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Updated: May 2025
Type | Funding Source | Grant Name | Description | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philanthropic | Acumed LLC | Education grants | Professional Medical Education Grants: Professional Medical Education Grants provide funding for independent medical educational programs for health care professionals, including congresses, conferences, symposiums, or courses, with or without labs, that are sponsored by professional medical associations, societies, or continuing education providers and academic institution labs. This includes support requested for cadaveric labs intended to educate fellows or residents at an academic institution. More Information | Rolling deadline: completed application, including all required supporting documentation, must be received at least 60 days before the scheduled date of the event, activity, or program. |
| Pilot Projects | RUSH University Medical Center | RUSH to Progress: Accelerating Research through Pilot Awards | These awards are designed to encourage translational research by funding innovative, investigator-initiated research projects that could be competitive for future larger grants from a federal or private agency. Proposals must be for basic, translational/clinical, health services or community-focused research. More information | 04/01/2024 05/08/2024 |
| Pilot Projects | Swim Across America & Bears Care | Cancer Research | In the interest of providing seed funds to support cancer research at Rush University Medical Center, Swim Across America (SAA) and Bears Care have committed philanthropic funds to support investigator-initiated research. The intent of these grants is to encourage translational research by funding well-designed projects that could be competitive for future larger grants from a federal or private agency. Early-stage investigators, defined as individuals who do not have or have not previously received NIH R01 or equivalent funding, are encouraged to apply.
| 04/15/2024 05/15/2024 |
| Pilot Project | RUSH University Medical Center | Research Catalyst Award | Applications for bridge funding will be accepted from researchers who have recently received strong, competitive scores on R- or P-type grants from federal granting agencies (e.g. NIH, DOD, NSF, NAS), yet just missed the pay lines. Innovative translational, basic science, clinical, population-based or health services research will be supported. The intent of this program is to support talented investigators who are likely to develop sustainable and impactful research programs by providing resources to bridge intervals in which the investigator does not have federal funding. This program will be periodically evaluated to determine its effectiveness. More information | Rolling |
| Philanthropy | Prevent Cancer Foundation | Grant Application | The goal of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s research program is to identify and to provide seed funding for innovative projects with the potential to make substantial contributions to cancer prevention or early detection. To advance the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s bold goal to reduce cancer deaths by 40% by 2035, the Foundation is proud to support research projects dedicated to increasing cancer prevention and early detection. By funding the most promising research, including fellowship projects led by early career scientists, we contribute to important advances in cancer prevention and early detection. More Information | 06/14/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropy | Prevent Cancer Foundation | Fellowship Application | Fellowships will be awarded for two years at $50,000 per year, for a total of $100,000. The goal of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s research program is to identify and to provide seed funding for innovative projects with the potential to make substantial contributions to cancer prevention or early detection. To advance the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s bold goal to reduce cancer deaths by 40% by 2035, the Foundation is proud to support research projects dedicated to increasing cancer prevention and early detection. By funding the most promising research, including fellowship projects led by early career scientists, we contribute to important advances in cancer prevention and early detection. More Information | 06/14/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropy | Conquer Cancer | Career Development Award | The Career Development Award provides research funding to clinical investigators who have received their initial faculty appointments as they work to establish an independent clinical cancer research program. This research must have a patient-oriented focus, including a clinical research study and/or translational research involving human subjects. Proposals with a predominant focus on in vitro or animal studies (even if clinically relevant) are not allowed. The award is a three-year grant totaling $200,000. More information | 06/17/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropy | Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research | Mentored Research Training Grants | These grants help anesthesiologists develop the skills, preliminary data for subsequent grant applications and research publications needed to become independent investigators. The proposed project must be in basic science, clinical and translational, or health services research. The amount of this award is $250,000 over a two-year period. More Information | 08/15/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropy | Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research | Research Fellowship Grant | The Research Fellowship Grant is intended to provide anesthesiology residents and fellows with the opportunity to obtain significant training in research techniques and scientific methods. The amount of this grant is $100,000 per year for a one-year period. More Information | 08/15/2024 Application Due |
