Success Rates


Success rates by fiscal year
Program FY 25-26*
 Career Development Award 30.5% 
 Innovative Project Award 19.9% 
 Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training 45.2% 
 Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA) 27.9% 
 Postdoctoral Fellowship 24.6% 
 Predoctoral Fellowship 22.0% 
 Strategically Focused Research Network 11.7% 

NOTES:
*Success rate is the percent of proposals funded.

Application volume, declinations and funding priorities can cause large variances from year to year. This information should not be used to set expectations related to future success rates.

 

2026 American Heart Association holidays:
Jan. 1, Jan. 19, March 27, May 25, July 3 & 6,
Sept.7, Nov. 26 & 27, Dec. 21-25

2026 Altum/ProposalCentral holidays:
Jan. 1, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, May 25, June 19, July 3,
Sept. 7, Oct. 12, Nov. 26 & 27, Dec. 28-Jan 1