Surgery-Specific Funding Opportunities
External Funding
Bausch and Lomb: Investigator – Initiated Studies + Educational Grants Application Deadline: Continuous For: Junior Faculty; Faculty Amount: Varies |
Teleflex: Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS) Grants Program Application Deadline: Continuous For: Junior Faculty; Faculty Amount: Varies |
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Roshen N. Irani Research Grant Application Deadline: March 03, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Up to $20,000 |
Rising Tide Foundation: Clinical Cancer Research Grant Letter of Intent: March 09, 2026; June 22, 2026; November 23, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: $100,000 |
Lung Cancer Research Foundation: Lung Cancer Research Foundation Leading Edge Research Grant Program Letter of Intent: March 10, 2026 Application Deadline: June 02, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $150,000 |
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Career Development Award Application Deadline: March 15, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $150,000 ($75,000 for 2 years) |
Prostate Cancer Foundation: 2026 Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Awards Application Deadline: March 16, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $1,000,000 |
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Special Emphasis Limited Project Grant: Colorectal Surgery and Health Equity Application Deadline: March 16, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $20,000 |
MTF Biologics: Innovation in Allografts Translational Grants Letter of Intent: March 23, 2026 Application Deadline: June 15, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $225,000 |
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance: Health Equity Research Grant Letter of Intent: March 25, 2026 Application Deadline: June 10, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $200,000 |
Teleflex: Teleflex Supports Independent Investigator Initiated Studies Application Deadlines: March 28, 2026; June 27, 2026; September 26, 2026; December 19, 2026 For: Junior Faculty Amount: Varies |
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract: Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Career Development Award Application Deadline: March 31, 2026 For: Junior Faculty Amount: up to $75,000 |
Breast Cancer Alliance: Breast Cancer Alliance – Exceptional Project Grants (XP) Application Deadline: March 31, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: $100,00 |
Children’s Cancer Research Fund: Healthy After Cancer: Childhood Cancer Survivorship Award Letter of Intent: April 24, 2026 Application Deadline: August 10, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $125,000 |
Children’s Cancer Research Fund: Eliminating Disparities in Childhood Cancers Award Letter of Intent: April 24, 2026 Application Deadline: August 10, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $125,000 |
Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Tactile Medical Cancer Rehabilitation Research Grant Application Deadline: May 01, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Up to $10,000 |
National Institutes of Health: Mentored Patient- Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Required) Application Deadlines: June 12, 2026; October 12, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Mentored Patient- Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trail Not Allowed) Application Deadlines: June 12, 2026; October 12, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R34 Clinical Trail Required) Application Deadlines: June 16, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: The NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 18, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
Orthopaedic Trauma Association: Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Member Full Research Grant Application Deadline: July 01, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Up to $80,000 |
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Research Grant Letter of Intent: September 16, 2026 Application Deadline: December 02, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $30,000 |
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