| Limited Applicant | The Brinson Foundation | Brinson Medical Research Fellowship | Rush University is requesting applications from Early Career Investigators for a Brinson Medical Research Fellowship opportunity. These fellowship awards favor creative and innovative research that has the potential to lead to additional studies. The Foundation is open to supporting research in a wide range of specialties, but less interested in the following areas: Psychiatry/Behavioral Health, Food Sciences, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, and qualitative research. These pilot awards are intended to provide resources to enable research projects that may be tangential to a major research focus or to expand the scope of a major project. Funding will be for one year with the possibility of an additional year based on the progress attained during the first funding period. Read more | 09/30/2024 10/18/2024 |
| Limited Applicant | Charles J. and Margaret Roberts | Advancement of Disease Prevention Initiatives | Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Roberts, patients and longtime friends of the late physician, George W. Stuppy, MD, directed a generous bequest to establish the Charles J. and Margaret Roberts Fund for Preventive Medicine. This trust is held at the Northern Trust. Each year since the 10th anniversary of Margaret Roberts’s death, the Roberts Fund provides Rush with four percent of the principal (totaling $186,049) as valued as of the date of the bequest. This represents a discretionary payment for the advancement of disease prevention initiatives. Read more | 09/30/2024 10/18/2024 |
| Pilot Projects | Schweppe Foundation/Armour | Junior Investigator Research Awards | Upon its dissolution in 2011, the Schweppe Foundation established an endowment at Rush to support early career investigators with research pilot awards via internal competition. Rush’s Trustees later designated a portion of an Armour family estate gift to be paired with Schweppe as internal matching funds. Read more | 09/30/2024 10/18/2024 |
| Pilot Projects | Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust | John G. Searle Innovator Awards | The John G. Searle Innovator Awards provide pilot funding for innovative, investigator-initiated research. These awards, generously funded by the Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust, are designed to encourage translational research by funding well-designed projects that could be competitive for future larger grants from a federal or private agency. Read more | 09/30/2024 10/18/2024 |
| Philanthropic | Cancer Research Institute | Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | The CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in fundamental immunology or cancer immunology. CRI seeks hypothesis-driven, mechanistic studies in both immunology and tumor immunology. The applicant and sponsor should make every effort to demonstrate the potential of the proposed studies to directly impact our understanding of the immune system’s role in cancer. More information | 09/01/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Kenneth Rainin Foundation | Innovator Awards | The Kenneth Rainin Foundation believes that early support for innovative ideas can lead to improvements in preventing, predicting, diagnosing and treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Our Health grantmaking enables researchers worldwide to test ideas, gather and share data, and collaborate to advance the understanding of IBD. In 2022, we consolidated our Innovator Awards and Synergy Awards into one grant program, the Innovator Awards. More Information | 09/30/2024 |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Increase Awareness & Understanding of Emerging Hemophilia Treatment Options | This competitive program seeks to encourage organizations to submit grant applications for independent medical education initiatives that will result in the measurable improvement of the medical and scientific understanding of emerging treatment options for patients with Hemophilia. Potential applicants are encouraged to identify and address the educational needs of healthcare professionals to increase awareness of emerging hemophilia treatment options. More Information | 09/30/2024 |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Early Diagnosis Improvement of Chlamydia Infections | This competitive program seeks to support health care professionals medical education to improve early diagnosis of chlamydia infections. More Information | 10/01/2024 |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Closing the Gaps within Intestinal Ultrasound | This Request for Proposals (RFP) is for research initiatives focused on intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS) and Pfizer Global Medical Grants & Partnerships (GMGP) are collaborating to offer a new competitive grant opportunity aimed at addressing critical research gaps in this field. More Information | 