-impact research that is critical for the discovery of better treatments for FLC. To that end, we offer funding opportunities to both academic and industry investigators intended to support the research priorities identified by our Medical & Scientific Advisory Board.
Organization
American Society of Clinical Oncology

Specialty Area
Oncology; Lymphoma

Award/Grant
Young Investigator Award in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Deadline
3/12/26

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
MD, DO- An MD, PhD is eligible if both degrees are completed prior to the start of the grant period.
• Be within the last two years of their final oncology subspecialty training or fellowship program at an academic medical institution at the time of application submission. Examples of a subspecialty training include, but are not limited to, a hematology-oncology fellowship, a surgical oncology fellowship, or a radiation oncology residency.
• Be within 10 years of obtaining their medical degree at the time of application submission.
• Be planning an investigative career in oncology.
• Have a valid, active medical license in the country where the research will be conducted at the time of application.
• Be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting.
• Have a mentor from the sponsoring institution in the proposed research field. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member from the sponsoring institution must be included. Be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) working in any country. An MD, PhD is eligible if both degrees are completed prior to the start of the grant period.
• Be within the last two years of their final oncology subspecialty training or fellowship program at an academic medical institution at the time of application submission. Examples of a subspecialty training include, but are not limited to, a hematology-oncology fellowship, a surgical oncology fellowship, or a radiation oncology residency. An exception to this window may be granted under the following circumstances:
• Applicants in training programs where the protected research time or dedicated research year may occur during the first year of the training program or outside the last two years of training (ex: In surgical oncology fellowship programs, the dedicated research year may occur during the first year of the program) If you think that you may be eligible for an exception to this criterion, please contact grants@conquer.org with your CV.
• Applicants who have just completed their subspecialty training within three months of the application deadline.
• Be within 10 years of obtaining their medical degree at the time of application submission. An exception to this criterion may be granted to foreign medical graduates whose medical degree completion may fall outside of the 10-year cutoff. Please see the FAQ for more information or contact grants@conquer.org.
• Be planning an investigative career in oncology.
• Have a valid, active medical license in the country where the research will be conducted at the time of application.
• Be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting.
• Have a mentor from the sponsoring institution in the proposed research field. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member from the sponsoring institution must be included.
The Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award (YIA) in Mantle Cell Lymphoma provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology with a focus on mantle cell lymphoma. The purpose of this award is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship or training program to a faculty appointment. This is a mentored award and the research project is conducted under the guidance of an experienced mentor in the proposed research area. Applications in all areas of cancer research are accepted from U.S. and international applicants.
Organization
American Society of Clinical Oncology

Specialty Area
Oncology; Neurology

Award/Grant
Young Investigator Award in Primary Brain Tumors
Deadline
3/12/26

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
MD, DO- An MD, PhD is eligible if both degrees are completed prior to the start of the grant period.
• Be within the last two years of their final oncology subspecialty training or fellowship program at an academic medical institution at the time of application submission. Examples of a subspecialty training include, but are not limited to, a hematology-oncology fellowship, a surgical oncology fellowship, or a radiation oncology residency.
• Be within 10 years of obtaining their medical degree at the time of application submission.
• Be planning an investigative career in oncology.
• Have a valid, active medical license in the country where the research will be conducted at the time of application.
• Be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting.
• Have a mentor from the sponsoring institution in the proposed research field. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member from the sponsoring institution must be included. Be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) working in any country. An MD, PhD is eligibleif both degrees are completed prior to the start of the grant period.
• Be within the last two years of their final oncology subspecialty training or fellowship program at an academic medical institution at the time of application submission. Examples of a subspecialty training include, but are not limited to, a hematology-oncology fellowship, a surgical oncology fellowship, or a radiation oncology residency. An exception to this window may be granted under the following circumstances:
• Applicants in training programs where the protected research time or dedicated research year may occur during the first year of the training program or outside the last two years of training (ex: In surgical oncology fellowship programs, the dedicated research year may occur during the first year of the program) If you think that you may be eligible for an exception to this criterion, please contact grants@conquer.org with your CV.
• Applicants who have just completed their subspecialty training within three months of the application deadline.
• Be within 10 years of obtaining their medical degree at the time of application submission. An exception to this criterion may be granted to foreign medical graduates whose medical degree completion may fall outside of the 10-year cutoff. Please see the FAQ for more information or contact grants@conquer.org.
• Be planning an investigative career in oncology.
• Have a valid, active medical license in the country where the research will be conducted at the time of application.
• Be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting.
• Have a mentor from the sponsoring institution in the proposed research field. If the mentor is not an ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member from the sponsoring institution must be included.
The Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award (YIA) in Primary Brain Tumors provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in all focus areas of primary brain tumor research, with the goal of advancing the understanding and treatment of brain tumors. The purpose of this award is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship or training program to a faculty appointment. This is a mentored award and the research project is conducted under the guidance of an experienced mentor in the proposed research area. Applications are accepted from U.S. and international applicants.
Organization
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Neuroscience; Pediatrics

