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Emergency Medicine Foundation Early Career Research Development Grant

Deadline: October 31, 2025 5 pm
Amount: $150,000 over two years

Summary: OCTOBER 31 is the LOI Deadline only!The EMF Early Career Research Development Grant is designed to provide early career faculty applicants with the opportunity to develop a thoughtful career development plan (e.g., didactics, mentored meetings, and/or advanced degree) and design, develop, and lead a research project that will advance their...

Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Deadline: November 16, 2025 4 pm
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year.

Summary: The purpose of this engineering-oriented notice of funding opportunity announcement (NOFO) is to encourage submissions of exploratory/developmental Bioengineering Research Grant (EBRG) applications to demonstrate feasibility and potential utility of new capabilities or improvements in quality, speed, efficacy, operability, costs, and/or accessibility of solutions to problems in basic biomedical, pre-clinical, or...

Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (Aflac), Pediatric Technology Center (PTC)

Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome Program (R03, Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Deadline: November 24, 2025 4 pm
Amount: Direct costs are limited to a maximum of $100,000 per year and will be two-year funded. Therefore, all funds will be disbursed in the first year of the project period.

Summary: The human virome is defined as a collection of all viruses that are found in or on humans, including both eukaryotic and prokaryotic (bacteriophages) viruses and viral particles. Excluding the relatively small number of viruses that are the causative agents of some clinical diseases, the virome is largely understudied and...

American Heart Association 2026 Career Development Award

Deadline: December 2, 2025 1 pm
Amount: $77,000 per year, including 10% institutional indirect costs. Three years, non-renewable

Summary: PurposeThis grant supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals, in the early years of one’s first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training necessary to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist. The award will develop the research skills...

Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center (HeRO)

PURSUE:​ Proposals for Unique Research Supports for Scholarly and University Endeavors - Summer/Fall 2025 Pilot

Deadline: December 4, 2025 4 pm
Amount: Research Development Support

Summary: The Office of Research Development (ORD) will pilot the expansion of proposal development support to include 1:1 support for Assistant and Associate Professors (and equivalent ranks across schools) who are seeking funding from new opportunities to submit grant proposals. These opportunities might include:·     Early career programs·     Department of Defense opportunities·     Standard...

American Society of Hematology Clinical Research Training Institute

Deadline: December 17, 2025 6 pm
Amount: Expense Paid Training Program

Summary: The ASH Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI) is a unique, year-long education and mentoring program for hematology fellows and junior faculty at academic medical centers. CRTI offers a broad education on clinical research methods, research collaborations, statistical analysis, and managing the demands of family and career. The goal of the...

Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (Aflac)

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Path to a Cure: Pioneer Award

Deadline: December 31, 2025 3 pm
Amount: Applicants may propose an amount necessary to complete the proposed research, plus an additional twelve percent (12%) of indirect costs. Up to three (3) years of funding may be requested

Summary: The Path to a Cure: Pioneer Award is intended for exceptional investigators developing paradigm shifting technologies that could ultimately lead to a cure for CF. Proposals should be ambitious and utilize cutting edge techniques and strategies. Proposals must align with the goals of the Path to a Cure initiative. Applicants...

Center for Cystic Fibrosis and Airways Disease Research (CF-AIR)

Josiah Macy Foundation: President's Grants

Deadline: December 31, 2025 4 pm
Amount: President’s Grants are one year or less in duration, and awarded amounts are no more than $25,000, which includes indirect costs of not more than 10%.

Summary: President’s Grants are accepted and awarded on a rolling basis. They are evaluated by an internal team and awarded at the discretion of our president. President’s Grants primarily align with our priority areas: Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Belonging; Increasing Collaboration Among Future Health Professionals; and Preparing Future Health Professionals to Navigate...

University Research Committee (URC) 2026-27 Cycle

Deadline: January 17, 2026 11 pm
Amount: Award maximums are $30,000 and most URC awards are single PI projects. Interdisciplinary proposals are the singular exception to this award ceiling, with awards up to $40,000 possible.

Summary: To be eligible, awardees must be assistant professors and their proposal must align with the Fox Center’s 2026-27 research theme, HABITAT. By supporting promising faculty research, the URC at Emory University seeks to contribute to the cultivation of intellectual resources for a better future. Eligibility Regular, continuing full-time faculty of Emory University...

BWF Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program

Deadline: January 20, 2026 4 pm
Amount: $60,000

Summary: The Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities and success of underrepresented postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution or affiliate in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to...

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