10/01/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Whitehall Foundation | Research Grants | Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant. Research grants of up to three years will be provided. A renewal grant with a maximum of two years is possible, but it will be awarded on a competitive basis. Research grants will not be awarded to investigators who have already received, or expect to receive, substantial support from other sources, even if it is for an unrelated purpose. More Information | 10/01/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | HER2 Expression in Urothelial Carcinoma (UC) | This competitive grant program intends to create awareness of ongoing clinical trials for UC patients and the scientific data supporting the potential impact of targeting HER2 in locally advanced/metastatic UC. More Information | 10/07/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Treating Older Patients with HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC): Best Practices for Their Assessment and Care | Educational activities that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on improving the care of older patients with HR+/HER2- mBC. More Information | 10/08/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Treating the Whole Patient: Considerations for Patients with HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC) and Existing Comorbiditie | Educational activities that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on improving the comprehensive care of patients with HR+/HER2- mBC taking into consideration comorbidities and their related factors such as performance status, patient goals, and polypharmacy. More Information | 10/08/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards for Medical Scientists | The Career Awards for Medical Scientists is a highly competitive program that provides $700,000 awards over five years for physician-scientists who are committed to an academic career, to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or translational research. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are not eligible. More information | 10/08/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Addressing Healthcare Disparities in the Outpatient Diagnosis and Management of COVID-19 | Through this competitive grant program and RFP process, Pfizer aims to support projects addressing healthcare disparities amongst socially disadvantaged or vulnerable populations. This RFP seeks proposals that focus on interventions (e.g., programs, practices, policies) that have potential to reduce or eliminate health disparities. These programs should highlight challenges and social determinants of health (SDOH) associated with receiving a timely diagnosis and receipt of an appropriate COVID-19 treatment amongst eligible patients. More Information | 10/08/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Optimizing Testing and Treatment in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) | Projects that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on increasing healthcare professional understanding and competence in the following areas: - Optimize biomarker testing and treatment planning of patients with mCRC in academic and community practice. - Multidisciplinary approach to actioning of early biomarker test results in mCRC. - Improve understanding of validated biomarkers of response in patients with mCRC and consider the implications for molecular testing and incorporation of biomarker results into clinical care. - Increase the medical and scientific understanding of the evolving treatment landscape and emerging lines of therapeutic options in mCRC. - Improve and optimize patient care in terms of both mCRC treatment outcomes and side effect management. More Information | 10/09/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Increase Awareness & Understanding of Emerging Hemophilia Treatment Options | This competitive program seeks to encourage organizations to submit grant applications for independent medical education initiatives that will result in the measurable improvement of the medical and scientific understanding of emerging treatment options for patients with Hemophilia. Potential applicants are encouraged to identify and address the educational needs of healthcare professionals to increase awareness of emerging hemophilia treatment options. More Information | 10/09/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Local Level Educational Grants Program to Increase Awareness & Understanding of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) | This competitive program seeks to encourage organizations to submit grant applications for local level educational activities focused on healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of heart failure patients at risk for TTR Amyloidosis. Potential applicants are encouraged to identify and address the educational needs of healthcare professionals to increase awareness of heart failure patients at risk for TTR Amyloidosis and enable appropriate and early patient identification through an evidence-based approach. More Information | 10/15/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Pfizer | Community Oncology Support for Therapy Management in Multiple Myeloma (MM) | This competitive grant program intends to provide an independent education grant to support to the formation of a new national collaborative initiative which will guide, support, and advise and discuss treatment management of MM patients receiving