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Organization International Anesthesia Research Society Specialty Area Anesthesiology Award/Grant Mentored Research Award	Deadline 4/30/2026 Award Amount $175,000 over two years Target Audience/Eligibility Must be members of IARS; have yet to establish substantial independent reseearch funding or who are initiating a new area of research. Completion of clinical training or PhD must be under 10 years.	Applications may be basic, clinical or translational but should have relevance to the broad practice of anesthesiology and its subspecialities.

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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.

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Organization Pulmonary Hypertension Association Specialty Area Cardiology; Pulmonary Hypertension; Pediatrics Award/Grant Pediatric PH Award	Deadline 4/24/2026 Award Amount $65,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or non-residents working at a U.S.-based institution. Non-citizens must provide evidence of employment at a qualified U.S. institution. Simultaneous submission of grants with scientific overlap is allowed, but awardees must notify PHA within one month of multiple fundings. Awards are based on individual and institutional merits. Awards are not transferable unless previously approved by PHA.	The Pediatric PH Research Award supports pilot studies that address unmet needs or expand limited knowledge in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. This award is intended to provide foundational data for larger research efforts and future funding.

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Organization National Psoriasis Foundation Specialty Area Dermatology; Psoriasis Award/Grant Bridge Grant	Deadline 4/1/2026 Award Amount $50,000 for K-type bridge; $100,000 for R-type bridge Target Audience/Eligibility The principal investigator must be personally and actively responsible for the conduct of the proposed research, and eligible to apply for research grants under the guidelines of the applicant’s host institution. The project proposed must have been submitted as an unfunded application for either a K-type or R-type (or equivalent) award focused on psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, or related comorbidities.	The National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) is offering Bridge Grants to support researchers who have submitted meritorious but unfunded K-type (career development) and R-type (investigator-initiated) applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), or similar funding body, with a focus on psoriatic disease or its comorbidities. Through this opportunity, NPF provides a critical year of additional support until additional funding can be secured. In line with NPF’s mission, Bridge Grants will help support those with a long-term commitment to psoriatic disease research, and who will go on to make discoveries that bring us closer to a cure for psoriatic disease and improve patients’ lives.

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Organization Association of American Medical Colleges Specialty Area Medical Education Award/Grant Herbert W. Nickens Junior Faculty Fellowship	Deadline 4/3/2026 Award Amount $25,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Hold the rank of full-time assistant professor in an LCME-accredited U.S. medical school department. Have held the assistant professor position appointment beginning no earlier than July 1, 2023. Have received only one appointment as assistant professor. Hold an MD or PhD or have earned another doctoral degree.	This award recognizes an outstanding assistant-level faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in addressing inequity in medical education and health care; demonstrates efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States; and is committed to a career in academic medicine. The recipient receives a $25,000 grant to support a project performed in the United States to support racial and ethnic minorities.

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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 Vascular Cures Specialty Area Medicine; Vascular Award/Grant Wylie Scholar Program	Deadline 4/13/2026 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Candidates must hold a full-time faculty appointment as a vascular surgeon; must be within 3 years of their first faculty appointment at the time of application	Support outstanding young vascular surgeon-scientists who are dedicated to an academic career combining their clinical practice with original, innovative research.

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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.
Organization Lewy Body Dementia Association Specialty Area Neurology Award/Grant New Investigator Pilot Study Award	Deadline 4/17/2026 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicant’s career stage should be no higher than assistant professor	The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) New Investigator Pilot Study Award is intended to support pilot translational or clinical studies for the purpose of developing preliminary data to be used in future grant applications. The program is open both to early-stage investigators, and to more established researchers from other fields, who have not yet received an NIH R01 in Lewy body dementia (LBD) research.
Organization American Epilepsy Society Specialty Area Neurology; Epilepsy Award/Grant Research and Training Workshops Grant	Deadline 4/8/2026 Award Amount $10-20,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Preference will be given to workshops that include AES members as participants or attendees, that describe plans to support and encourage the participation of trainees and junior investigators, and that allow open attendance rather than participation by invitation only.	Support scientific conferences and workshops that address timely and important topics in epilepsy research. Proposed conferences or workshops should address important and timely topics in epilepsy research of interest to AES members.
Organization American Epilepsy Society Specialty Area Neurology; Epilepsy Award/Grant Seed Grant	Deadline 4/8/2026 Award Amount $20,000 Target Audience/Eligibility The primary investigator (PI) or at least one of the primary investigators in a multiple-PI seed grant must be: 1) an AES member; 2) an established investigator with at least an Associate Professor or equivalent level appointment; and 3) an epilepsy-focused academic investigator.	Provides support to established investigators to: Pursue new and innovative directions in epilepsy research; Bring new research methods to their research programs; Begin new collaborations with other investigators in epilepsy or in different, complementary disciplines
Organization American Epilepsy Society Specialty Area Neurology; Epilepsy Award/Grant Infrastructure Grants	Deadline 4/8/2026 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility The contact principal investigator(s) should be members of the American Epilepsy Society; Collaborators may be based at international academic research institution as well as at non-profit or for-profit organizations; Applications should include a minimum of three collaborators across three institutions.	Each grant will provide financial support for organizational planning sessions, infrastructure development, and/or pilot projects to enable the research program to compete for subsequent investment by other organizations. Proposals should outline the one-year and the long-term goals for creating a multicenter research program to hasten the speed of discovery. Examples of eligible goals include, but are not limited to, establishing centralized databases, common protocols, shared resources, core laboratories, and exchange of rapidly developing techniques and technologies to collect and analyze large scale data.

