Prestigious External Awards
Please check at the web site or call the funding agency to obtain the most up-to-date information about eligibility, due dates, and availablility of individual awards.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
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Name |
Topic |
Eligibility |
Award Information |
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Clinical Research training in neurology |
MD, MD/PhD, DO |
$50,000 for 2 years |
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Clinical research training fellowship in neurogenetics |
MD, MD/PhD, Do |
$50,000 for 2 years |
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Career in biomedical sciences award |
MD, PhD: less than 48 months of post-doctoral training |
Post-doc x 2 years $58,000, 3 years $128,000 on faculty |
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Career Award at the Biomedical Interface |
PhD, MD/PhD: background in physical or computational science with biomedical interface, less than 48 months post-doc training |
Post-doc x 2 years $68,000, 3 years $120,000 on faculty |
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Post-doctoral research in mammalian reproductive physiology/fertility |
MD or PhD, within 5 years of terminal degree, not faculty |
$35,000/year |
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Cardiovascular, infectious disease, health disparity, health communication |
MD in post-doctoral clinical training (not faculty) |
$65,000 paid over two years |
Faculty Fellowships and Awards
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Name |
Topic |
Eligibility |
Award Information |
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Med school diversity and health disparity |
Faculty in medicine, nursing, law, public health, education. etc |
$10,000 award |
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Alton Ochsner Award Relating to Smoking and Disease |
Research on association of smoking with disease |
M.D./Ph.D. |
$15,000 |
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American College of Neuro-psychopharmac-ology |
Minority Faculty Research Fellowship |
MD/Ph.D. |
Travel support for the ANCP annual meeting in early December |
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Dennis Jahnigen Career Development Award |
MD in non-internal medicine specialties, to incorporate geriatrics into their discipline |
$75,000 x 2 years, plus $50,000 for research expenses |
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Clinical Scientist Award in Translation al Research |
Established, independent physician-scientist |
$150,000/year for 5 years |
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Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Award |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; Assistant professor rank |
$80,000/year for 5 years |
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Assistant professor with MD since 1997, at least one year post-doctoral training. Any scientific research relevant to human health |
$100,000/year up to 3 years |
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New Faculty awards program for chemistry-related fields |
PhD, MD/PhD in first year faculty appointment |
$50,000 (not for salary) |
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Teacher-scholar awards program; chemistry |
Research and teaching of undergraduate students in chemistry-related fields |
$60-75,000 |
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation: Lilly Clinical Investigator Award |
Patient oriented cancer research: clinical, outcomes, epidemiology, behavior |
MD, MD/PhD; asst professor, board eligible in cancer-related specialty |
$100,000/year x 5 years, research allowance ($75K) Mentor allowance; medical school loan repayment |
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Cancer research |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; asst professor level |
$100,000/year x 3 years |
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Brain and Immuno-Imaging |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD |
$100,000 to $300,000 up to three years |
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Fellowships for Science and Engineering |
PhD, MD/PhD, MD within first 3 years of faculty career: not medical research (i.e., computer science, all engineering) |
$125,000 for 5 years |
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Innovative biomedical discovery |
MD or PhD |
$50,000 |
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Clinical Scientist Development Award |
MD physician scientist within 5 years of first appointment to faculty: AIDS, cancer, CV disease, sickle cell disease |
$125,000/yr for 3 years |
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Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award |
MD scientist, assoc prof within 15 years of first appointment to faculty: AIDS, cancer, CV disease, sickle cell disease |
$1.5 million for 5 years |
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Ellison Medical Foundation |
Scholars Program in Aging |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; assistant professors in first three years of research career after post-doc training |
$50,000 up to 4 years |
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Program in Bioethics |
MD, PhD. Below rank of associate professor |
50% of salary up to NIH cap for 3 years |
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Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine for Women |
Institution may nominate 3; associate professor or higher |
No support: overall cost is about $12,000 for a 21 day course: borne by sponsoring department |
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Immune tolerance for patients with high titre inhibitors |
MD or PhD |
$250,000 for 2 years |