B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) Bi-Specific Antibodies (BsAbs) in the community cancer setting. More Information | 10/15/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Conquer Cancer | Career Development | The Career Development Award provides research funding to clinical investigators who have received their initial faculty appointments as they work to establish an independent clinical cancer research program. This research must have a patient-oriented focus, including a clinical research study and/or translational research involving human subjects. Proposals with a predominant focus on in vitro or animal studies (even if clinically relevant) are not allowed. The award is a three-year grant totaling $200,000. More information | 10/17/2024 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Alpha Phi Foundation | Heart to Heart Grant | As a women’s organization, Alpha Phi Foundation places special emphasis on women’s heart health. In 1993, Alpha Phi Foundation designed an annual grant—the Heart to Heart Grant—to encourage research and education to lessen the impact of heart disease in women. Since its inception, the Heart to Heart Grant has invested over $1.58 million into women’s heart health initiatives. Alpha Phi Foundation announces a single recipient of the $100,000 Heart to Heart Grant every year. More Information | 11/03/2024 Application Due |
| Pilot Project | Rush | Rush BMO Institute for Health Equity | The Rush BMO Institute for Health Equity is requesting applications for the RBIHE Health Equity Research Scholars Program to support the expansion of researchers conducting innovative community-partnered health equity research addressing health across the lifespan. The Scholars Program supports Rush faculty members to develop a program of research that will lead to the identification of evidence-based approaches to improve health equity. Research topics within the following areas are of particular interest:
| 01/06/2025 LOI Due |
| Pilot Project | National Science Foundation | I-Corps Program | Supported by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program is designed to empower scientists, researchers and students to test the commercial potential and impact of their research and ideas. Through highly experiential learning at the local and national levels, I-Corps teams learn how to assess “technology-problem fit,” the first critical step in the commercialization process. More information | 02/10/2025 Applications Due |
| Pilot Project | Rush Alzheimer's Disease Research Center | Developmental Project | The Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (Rush ADRC; P30AG072975) is funded by the National Institute on Aging, and, as part of its program, invites applications for developmental projects in Aging, Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (AD/ADRD) research. The primary goal of this funding is the development of research and researchers focused on AD/ADRD that will lead to publications, extramural research applications, or other resources useful to the applicant and scientific community. Applications that are aligned with the goals and theme of the Rush ADRC are strongly encouraged. The scientific focus of the Rush ADRC is mixed pathologies and cognitive transitions in diverse community-based cohorts. Projects fitting the center’s theme are strongly encouraged, but applicants are not confined to those topics. More information | 03/14/2025 Applications Due |
| Philanthropic | Gerber Foundation | Pediatric Research Grants | Priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving common, everyday problems or emerging issues within our defined focus areas: pediatric health; pediatric nutrition, and environmental hazards. Major target areas for research include:
Limit $350,000 on grants with no more than $125,000/year; includes indirect costs. | 11/15/2024 Concept Due |
| Pilot Projects | ITM/Chicago Biomedical Consortium | CBC-HITES Windy City Innovation Award | The Chicago Biomedical Consortium Hub for Innovative Technology and Entrepreneurship in the Sciences (CBC-HITES) has announced its newest award: The CBC-HITES Windy City Innovation Award. This new funding program is designed to propel scientific discoveries into impactful biomedical solutions that could change lives. More information | 10/01/2024 and 04/01/2025 |
| Pilot Projects | Third Coast Center for AIDS Research | Pilot Awards for HIV Research | Rush looks forward to joining the NIH-funded Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC CFAR) in 2025. The TC CFAR’s upcoming pilot competition is open to Rush faculty as well as faculty at Northwestern, UChicago and UIC. The program’s purpose is to generate preliminary data that will support new R01-level applications that address NIH priorities for HIV research. Two categories of faculty are eligible:
| 02/19/2025 LOI Due 03/31/2025 Applications Due |
| Pilot Projects | Swim Across America & Bears Care | Cancer Research | In the interest of providing seed funds to support cancer research at Rush University Medical Center, Swim Across America (SAA) and Bears Care have committed philanthropic funds to support investigator-initiated research. The intent of these grants is to encourage translational research by funding well-designed projects that could be competitive for future larger grants from a federal or private agency. Early-stage investigators, defined as individuals who do not have or have not previously received NIH R01 or equivalent funding, are encouraged to apply.