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Organization Whitehall Foundation Specialty Area Neuroscience; Biology; Basic Research Award/Grant Research Grants	Deadline 4/15/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $200,00 per year, up to 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Must be an Assistant Professor (or higher). Status - must hold Principal Investigator status. Independent - must be considered an “independent investigator” with his/her own dedicated lab space or with lab space independent of another investigator. A minimum time allocation of 20% is required.	Basic neurobiology research, including neural mechanisms of social, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organisms; overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior - does not primarily support research focused on disease.

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Organization Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation Specialty Area Nursing; Palliative Care Award/Grant Research Grants	Deadline 4/1/2026 Award Amount $10,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Principal Investigator must be a registered nurse with a current license, hold a masters or doctoral degree or be enrolled in a doctoral program, have a project that can be completed within one (1) year of funding.	The goal of the STTI/HPNF End-of-Life Nursing Care Research Grant is to encourage qualified nurses’ contributions to the advancement of nursing care through research. Proposals for pilot and/or developmental research may be submitted for the grant.

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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 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 Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Research Grants	Deadline 4/30/2026 Award Amount Various Target Audience/Eligibility New oncology researchers, or new oncology approaches by established oncology researchers.	Basic research for treatment and cures for oncology; proposals should lead to expanded NIH support, project relevance to oncology detection, treatment, or cure should be clearly identified.
Organization Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Emerging Leaders Award	Deadline 4/30/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $250,000 per year for 4 years Target Audience/Eligibility Must have an MD or PhD. Must be 3-8 years within start of independent faculty appointment by 12/31/24; applicants should have multi-year independent funding that sustains the laboratory.	Supports early investigators conducting high-impact, high-risk cancer research. Intended to support projects for which other sources of funding are not readily available.
Organization American Association for Cancer Research Specialty Area Oncology; Breast; Carcinoma Award/Grant AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Research Fellowship	Deadline 4/9/2026 Award Amount $130,000 over 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility 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, 2026, applicants must: Hold a mentored research position with the title of postdoctoral fellow, clinical research fellow, or 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-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Research Fellowship is a joint effort to support and encourage innovative research projects with direct applicability and relevance to ILC and to help establish a successful career path in the field. Research projects may be basic, translational, clinical, or population science-based, and must have direct applicability and relevance to invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC).
Organization American Association for Cancer Research Specialty Area Oncology; Melanoma; Dermatology Award/Grant AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Innovation and Discovery Grants	Deadline 4/9/2026 Award Amount $50,000 for 1 years Target Audience/Eligibility 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 or equivalent. At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2026, applicants must: Be independent investigators and be affiliated with an academic, medical, or non-profit research institution. Work at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world.	These grants are intended to support innovative research projects focused on invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). Applications addressing any aspect of basic or clinical research directly related to lobular breast cancer are eligible. Proposals investigating rare ILC subtypes-such as pleomorphic and alveolar ILC-as well as studies on dormancy and recurrence will receive priority consideration.
Organization National Brain Tumor Society Specialty Area Oncology; Neurology Award/Grant Quality of Life Research Grant	Deadline 4/13/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $200,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs) must hold an MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent. • PIs must be based in the United States and affiliated with an academic institution, a health care organization, or community-based organization with demonstrated infrastructure and experience in clinical research, including access to appropriate human subjects’ research oversight. • Applicants must be independent investigators with a demonstrated track record of peer-reviewed publications and prior funding to support successful completion of the proposed project within the funding period.	To be considered for funding, all applications for the 2026 QoL Research Award must address one of the two focus areas described below. Please note that proposals that address QoL needs across the life span, including pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations, are welcome. For additional details around each focus area please refer to the QoL Research Agenda. A. Survivorship • Research on understanding, monitoring, and addressing the concerns of brain tumor survivors throughout their lives. B. Behavioral and Emotional Healthcare/Support • Research focused on mental health, depression, anxiety, coping and caregiver burden and distress, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and complementary therapies.
Organization Alex's Lemonade Stand Specialty Area Oncology; Pediatrics Award/Grant Reach Grants	Deadline 4/14/2026 Award Amount $250,000 over 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants need not be United States citizens. Funds must be granted to nonprofit institutions or organizations. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD or equivalent and be appointed as faculty (or equivalent) at an academic institution. Applicants must have a demonstrated track record of pediatric cancer research with experience in translational research.	Significant barriers exist that impede the translation of innovative and important ideas to the clinic. The Reach Grant seeks to remove one of these barriers by providing support for important pre-clinical hypothesis-driven research projects that are necessary to move a study from the pre-clinical arena into a clinical trial. Thus, the goal of this award is to support translational studies that will result in a phase 1 and/or 2 clinical trial, two to three years from the project end date. Examples of appropriate research projects include but aren’t limited to, completing IND-enabling studies, providing requisite pre-clinical data for clinical trial development, or perhaps through the validation of biomarkers that will enable selection of the correct patients for entry into new clinical trials.
Organization Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation Specialty Area Oncology; Pediatrics Award/Grant Emerging Investigator Fellowship	Deadline 4/1/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $75,000 Target Audience/Eligibility 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.	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.