Award/Grant
Research Grant
Deadline
3/12/26

Award Amount
$60,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Doctoral degree.
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.
Organization
Pfizer

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pathology; Colorectal

Award/Grant
Quality Improvement in Molecular Testing Pathways for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC)
Deadline
3/31/26

Award Amount
$250,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
The applicant organization must designate two Principal Investigators (PIs) to lead the project.
• One PI must be a Pathologist and the other as an Oncologist (roles may be interchanged as PI and co-PI).
• PI serves as the primary point of contact for the applicant's organization.
• Pathologist PI/co-PI must be an active member of ASCP at the time of award.
• Both PI and co-PI must be part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• The PI must be an employee or contractor of the requesting organization. Intra- and inter-institutional collaborations are encouraged, provided all partners have a defined role, and the requesting organization plays a central leadership role in the project.
The overarching goal of this program is to advance diagnostic excellence and improve treatment decision-making for patients with mCRC. To address these issues, there is an urgent need for collaborative, multidisciplinary initiatives that leverage data-driven approaches to:

Assess current practices and identify variations in the ordering of various biomarker tests such as RAS (KRAS/NRAS) mutations, BRAF mutations, HER2 amplification, and microsatellite instability (MSI)/mismatch repair (MMR) status.
Evaluate timeliness and efficiency by analyzing various turnaround times such as preanalytical (order to collection and collection to receipt), analytical (receipt to result) and post-analytical (result to time of action).
Identify variations across institutions in receiving and integrating biomarker test results into a patient’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Address communication gaps to ensure effective, timely dissemination of biomarker results, thereby supporting prompt initiation of appropriate frontline treatment.
Ensure that the right patients receive timely, appropriate, evidence-based, biomarker-informed therapies in accordance with NCCN guidelines.
Strengthen multidisciplinary team coordination by equipping pathologists and laboratory professionals with skills and tools to improve communication and care coordination, enabling oncologists to make informed diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.
Organization
Prostate Cancer Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Prostate

Award/Grant
TACTICAL Award (Therapy ACceleration To Intercept CAncer Lethality)
Deadline
3/16/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$5-10M over 3-5 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
TACTICAL Award teams are multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional teams that work synergistically on a project with a shared primary vision and transformative high-impact goal.
Teams must be composed of at least five (5) investigators from non-profit academic research centers or community organizations, including two young investigators, capable of providing unique scientific expertise to the solution of this significant problem in prostate cancer research. To qualify as a young investigator, team members must have a doctoral-level degree and be within six years of completion of their terminal degree or subsequent mentored academic or clinical training program including postdoctoral or clinical fellowships.
Cross-disciplinary teams that are diverse and inclusive will be favored.
Investigators from for-profit companies and government institutions can be included as collaborative team members, but cannot receive any funds from this Award mechanism.VA investigators are excluded from this exception, and can be included as funded team members, including as Principal Investigator.
PCF seeks applications for currently unfunded, large-scale multi-disciplinary team science research projects that will directly contribute to reducing death and suffering from prostate cancer, and will deliver transformative and tangible outcomes in the 3-5-year funding period. This includes basic, translational, clinical, and community-based research projects focused on strategies to prevent prostate cancer metastasis, morbidity, or mortality, which addresses major unmet needs in a transformative way.
Organization
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pulmunology; Lung

