Funding and Award Opportunities
Advance Your Research
Research funding programs are available throughout the year. And the Professional Councils offer various awards, as well. Find your opportunities below.
Council Awards and Lectures
AHA scientific councils award financial stipends, recognize special presentations and provide travel funding to attend AHA scientific meetings. Each council sponsors awards for its members throughout the year:
Investigator Initiated Research
Career Development Award
Proposal Deadline: Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Innovative Project Award
Pre-Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Rapid Impact Research Award
Proposal Deadline: Thursday, January 22, 2026American Heart Association Studio Red invites researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs and innovators to submit ideas to advance groundbreaking research and novel solutions in conditions that disproportionally or distinctly impact women’s health. Four priority areas of focus are described in the program details.
Topic Focused Funding
SFRN on Valvular Heart Disease
Pre-Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Cardiac Arrest Research Team Network
Pre-Proposal Deadline: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
View all AHA research program descriptions on the Funding Opportunities page.
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