| 03/14/2025 Application RSVP Due 04/08/2025 Full Application Due |
| Pilot Projects | Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center | RADC Rush Faculty Scholars Program | With the generous support of Dr. Cynthia Brincat, acting dean, Rush Medical College, the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RADC) is pleased to announce the Rush Faculty Scholars Program. The RADC has generated numerous resources that support dozens of grants at Rush, across the country and around the world. The Rush Faculty Scholars Program will provide two Rush faculty, in partnership with one or more RADC faculty members, funding to leverage RADC resources to support an application for external funding. More information | 05/02/2025 8 a.m. CTS Application Due |
| Philanthropic | American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Junior Investigator Awards | This $60,000, 2 year ($30,000 per) is for one child and adolescent psychiatry early career faculty (assistant professor level or equivalent). It is intended to facilitate innovative research on the treatment and prevention of child and adolescent mental health disorders. Recipients are required to submit a poster presentation on their research for AACAP's 2027 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI, October 25-30, 2027. More Information | 04/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation | Reach Grant | The goal of this 2 year, $250,000 ($125,000 per year) award is to support translational studies that will result in a phase I and/or II 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 validating biomarkers that will enable patient selection for new clinical trials. More Information | 04/10/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | CureSearch for Children's Cancer Research | Young Investigator Award | The 2025 Young Investigator Program is designed to provide support and training for exceptional young investigators in pediatric oncology drug development. The award is intended for investigators who have completed post-doctoral training and are transitioning to a full-time academic position. More Information | 04/14/2025 LOI Due |
| Philanthropic | Whitehall Foundation | Research Grants Program | Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant. Research grants of up to three years will be provided. The maximum budget is $100,000 per year for the two- and three-year research grants. More Information | 04/15/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Whitehall Foundation | Grants in Aid Program | This program is for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant’s continued productivity. Grants-in-Aid are awarded for a one-year period and do not exceed $30,000. More Information | 04/15/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Research and Education Foundation | OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant (4 avail.) | $20,000 award for an orthopaedic surgery resident or fellow in an approved orthopaedic program, who intends to pursue a career with research as a major component. The work should clearly be achievable by the resident as a free-standing project even when it is a part of a larger work, and it should potentially lead to publication with the resident as an author. More Information | 04/17/2025 LOI Due |
| Philanthropic | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Research Grant | 1 year award for research identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. It is anticipated that this early-stage funding by the Foundation may lead to subsequent and expanded support using government agency funding. Project relevance to cancer detection, treatment, or cure should be clearly identified. No limits set on the grant amount that can be requested. It must be reasonable and clearly supported by the scope of the project outlined in the application. More Information | 04/30/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Acumed LLC | Professional Medical Education Grants | Professional Medical Education Grants provide funding for independent medical educational programs for health care professionals, including congresses, conferences, symposiums, or courses, with or without labs, that are sponsored by professional medical associations, societies, or continuing education providers and academic institution labs. This includes support requested for cadaveric labs intended to educate fellows or residents at an academic institution. More information | 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness | 2025 Research Grants | Award opportunities to foster junior investigator development while advancing clinical care in ophthalmology and optometry. Preference is given to applicants at the start of their career. Students must be enrolled full-time at an accredited Illinois institution of higher education or postdoctoral fellows/residents that are within seven years after receiving their advanced degree (MD, OD, PhD). Students, postdoctoral fellows, and residents are required to have a faculty mentor involved with their research. More Information | 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Encompass Midcareer Investigator Research Grant | One $25,000 award for research related to the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation will be given for seed money for new research projects that extend an established investigator’s work in new directions.
