Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science
Proposal deadline: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Enables current AHA awardees to identify and serve as mentors for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups in science and medicine.

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Novel Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Advance Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular/Brain Health
Required pre-proposal deadline: Thursday, February 27, 2025

A total of $12 million is available to fund three investigators / investigative teams proposing novel uses of Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize cardiovascular and cerebrovascular / brain health and health care delivery.

Health Care by Food™Planning Grant
Proposal deadline: March 11, 2025

The AHA'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. Funding will support development of a detailed trial protocol and grant on creating and testing ways in which food is medicine (FIM) interventions are efficacious for improved health outcomes.

Funded investigators will receive salary and other support for one year as they work to optimize and finalize trial design, draft a grant proposal to a federal agency or other major funder, establish a research team, develop tools for data management and research oversight, and prepare other items needed to submit and conduct a rigorous trial of a FIM intervention. The primary deliverable is a competitive proposal for funding from a government agency or other major funder.

Ralph L Sacco Scholarships in Brain Health
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Jointly funded by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, with funds from a generous bequest by Dr. Ralph L. Sacco, this program enables early career trainees to undertake a mentored two-year research project targeting various aspects of brain health. The 2025 awards are for MD or PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) applicants in postdoctoral fellowship training with a focus on brain health as of July 1, 2025. Projects for this cycle must focus on prevention. 

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.

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. Proposal may be built around an emerging paradigm, approaching an existing problem from a new perspective, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities.

Health Resources in Action Massachusetts Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award Program supports research on the causes of human disease with the mission of improving treatment. The program funds postdoctoral fellows and clinician scientists in the mid to late stages of their research training in basic and preclinical science, and clinical and implementation research to help them achieve their goals of becoming independent investigators in biomedical research. Senior postdoctoral researchers and mentored clinician-scientists (MD, DO or equivalent) working in the state of Massachusetts are eligible to apply. Deadline is Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET. Details at www.hria.org/tmf/King. Send questions to [email protected]