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ED Thomas Fellowship |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; research in leukemia and related malignancies; early career support (three years post doctoral, but not more than 10 years past terminal degree) |
$50,000 up to three years |
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Medical or life sciences |
Candidate must be currently active in his or her field of research |
~$170,000 and a medal/two recipients |
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March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology |
Birth defects |
MD, PhD |
$250,000 |
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MD, PhD, MD/PhD: translational research in breast, ovarian, cervical, and uterine cancer |
$100,000 for 2 years |
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McKnight Technological Innovations Neuroscience Awards |
Brain diseases |
Tenured or tenure track investigators. |
$100,000 for 2 years |
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HIV, cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, and diabetes |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD: within first 2 years of asst prof appointment; prior to R01-type funding
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$100,000 for 2 years |
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Biology of developmental disabilities: neuroscience and cognitive sciences |
MD, PhD; not more than 4 years independent faculty position |
$75,000 for 4 years |
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Pioneer Award |
High risk research programs |
$500,000 total for 5 years |
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Cancer research |
Recognizes outstanding young investigators who have made significant contributions to increase understanding of cancer or improved treatment through research. Nominees must be age 45 or younger. |
$150,000/every other year/split between three investigators |
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Basic science; clinical science |
MD, PhD; asst professor in first 3 years |
$60,000/year x 4 years |
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Various research areas in medicine and pharmacy |
$75,000/year |
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Clinical epidemiology; public health, sleep medicine |
MD, PhD: asst prof within 2 years of initial appointment |
$130,000 paid over 2 years |
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Allergy, asthma, CV disease, health communication, diabetes, family medicine, neurology, oncology, pain medicine, pulmonary, sleep, rheumatology, urology |
$7500 to bring outstanding professors as visiting scholars for 3 days. |
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Scholar’s Awards in basic or clinical research |
MD/ PhD: Preferably early stage faculty; Cancer, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy |
$50,000 for 3 years |
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Health Policy Fellowship |
MD: mid career health professionals with interest in community health care |
$155,000 for three years: first year must be spend in Washington DC |
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Clinical Scholars program |
Training at Yale, Michigan, UCLA, and Penn immediately after fellowship/resdiency |
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Individual and program grants |
Cancer research |
$100,000 for 2 years (individual); $300,000 for 2 years (program) |
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Sandler Program for Asthma Research |
Asthma research by individuals outside the field |
Asthma; preliminary results not required. |
$250,000 for three years |
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Most areas of biomedical research |
MD, PhD asst professor in first or second year. |
$80,000 x three years |
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MD, Junior geriatrics faculty working with subspecialty faculty |
$37,5000 x 2 years |
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Surgery and immunology |
Outstanding national and international leaders who have made significant contributions to the fields of organ transplantation and immunology |
$25,000 honorarium/crystal award/travel expenses for award reception |
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Medical discoveries of worldwide impact |
MD or PhD |
$200,000 |
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Walther Oncology Foundation |
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Warren Alpert Foundation Prize |
Cure or prevention of disease |
Scientists: MD, PhD. |
$100,000 cash prize |
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Children, adolescents, youth |
MD, PhD; pre-tenure within 7 years of terminal degree |
$60,000 x 5 years |
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Distinguished young scholars in medical research; fundamental mechanisms of human disease |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD: asst professor more than 1 year and less than 4 years in rank |
Up to $1 million, up to 5 years. |
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Vanderbilt Award |
Woman who has made important advances in biomedical sciences and mentoring of other women |
MD, PhD |
$25,000 |
IU Awards Conferred on Outside Candidates
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Name |
Topic |
Eligibility |
Award Information |
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Beering Prize |
Outstanding biomedical research |
Currently active research scientists, world-wide |
Three days in Indianapolis interacting with students and faculty; $10,000 honorarium |
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Mark Brothers Lectureship |
Outstanding biomedical research by an individuals of Asian descent |
Currently active research scientists in the US |
Two days in Indianapolis interacting with students and faculty; $5,000 honorarium |
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