Award/Grant
Research Grant on Prevention and Early Detection in Lung Cancer
Deadline
3/10/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$150,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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 seven years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment. For full details, eligibility criteria, and application instructions, please refer to the request for proposals.
This funding mechanism is focused on identifying, characterizing, and developing approaches and techniques that will allow early detection and/or prevention of lung cancer and gaining insight into pre-neoplastic processes in the lungs. The ultimate goal is to detect lung cancer at the earliest stages and subsequently increase survival and survivorship. While this list is not exclusive, general areas of interest include:

Improvements in risk stratification of patients and uptake for screening
Identification and characterization of new biomarkers for NSCLC and SCLC
Development of predictive, diagnostic, or prognostic biomarkers
Liquid biopsy assays and related techniques
Genomic and histological approaches to improve early detection in tissue samples
Novel imaging and computational modalities to identify and risk stratify pre-neoplastic lesions
Implementation science with systematic uptake of evidence-based research findings into routine practices to improve quality and effectiveness of health services for early detection
Studies of pre-neoplasia and progression to lung neoplasia to inform prevention strategies
Development of pathways to increase uptake and utilization of lung cancer screening
Epidemiology studies to identify risk factors and implementation of prevention measures
Development of any new technologies that will aid in identifying early-stage lung cancers
Organization
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pulmunology; Lung

Award/Grant
LCRF Research Grant on Overcoming Resistance in Lung Cancer
Deadline
3/10/2026

Award Amount
$150,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
This grant mechanism will focus on furthering the understanding of the development, prevention, and therapy of resistance by supporting projects that seek to identify, characterize, treat or prevent resistance to lung cancer therapies. 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 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 seven years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment.
Organization
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

Specialty Area
Oncology; Pulmunology; Lung

Award/Grant
Leading Edge Research Grant Program
Deadline
3/10/2026

Award Amount
$150,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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 seven years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment.
The goal of the LCRF Leading Edge Research Grant Program is to fund innovative projects across the full spectrum of basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, health services, disparities, and social determinants of health research.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation

Specialty Area
Opthamology

Award/Grant
Heed Fellowship
Deadline
3/1/2026

Award Amount
$10,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
To encourage and support education and research in ophthalmology and the ophthalmic sciences by providing postgraduate fellowships to individuals of exceptional ability.
Organization
Glaucoma Foundation

Specialty Area
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
Deadline
3/16/2026

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Full Time faculty or equivalent.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics

Award/Grant
OREF/MTF Biologics Research Grant
Deadline
2/16/26

Award Amount
$100,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Multidisciplinary research activity is strongly encouraged. An orthopaedic surgeon principal investigator (PI) must be licensed to practice in the U. S. and be working in an institution in the U.S. A PhD may serve as the principal investigator (PI) and must hold a faculty appointment in an orthopaedic department at an institution in the U.S. 
OREF, in partnership with the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF Biologics), solicits investigator-initiated research proposals focusing on research in the science of biologic—reconstruction, bone regeneration, transplantation—allografts, including stem cells for graft transplantation.
Organization
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics

Award/Grant
OREF/Goldberg Arthritis Research Grant
Deadline
2/16/26

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Provides seed and start-up funding for promising research projects that address issues related to the treatment of arthritis with an emphasis on arthroplasty.
The PI must be a new investigator. A new investigator is classified as an individual who has not received an R01 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant or its equivalent (e.g., VA, DOD, NSF) in the role of PI. An orthopaedic surgeon principal investigator (PI) must be licensed to practice in the U. S. and be working in an institution in the U.S. A PhD may serve as the principal investigator (PI) and must hold a faculty appointment in an orthopaedic department at an institution in the U.S. A letter from the department chair confirming the appointment is required. A DVM may serve as the PI but must have a primary appointment in an orthopaedic department. Listing an orthopaedic surgeon as the co-principal investigator (Co-PI) is required. A letter from the department chair confirming the appointment is also required.
Organization
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics

