November 2025

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Organization A.P. Giannini Foundation Specialty Area Biomedical; Disease Award/Grant Name Postdoctoral Research Fellowship	Deadline 11/6/2025 Award Amount $70,000/year for 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Postdoctoral researchers are eligible to apply to the program if they have completed no less than 3 months and no more than 3 years in their mentor’s laboratory as of December 31, 2025. The starting date of postdoctoral studies should be well documented and easily verifiable. Applicants with tenure-track research positions or faculty appointments are ineligible.	Innovative research that advances the translation of biomedical sciences into treatments, preventions and cures for human diseases.

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Organization National Academy of Education Specialty Area Education Award/Grant Name NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program	Deadline 11/13/2025 Award Amount $70,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must have received their PhD, EdD, or equivalent research degree between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2024	Supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of education research..

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Organization Focused Ultrasound Foundation Specialty Area Image-guided focused ultrasound Award/Grant Name Clinical Award	Deadline 11/1/2025 (must submit abstract first, rolling basis) Award Amount Varies Target Audience/Eligibility Investigators in academia and medical research disciplines around the globe and projects across various stages of research.	Funding for first-in-human and other innovative clinical trials. In order to obtain funding, the proposed research must involve or advance the use of minimally or non-invasive image-guided focused ultrasound.
Organization Focused Ultrasound Foundation Specialty Area Image-guided focused ultrasound Award/Grant Name Pre-clinical Award	Deadline 11/1/2025 (must submit abstract first, rolling basis) Award Amount Varies Target Audience/Eligibility Investigators in academia and medical research disciplines around the globe and projects across various stages of research.	Support early, proof-of-concept projects and animal studies aimed at either developing new therapeutic mechanisms or demonstrating pre-clinical safety or efficacy in specific disease areas.

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Organization American Society of Nephrology Specialty Area Nephrology Award/Grant Name Research Fellowships	Deadline 11/20/2025 Award Amount Up to $100,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Must hold an MD, DO, PhD, or the equivalent degree; May not have completed more than three years of research training after the completion of the MD or DO degree or equivalent, or one year of postdoctoral research training after the PhD degree (at the time of the activation of the award); Cannot have or have had at any time a faculty position at any academic institution; Must complete research under the direction and mentorship of a sponsor.	Fund fellows to conduct original, meritorious research projects. This program will foster, under the direction of a sponsor, the training of fellows who are highly motivated to make contributions to the understanding of kidney biology and disease.

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Organization American Association of Neurological Surgeons Specialty Area Neurology Award/Grant Name Young Clinician Investigator Award	Deadline 11/1/25 Award Amount up to $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be neurosurgeons, no more than two years from having completed their neurosurgical residency training, and/or clinical fellowship, who are full-time faculty in North American teaching institutions.	Supports junior faculty pursuing careers as clinical investigators. Applicants must be neurosurgeons, no more than two years from completing neurosurgical residency training or clinical fellowship, who are full-time faculty. Fifty percent of the young clinician investigator's efforts during the funding period of this grant should be devoted to research, but exceptions can be considered.
Organization American Association of Neurological Surgeons Specialty Area Neurology; Surgery Award/Grant Name Research Fellowship Grant	Deadline 11/1/25 Award Amount up to $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be physicians who have been accepted into, or who are currently in approved residency training programs in neurological surgery in North America. One hundred percent of the resident’s research effort during the funding period of this grant should be devoted to the project.	NREF Research Fellowship Grant provides funding for neurosurgeons preparing for academic careers as clinician investigators.
Organization Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Specialty Area Neurology Award/Grant Name Research Fellowship Grant	Deadline 11/1/25 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be physicians who are currently accepted into an approved residency training program in neurological surgery	The NREF Research Fellowship Grant provides funding for neurosurgeons preparing for academic careers as clinician investigators.
Organization Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Specialty Area Neurology Award/Grant Name Clinical Fellowship Grants	Deadline 11/1/25 Award Amount $75,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Any academic institution or group practice with an established neurosurgery residency program in North America that qualifies as a non-profit, charitable entity may apply.	REF provides fellowship funding for basic and clinical neuroscience for neurosurgical programs in North America. The NREF awards the fellowships based on established program eligibility criteria and the needs of the requesting institution.
Organization Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Specialty Area Neurology Award/Grant Name Young Clinician Investigator Award	Deadline 11/1/25 Award Amount $50,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be neurosurgeons, no more than two years from completing neurosurgical residency training or clinical fellowship, who are full-time faculty.	The NREF Young Clinician Investigator Award supports junior faculty pursuing careers as clinical investigators.

