AHA Research Grant Funding Opportunities
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Investigator-Initiated Research
Topic-focused Funding
Data Science Grants
AHA Registry Research
Investigator-initiated Research Opportunities
| Established Investigator Award Pre-proposal deadline: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Supports established investigators in rapid career growth phase, with records of accomplishments and showing extraordinary promise. Candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science disciplines that support the AHA’s mission, as indicated by funding and publication history and scientific accomplishments. Candidates should propose an innovative/novel research direction that challenges existing paradigms and employs novel concepts, approaches, or technologies. |
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Collaborative Sciences Award Within this award, additional collaboration money has been designated through the AHA/VIVA Physician Research Award and by the California Walnut Commission. |
| Merit Award Invited full proposals due Friday, November 15, 2024. Funds investigators with stellar track records of accomplishment, demonstrated by federal or equivalent funding from multiple sources and excellent publication records with substantial impact, who have the potential to move a field of science forward with creative approaches that are aligned with the AHA's mission. |
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Career Development Award Within this award, additional collaboration money has been designated through the California Walnut Commission, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), and the AHA/VIVA Physician Research Award. See co-funded opportunities details. |
| Innovative Project Award Pre-proposal deadline: Thursday, December 5, 2024 Supports highly innovative, high-impact research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research. The idea proposed here should not have been submitted in whole or in part in a previous proposal for AHA support. |
| International Visiting Professorship Award Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Novel pilot program to bring internationally based scientists to the U.S. for one week to foster scientific exchange -- to expand research experiences and collaborative opportunities for the awarded Visiting Professor and their U.S.-based host in research that aligns with the AHA mission. |
| Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science Proposal deadline: Thursday, February 6, 2025 To enable current AHA awardees to identify and serve as mentors for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups in science and medicine. |
| Transformational Project Award Thursday, February 13, 2025 Supports highly innovative, high-impact projects that build on work in progress that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research. Research deemed innovative may be built around an emerging paradigm, approaching an existing problem from a new perspective, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities. |
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AHA Predoctoral Fellowship |
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AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training Deadline has passed for funding in 2025. This award is made to qualified institutions that can offer a meaningful research experience that supports the AHA mission that encourages undergraduate college students from all disciplines to consider research careers. |
| AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA) Deadline has passed for funding in 2025. Stimulates research at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees related to scientific research training. Eligible institutions may not have been major recipients of NIH support. Awards provide funding for small-scale research projects related to cardiovascular diseases and brain health, enhancing the research environment at eligible institutions, and exposing students to research opportunities. |
Topic-focused Funding Opportunities
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Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome: Heterogeneity in Women |
| Healthcare by Food Initiative The American Heart Association’s Health Care by Food™ initiative is building the evidence needed to show clinical and cost effectiveness so patients with acute or chronic disease or with risk factors for disease can access cost-effective food is medicine programs as a covered benefit through public and private health insurance. Future grants will be announced. |
Data Science Grants
Using AHA Get With the Guidelines® Research Data in the Precision Medicine Platform to further address current gaps in our understanding of cardiovascular disease
*For invited applicants only
Two opportunities to apply: Deadlines on January 15, 2025 and April 4, 2025
Applicants will leverage one of the AHA Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) datasets (AFib, CAD, Stroke, HF, or Resuscitation) in the Precision Medicine Platform to ask new and innovative questions regarding the role of social determinants of health in cardiovascular disease and stroke.
*Sign up to attend an upcoming GWTG Data Bootcamp at Scientific Sessions 2024 or the International Stroke Conference 2025 (ISC registration link is not yet available). Add the GWTG Data Bootcamp to your conference registration under “Special Ticketed Events”.
AHA Registry Research
Using AHA Get With the Guidelines® Research Data in the Precision Medicine Platform to further address current gaps in our understanding of cardiovascular disease
*For invited applicants only
Two opportunities to apply: Deadlines on January 15, 2025 and April 4, 2025
*Sign up to attend an upcoming GWTG Data Bootcamp at Scientific Sessions 2024 or the International Stroke Conference 2025 (ISC registration link is not yet available). Add the GWTG Data Bootcamp to your conference registration under “Special Ticketed Events”.
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