Award/Grant
Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant
Deadline
2/16/26

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
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics; Osteoarthritis

Award/Grant
OREF/ASES/Rockwood Clinical Shoulder Research Grant
Deadline
2/16/26

Award Amount
$50,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
PI or Co-PI must be an orthopaedic surgeon. PhDs and DVMs are eligible if affiliated with an orthopaedic department. PI/Co-PI must be an ASES member.
OREF, in partnership with American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) and Dr. Charles Rockwood, encourages new investigators to conduct research in the area of shoulder care.
Organization
North American Spine Society

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics; Spine

Award/Grant
Nontraditional, Nonsurgical Treatment Grants
Deadline
2/09/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
Up to $40,000 per year

Target Audience/Eligibility
Qualified investigators in the field of spine.
Supports disc-related and/or neuropathic back pain by nonsurgical techniques. These funds must be used for new, nontraditional methods of nonsurgical techniques.
Organization
North American Spine Society

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics; Spine

Award/Grant
Young Investigator Grants
Deadline
2/09/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
Up to $40,000 per year

Target Audience/Eligibility
MD applicants must be within 5 years of completion of training, PhD applicants must be within 5 years of post-doc training.
Research projects may focus on basic, clinical or translational research.
Organization
American Shoulders and Elbow Surgeons Foundation

Specialty Area
Orthopaedics; Surgery

Award/Grant
Research Grant
Deadline
2/20/26

Award Amount
$20,000 over 1-2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
An orthopaedic surgeon must serve as the principal or co-principal investigator. Ph.D.’s or D.V.M.'s may serve as the principal or co-principal investigator, as long as they are affiliated with an orthopaedic department with an orthopaedic surgeon as the co-principal investigator.
Soliciting proposals encouraging new investigators to apply for seed and start-up funding for promising shoulder and elbow research projects.
Organization
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

Specialty Area
Orthopedics

Award/Grant
Innovation in Allografts Translational Grants
Deadline
3/23/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$75,000 - $250,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants may apply to either Junior Investigator or Established Investigator Track. Award amount varies by track.
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.
Organization
Scoliosis Research Society

Specialty Area
Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant
Standard Research Grant
Deadline
3/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$75,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants do not need to be members of the SRS but do need to have at least one SRS member as a co-investigator.
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.
Organization
Scoliosis Research Society

Specialty Area
Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant
SRS Resident/Fellow Research Grant
Deadline
3/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$10,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Open to all residents/fellows in good standing in an Orthopaedic or Neurosurgery training program.
The Resident/Fellow Research grants are meant to allow residents/fellows to pursue avenues of interest to prepare them for a lifelong research career.
Organization
Scoliosis Research Society

Specialty Area
Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant
Cotrel Foundation Basic Research Grant
Deadline
3/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$50,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants do not need to be members of the SRS but do need to have at least one SRS member as a co-investigator.
The SRS-Cotrel Foundation basic science research grant is conceived to support projects that will be performing work in Pediatric Scoliosis. Projects investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms, medical imaging as well as characterizing biomechanical aspects underlying the disease are eligible.
Organization
Scoliosis Research Society

Specialty Area
Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant
Biederman Innovation Award
Deadline
3/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$75,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
The Biedermann Innovation Research Award shall be designed to support innovative research by young clinical investigators in the field of spine deformity.
Organization
Scoliosis Research Society

Specialty Area
Orthopedics; Scoliosis

Award/Grant
New Investigator Research Grant
Deadline
3/15/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$30,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Applicants do not need to be members of the SRS but do need to have at least one SRS member as a co-investigator.
New investigator research grants are meant to stimulate younger members into a career of investigation in spinal deformity.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Thrasher Research Fund

Specialty Area
Pediatrics

Award/Grant
Early Career Award (Pediatric Research)
Deadline
3/17/2026 (LOI)

Award Amount
$25,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.
Organization
Saving Tiny Hearts Society