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Organization The Lalor Foundation Specialty Area OBGYN; Sexual Health; Education Award/Grant Name Anna Lalor Burdick Program	Deadline 11/1/2025 Award Amount up to $35,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3).	The Anna Lalor Burdick (ALB) Program supports programs that offer sexual and reproductive health education to young women. It is interested in programs serving young women who are disadvantaged by poverty, discrimination, geographic isolation, lack of comprehensive sex education, hostile public policy, or other factors leading to inadequate sexual and reproductive health.

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Organization Cancer Research Institute Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Name Technology Impact Award	Deadline 11/15/25 (LOI) Award Amount $600,000; 2-4 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation.	Aim is to advance technologies that can speed up the entire field' s efforts in developing immunotherapies that are effective for all cancer patients.
Organization Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Specialty Area Oncology; Immunology Award/Grant Name Research Grants	Deadline 11/1/25 Award Amount $200,000 per year for up to 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Applicants must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation.	Applicants must be employed by an institution engaged in health-related research. The research must focus specifically on FLC.
Organization Melanoma Research Alliance Specialty Area Oncology; Dermatology Award/Grant Name Established Investigator, Young Investigator, Pilot and Dermatology Career Development Awards	Deadline 11/6/25 Award Amount Various Target Audience/Eligibility Various - check website for details.	Various - check website for details.
Organization Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) Specialty Area Oncology Award/Grant Name The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize	Deadline 11/3/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $750,000 over 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility An MD, PhD, MD-PhD degree (or equivalent) is required. Applicants must have at least two (2) years of experience running their own laboratories but no more than six (6) years of experience by the start date of the Prize (July 2025). Exceptions due to prolonged medical or family leave will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Principal Investigators (PIs) must hold faculty appointments at academic research institutions in the greater New York City area at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor (or equivalent). The greater New York City area includes New York City’s five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester County, New Jersey, Western Connecticut (including Fairfield and New Haven Counties), and Philadelphia. Applicants may only apply to the Prize a total of two (2) times. An applicant who is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, by submitting an application for this funding, assures that his/her visa status will provide sufficient time to complete the project and grant term within the United States. Investigators need not be specifically trained in cancer research; however, they should be working in an environment capable of conducting high-quality, high-impact cancer research. The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.	The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) is dedicated to accelerating cures for cancer by advancing the pursuit of innovative cancer research and by facilitating collaborations between the science and business communities. PSSCRA seeks to guide philanthropic funds to feed critical scientific discoveries, attracting like-minded investors to the cause of fighting cancer and creating a pipeline for early-stage biomedical investments.
Organization Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Specialty Area Oncology; Breast Award/Grant Name Research Grants	Deadline 11/21/25 Award Amount $125,000 Target Audience/Eligibility While there are no strict limits, fellowships are generally intended to support PhD, MD/PhD and MD physician scientists at earlier stages of their careers to enable them to establish/develop independent programs and compelling careers in breast cancer research and forward-looking patient care.	The foundation seeks to fund broadly the very best proposals across all relevant disciplines and as such focus areas can include basic, pre-clinical, clinical research and clinical care.

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Organization American Otological Society Specialty Area Otolaryngology; Ear Disorders Award/Grant Name Clinician-Scientist Award	Deadline 11/3/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $240,000 over 3 years Target Audience/Eligibility Must be full-time faculty and U.S. citizen, completed MD in last 10 years, demonstrated capacity for an independent research career - preference given to candidates who have recently completed, or are currently enrolled, in a 2 year otology/neurotology fellowship.	Supports academic research in sciences related to the ear. Research need not be directly on an otological disease but may explore normal functions of the cochlea, labyrinth, or central auditory or vestibular systems.
Organization American Otological Society Specialty Area Otolaryngology; Ear Disorders Award/Grant Name Research Grants	Deadline 11/3/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $55,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Full time faculty, either MD or PhD.	Supports academic research in sciences related to the ear. Research need not be directly on an otological disease but may explore normal functions of the cochlea, labyrinth, or central auditory or vestibular systems.

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Organization Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Specialty Area Palliative Care; Medicine Award/Grant Name Research Grant	Deadline Rolling (LOI) Award Amount Various Target Audience/Eligibility Evidence of strong and visionary leadership; Development of new initiatives that are replicable (good models) and sustainable (long term impact); Creation of new ways to address existing critical issues; Interest in building connections and creative partnerships; Desire to improve and enrich lives of individuals (rather than capital improvements).	Supports medical research in the control and treatment of pain, as well as efforts directed at enhancing individual choice in medical treatment and dying; Foundation’s interests have covered bioethics, palliative care, medical research and education; funding focus is on original, unusual, dynamic and focused proposals.