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Organization Glaucoma Foundation Specialty Area Ophthalmology; 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.

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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.

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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.

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Organization Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PHRMA) Specialty Area Pharmacology Award/Grant Drug Delivery Faculty Starter Grant	Deadline 4/15/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $100,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be within the first three years of their independent status.	The PhRMA Foundation Faculty Starter Grant in Drug Delivery offers financial support to individuals beginning independent careers at the faculty level at an accredited U.S. university in drug delivery research, including basic pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical technology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, or biomedical engineering.

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Organization Foundation for Physical Therapy Research Specialty Area Physical Therapy Award/Grant Magistro Family Foundation Research Grant (various awards)	Deadline 4/1/2026 (LOI) Award Amount Varies Target Audience/Eligibility Investigators at any level are welcome to apply regardless of funding history.	Research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions most commonly delivered by physical therapists as determined by current practice standards and developing innovative physical therapist interventions and evaluating their effectiveness.

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Organization American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Specialty Area Psychology Award/Grant Pilot Research Award for Learning Deficits in Psychiatric Disorders	Deadline 4/1/2026 Award Amount $15,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Candidates must be board eligible/certified in child and adolescent psychiatry or enrolled in a child psychiatry residency or fellowship program; Candidates must have a faculty appointment in an accredited medical school or be in a fully accredited child and adolescent psychiatry clinical research or training program; At the time of application, candidates may not have more than two years of research experience following graduation from residency/fellowship training.	Supports child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and early career faculty who have an interest in beginning a career in child and adolescent psychiatry research. By providing up to two awards to a child and adolescent psychiatry early career faculty member or fellow for pilot research on psychiatric conditions that involve learning dysfunction or research that examines the impact of psychiatric disorders on learning, cognitive development, or academic functioning, we support a young investigator at a critical stage, encouraging a future career in child and adolescent psychiatry research.
Organization American Psychological Foundation Specialty Area Psychology Award/Grant John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)	Deadline 4/24/2026 Award Amount $22,000 Target Audience/Eligibility An early career psychologist (no more than 10 years postdoctoral with a degree from an accredited university).	Supports early career psychologists conducting research in the area of early intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children.

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Organization Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Specialty Area Pulmonology; Cystic Fibrosis Award/Grant Pilot and Feasibility Awards	Deadline 4/2/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $80-$150,000 per year; 2 years (see link for details). Target Audience/Eligibility Must be independent investigators.	Proposals must focus on basic science research; proposals that include methodologies requiring human samples or sampling of materials from human subjects will be considered only if the sampling method constitutes minimal patient risk. Projects should develop and test new hypotheses/new methods to generate preliminary data for additional funding.
Organization Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Specialty Area Pulmonology; Cystic Fibrosis Award/Grant Clinical Research Awards	Deadline 4/2/2026 (LOI) Award Amount $150,000 per year for up to 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Must be independent investigators.	The intent of the Clinical Research Award program is to provide support for investigator-initiated clinical research projects that have the potential to make an important contribution to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's mission. Research projects may address diagnosis, treatment, management of disease or symptom, or the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis, using clinical, (observational/interventional), translational, or epidemiologic study approaches.

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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.

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Organization American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Specialty Area Speech Language Pathology Award/Grant Grant Program for Projects on Multicultural Activities	Deadline 4/20/2026 Award Amount up to $15,000 Target Audience/Eligibility An ASHA member must serve as project director.	To provide support for the infusion of multiculturalism into our clinical, educational, and professional programs; and the activities of allied/related associations and organizations.

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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 Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Foundation Specialty Area Surgery; Orthopaedics; Trauma Award/Grant Research Grants	Deadline 4/15/2026 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility A trauma or orthopedic surgeon must serve as either the principal or coprincipal investigator.	The main topic for 2025 grant proposals is Ballistic Injuries. The subject areas in which proposals are invited have include: Management of gunshot wounds (GSWs) and blast injuries and related complications in the pelvis and extremities, including incidence, diaphyseal and periarticular bone injuries, and soft tissue management (debridement, tissue viability, and wound coverage). Studies include comparative studies between GSWs and other types of open fractures, prospective investigations, and registries Treatment of nerve injuries and defects, including the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes following GSW and blast injuries Effectiveness of pre- and post-operative systemic and local antibiotic administration and new anti-infective therapies (e.g., phage therapies) in the axial and appendicular skeleton to treat and prevent infections following GSWs Validation of classification systems for GSWs

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Organization Foundation for Women's Wellness Specialty Area Women's Health Award/Grant Women’s Health Research Awards	Deadline 4/3/2026 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.