Alumni News and Events


We thank you for attending the Researchers at Heart Alumni Reception 2024

Your presence made the event truly special and memorable.
AHA Research Alumni at Sessions

Highlights from the Researchers at Heart Reception at Scientific Sessions

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Funding Updates and Deadlines

For Current Awardees

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.

Investigator-initiated Proposal Deadlines

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]


Featured Alumni Stories

Courtney Glavis-Bloom

Dr. Courtney Glavis-Bloom, a neuroscientist at the Salk Institute, presented a TEDx talk about her groundbreaking research on the neurobiological changes that occur with aging, and their link to cognitive decline and resilience. Her work is largely supported by the AHA-Allen Initiative in Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment.

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