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Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation

Specialty Area
Palliative Care; Medicine

Award/Grant Name
Research Grant

Deadline
Rolling (LOI)

Award Amount
Various

Target Audience/Eligibility
Evidence of strong and visionary leadership; Development of new initiatives that are replicable (good models) and sustainable (long term impact); Creation of new ways to address existing critical issues; Interest in building connections and creative partnerships; Desire to improve and enrich lives of individuals (rather than capital improvements).

Supports medical research in the control and treatment of pain, as well as efforts directed at enhancing individual choice in medical treatment and dying; Foundation’s interests have covered bioethics, palliative care, medical research and education; funding focus is on original, unusual, dynamic and focused proposals.

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Organization Gerber Foundation Specialty Area Pediatrics Award/Grant Name Pediatric Research	Deadline 11/15/2025 (concept paper) Award Amount $350,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Physicians, PhD candidates, PharmD candidates and other similar degree candidates in a residency/fellowship program; have a mentor; no K Awards.	Focus Areas: 1) Pediatric Health, 2) Pediatric Nutrition, 3) Environmental Hazards

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Gerber Foundation

Specialty Area
Pediatrics

Award/Grant Name
Pediatric Research

Deadline
11/15/2025 (concept paper)

Award Amount
$350,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Physicians, PhD candidates, PharmD candidates and other similar degree candidates in a residency/fellowship program; have a mentor; no K Awards.

Focus Areas: 1) Pediatric Health, 2) Pediatric Nutrition, 3) Environmental Hazards

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Organization American Association Of Plastic Surgeons Specialty Area Plastic Surgery Award/Grant Name Academic Scholarship Grants	Deadline 11/1/2025 Award Amount $30,000 Target Audience/Eligibility The scholarship is open to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons who have: (1) completed the chief residency year or post-residency fellowship within the preceding five years; and (2) received a full-time faculty appointment in a department of surgery/plastic surgery.	The American Association of Plastic Surgeons Academic Scholar Program is offering two-year faculty research scholarships to surgeons entering academic careers in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The scholarship is to assist a surgeon in the establishment of a new and independent research program. Applicants should have demonstrated their potential to work as independent investigators.

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American Association Of Plastic Surgeons

Specialty Area
Plastic Surgery

Award/Grant Name
Academic Scholarship Grants

Deadline
11/1/2025

Award Amount
$30,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
The scholarship is open to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons who have: (1) completed the chief residency year or post-residency fellowship within the preceding five years; and (2) received a full-time faculty appointment in a department of surgery/plastic surgery.

The American Association of Plastic Surgeons Academic Scholar Program is offering two-year faculty research scholarships to surgeons entering academic careers in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The scholarship is to assist a surgeon in the establishment of a new and independent research program. Applicants should have demonstrated their potential to work as independent investigators.

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Organization American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Specialty Area Pscyhology; Suicide Prevention Award/Grant Name Pilot Innovation Grants	Deadline 11/15/2025 Award Amount Various- see link for different awards and funding levels Target Audience/Eligibility Investigators at any level.	Provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to lead to larger investigators; typically entail feasibility studies rather than hypothesis-driven research.

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Organization
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Specialty Area
Pscyhology; Suicide Prevention

Award/Grant Name
Pilot Innovation Grants

Deadline
11/15/2025

Award Amount
Various- see link for different awards and funding levels

Target Audience/Eligibility
Investigators at any level.

Provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to lead to larger investigators; typically entail feasibility studies rather than hypothesis-driven research.

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Organization Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute Specialty Area Pulmonary; Cystic Fibrosis Award/Grant Name Elizabeth Nash Memorial Fellowship	Deadline 11/3/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $75,000 per year for 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Supports a principal investigator, who in turn appoints a postdoctoral research fellow.	Provide annual funding to Post-Doctoral Fellows engaged in CF-related research at academic and hospital institutions nationwide and encourage collaborative research and communication between the institutions and PI’s.
Organization Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute Specialty Area Pulmonary; Cystic Fibrosis Award/Grant Name New Horizons Research Program	Deadline 11/3/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $80,000 per year for 2 years Target Audience/Eligibility Principal Investigators (PIs) must work in their labs to be eligible for funding.	Funds promising new cystic fibrosis (CF) research projects in academic and hospital institutions, fund those applications with the greatest relevance to finding improved treatments or a cure for CF.

