Co-funded Research

With shared priorities and interests in congenital heart defects, the AHA and The Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF) together have funded $22.5 million in research to date. 

The American Heart Association and American Brain Foundation provide funding for postdoctoral trainees embarking on careers in clinical neurology, stroke and neurocritical care. Award recipients receive supportive mentorship and conduct introductory pilot studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease.

Through these awards, Enduring Hearts and AHA provide funding for research on improving the life expectancy and quality of life of pediatric heart transplant recipients.

Special funding from VIVA Physicians supports early-career scientists interested in embarking on careers in patient-oriented vascular science.

This funding supports predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows working on innovative basic, clinical, or translational research relevant to the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and/or prevention of Barth Syndrome.

Funding from the California Walnut Commission supports trainees and early career investigators who are interested in observational or clinical research trials that will improve understanding and expand knowledge promoting healthy dietary patterns (for example Mediterranean-style diets, plant-forward or food modeling) that include walnut consumption.

FAER and the AHA work together to fund early career anesthesiologists conducting research related to cardiovascular disease.