Specialty Area
Pediatrics; Cardiology

Award/Grant
Research Grants
Deadline
3/16/2026

Award Amount
$100,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Research faculty involved in related research.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Hand Therapy Foundation

Specialty Area
Physical Therapy

Award/Grant
Burkhalter New Investigator Grant for Clinical Research in Hand and Upper Limb Rehabilitation
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$15,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.
Organization
American Hand Therapy Foundation

Specialty Area
Physical Therapy

Award/Grant
Judy Bell-Krotoski “Grab the Evidence” Award
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$25,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.
Organization
American Hand Therapy Foundation

Specialty Area
Physical Therapy

Award/Grant
Tri-Alliance Grant Honoring ASHT Founders
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$15,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Psychological Foundation

Specialty Area
Psychology

Award/Grant
Esther Katz Rosen Fund for the Study of Gifted Children and Youth
Deadline
3/6/26

Award Amount
$39,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Doctoral degree or current graduate student.
Studies related to the advancement and application of knowledge about gifted children; enhance development of identified gifted/talented children and adolescents.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Pulmonary Hypertension Association

Specialty Area
Pulmonology; Hypertension

Award/Grant
Pediatric PH Research Award
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$65,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation

Specialty Area
Rheumatology; Sjogren's Syndrome

Award/Grant
High Impact Research Award
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$100,000 over 1-3 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Basic or clinical scientist; physicians should have advanced clinical training in a specialty related to Sjogren's such as rheumatology or ophthalmology.
This award will support more fully developed research proposals, which should already have the necessary preliminary data and methodology in place to move forward into the next phase of the project.
Organization
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation

Specialty Area
Rheumatology; Sjogren's Syndrome

Award/Grant
Pilot Research Award
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$50,000 over 1-2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Basic or clinical scientist; physicians should have advanced clinical training in a specialty related to Sjogren's such as rheumatology or ophthalmology.
This award will assist investigators in conducting feasibility studies, collecting preliminary data, or other research assistance necessary to advance their project and should help prepare them to pursue additional, larger forms of grant funding.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
ResMed Foundation

Specialty Area
Sleep and Respiratory Health

Award/Grant
Clinical Research Proposal
Deadline
3/15/26

Award Amount
Various

Target Audience/Eligibility
Not specified.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)

Specialty Area
Surgery; Colon; Rectal

Award/Grant
Research Foundation Grants and Awards
Deadline
3/15/26

Award Amount
$4,000 - $150,000 depending on award

Target Audience/Eligibility
See specific awards for eligibility.
The Society offers a range of grant opportunities distributing funds made available by the Research Foundation Board of Trustees to members of the Society.
Organization
American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand

Specialty Area
Surgery; Orthopaedics

Award/Grant
Andrew J. Weiland Medal
Deadline
3/31/26

Award Amount
$20,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.
Organization
Society for Vascular Surgery

Specialty Area
Surgery; Vascular

Award/Grant
Clinical Research Seed Grant
Deadline
3/1/26

Award Amount
$25,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
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.
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.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Shock Society

Specialty Area
Trauma; Shock; Sepsis

Award/Grant
Faculty Research Award
Deadline
2/28/26

Award Amount
$83,000 over 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Must be member of Shock Society; within 4 years of faculty appointment at institution; must have faculty mentor; cannot hold any career development award.
Must relate to trauma, shock, or sepsis; research may be basic cellular responses or clinical outcomes.

Overview Details Purpose/Description
Organization
Foundation for Women's Wellness

Specialty Area
Women's Health

Award/Grant
Women’s Health Research Awards
Deadline
3/14/26

Award Amount
$25,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Lead investigator must be an MD and/or PhD with faculty appointment at an accredited U.S. academic institution or similar nonprofit medical research institution that receives NIH and/or public foundation grants.
FWW Research Awards target small, short-term studies on leading women’s health concerns including cardiovascular disease, female cancers, the role of hormones in disease and stage-of-life health concerns, diseases disproportionately affecting women, and areas where sex differences need clarity.