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Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute

Specialty Area
Pulmonary; Cystic Fibrosis

Award/Grant Name
Elizabeth Nash Memorial Fellowship

Deadline
11/3/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$75,000 per year for 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Supports a principal investigator, who in turn appoints a postdoctoral research fellow.

Provide annual funding to Post-Doctoral Fellows engaged in CF-related research at academic and hospital institutions nationwide and encourage collaborative research and communication between the institutions and PI’s.

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Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute

Specialty Area
Pulmonary; Cystic Fibrosis

Award/Grant Name
New Horizons Research Program

Deadline
11/3/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$80,000 per year for 2 years

Target Audience/Eligibility
Principal Investigators (PIs) must work in their labs to be eligible for funding.

Funds promising new cystic fibrosis (CF) research projects in academic and hospital institutions, fund those applications with the greatest relevance to finding improved treatments or a cure for CF.

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Organization American Society of Radiologic Technologists Specialty Area Radiology Award/Grant Name Research Grants (New Researcher, Emerging Researcher, Research)	Deadline 11/1/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $4,000 - $25,000 (New Researcher Grant: up to $4,000; Research Grant: $10,000-$25,000) Target Audience/Eligibility Proposals may be submitted by an individual or group of investigators through a U.S. Sponsoring Organization/Institution with which they are affiliated; all submissions must be done by the PI, who must be a current voting ASRT member with a minimum of two years consecutive membership history at the time of application; The PI must be registered to practice in the U.S. in a primary modality by certification agencies recognized by the ASRT (ARRT, NMTCB, ARDMS, MDCB), or hold an unrestricted state license.	Goal is to fund and share the research and analysis of issues that affect medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists, helping to cultivate the next generation of researchers.

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American Society of Radiologic Technologists

Specialty Area
Radiology

Award/Grant Name
Research Grants (New Researcher, Emerging Researcher, Research)

Deadline
11/1/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$4,000 - $25,000 (New Researcher Grant: up to $4,000; Research Grant: $10,000-$25,000)

Target Audience/Eligibility
Proposals may be submitted by an individual or group of investigators through a U.S. Sponsoring Organization/Institution with which they are affiliated; all submissions must be done by the PI, who must be a current voting ASRT member with a minimum of two years consecutive membership history at the time of application; The PI must be registered to practice in the U.S. in a primary modality by certification agencies recognized by the ASRT (ARRT, NMTCB, ARDMS, MDCB), or hold an unrestricted state license.

Goal is to fund and share the research and analysis of issues that affect medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists, helping to cultivate the next generation of researchers.

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Organization Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation Research Specialty Area Surgery; Transplant Award/Grant Name Grant Program	Deadline 11/1/2025 (LOI) Award Amount $50,000 - $150,000 Target Audience/Eligibility Eligibility: Principal Investigator is actively involved in research; Organization is established; Research falls within the priority areas listed above; Research is aimed to improve clinical outcomes and/or positively impact the field of organ transplantation.	Awards grants semiannually to researchers through our Research Grant Program (RGP), in order to improve clinical outcomes and positively impact the field of transplantation
Organization Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Specialty Area Surgery; Medicine; GI Award/Grant Name SAGES Research Grants	Deadline 11/7/2025 Award Amount $30,000 Target Audience/Eligibility The principal investigator must be a current SAGES member in good standing at the time of the application submission deadline.	The purpose of these grants is to stimulate original research in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery. The study may be either “bench” research or clinical.

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Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation Research

Specialty Area
Surgery; Transplant

Award/Grant Name
Grant Program

Deadline
11/1/2025 (LOI)

Award Amount
$50,000 - $150,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
Eligibility: Principal Investigator is actively involved in research; Organization is established; Research falls within the priority areas listed above; Research is aimed to improve clinical outcomes and/or positively impact the field of organ transplantation.

Awards grants semiannually to researchers through our Research Grant Program (RGP), in order to improve clinical outcomes and positively impact the field of transplantation

Organization
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Specialty Area
Surgery; Medicine; GI

Award/Grant Name
SAGES Research Grants

Deadline
11/7/2025

Award Amount
$30,000

Target Audience/Eligibility
The principal investigator must be a current SAGES member in good standing at the time of the application submission deadline.

The purpose of these grants is to stimulate original research in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery. The study may be either “bench” research or clinical.

November 2025

Opportunities Organized by Specialty

Biomedical

Education

Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound

Nephrology

Neurology

OBGYN

Oncology

Otolaryngology

Palliative Care

Pediatrics

Plastic Surgery

Psychology

Pulmonary

Radiology

Surgery