| 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Richard Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grant | 1 year, $10,000 award to be used as seed money for research in topics related to the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Application Criteria
| 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Gabriella Molnar Pediatric PM&R Research Grant | $10,000 to be used as seed money for research in topics related to pediatric rehabilitation the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
| 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Musculoskeletal Research Grant | One year, $30,000 award for a short-term seed grant for research in topics related to musculoskeletal rehabilitation in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
| 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Tactile Medical Cancer Rehabilitation Research Grant | One year, $10,000 award for a short-term seed grant for research in topics related to musculoskeletal rehabilitation in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Must include statement of the purpose for the research; anticipated outcomes; proposed budget; and a letter of support from the sponsoring institution. Please also include your Curriculum | 05/01/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Brain Aneurysm Foundation | 2025 Research Grant Program | Awards ranging $20,000-$50,000 for basic scientific research directed at early detection, improved treatment modalities, and technological advances that will ultimately improve outcomes for patients with brain aneurysms, as well as projects that are translational, clinical/outcome, early detection, imaging, and SAH/SAH complications focused, as well as AI-focused projects. Any project with the potential to advance basic scientific, translational, and clinical brain aneurysm research will be considered. More Information | 05/06/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | The Vilcek Foundation | The Vilcek Foundation | The Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise of $50,000 each to young, immigrant biomedical scientists who demonstrate outstanding early achievement. Who Should Apply
| 06/09/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Helen Hay Whitney Foundation | Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | e Helen Hay Whitney Foundation supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences. To attain its ultimate goal of increasing the number of imaginative, well-trained and dedicated medical scientists, the Foundation grants financial support of sufficient duration to help further the careers of young men and women engaged in biological or medical research. More Information | 06/16/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation | OREF Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant (Must have been awarded a "K" award to apply) | $20,000 award to promote 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. More Information | 06/17/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation | OREF/AAOS Clinical Gaps Research Grant | $100,000 award solicits investigator-initiated research proposals focused on addressing clinical gaps in healing, repair, or diagnostics through devices, biologics, or technology. Areas of research focus may include translational preclinical or clinical research to preferably include pilot human studies. More Information | 06/17/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Gateway for Cancer Research | Gateway Traditional Grant Program | Core grants funding early phase clinical trials for cancers of all types at renowned institutions around the world. These grants are typically 2-5 years in duration with award amounts from $200,000 to $1.5 million. More Information | 06/20/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Gateway for Cancer Research | Joint NCI/ SPORE/ P20 Program | Our collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI)/Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE)/ P20 Program allows us to fund more patient-centric research. This grant program will support translational research through clinical trials conducted by institutions that receive NCI SPORE awards. Gateway will issue grant awards based on an application and review process conducted by Gateway. More Information | 06/20/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Gateway for Cancer Research | Integrative Research | Gateway focuses on funding integrative oncology research that pairs conventional therapies with evidence-based, complementary therapies to manage symptoms and side effects from treatment. This also aims to increase quality of life during treatment. More Information | 06/20/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Gateway for Cancer Research | Joint Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) Program (FGAs Reviewed Once Annually) | Our collaboration with the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) allows us to bring the most promising patient-centered, integrative oncology research proposals forward, Gateway collaborates with SIO to support integrative clinical trials conducted by principal investigators and institutions among its membership. SIO’s mission is to advance evidence-based, comprehensive, integrative healthcare to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. More Information | 06/20/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Gateway for Cancer Research | Decentralized Clinical Trial Initiative (DCTI) | Successful DCTI proposals should:
| 06/20/2025 Application Due |
| Philanthropic | Little Giraffe Foundation | 2025 Neonatal Research Initiative | The Little Giraffe Foundation is offering research grants in the amount of $5,000 - $10,000 for neonatal research and invites qualified scientists, doctors, and nurses at universities, hospitals and research institutions to submit applications for research grants directed at addressing both the long term and immediate health needs caused by premature birth. More Information | 06/20/2025 LOI Due |
| Pilot Projects | Rush Imaging Research Core | RIRC Pilot Projects | The Rush Imaging Research Core (RIRC) is offering competitive funding for pilot MRI-based research projects utilizing RIRC’s 3 Tesla Siemens Prisma scanner. Located in the Rubschlager Building, the MRI scanner is equipped with advanced hardware and software for whole-body imaging. More information | 01/09/2026 by 5 p.m. Application deadline |
| Pilot Projects | Rush Faculty Scholars Program | Rush RADC | With the generous support of the dean of the Rush Medical College, the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RADC) is pleased to announce the Rush Faculty Scholars Program. The RADC has generated numerous resources that support dozens of grants at Rush, across the country and around the world. The Rush Faculty Scholars Program will provide two Rush faculty, in partnership with one or more RADC faculty members, funding to leverage RADC resources to support an application for external funding. More information information | 05/04/2026 by 8 a.m. CST Application deadline |
| Pilot Projects | Chicago Biomedical Consortium's CBC-HITES | Cycle 2 of the Windy City Innovation Award | This cycle will support translational projects in:
The program provides up to $75,000 in direct costs over one year to help advance promising biomedical innovations toward commercialization. More information | 05/05/2026 LOI deadline by 7 a.m. |