Surgery-Specific Funding Opportunities
External Funding
Nation Institutes of Health: Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Grant Program (R01 Clinical Trial Required) Application Deadline: June 05, 2025; October 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty, Faculty Amount: Varies |
The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF): Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF) Research Grant Application Deadline: May 04, 2025 For: Junior Faculty, Faculty Amount: up to $75,000 |
Nation Institutes of Health (NIA): Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): U.S. Health in the International Perspective Application Deadline: Varies For: Junior Faculty, Faculty Amount: Varies |
ZOLL Foundation: Early-Stage Research Grant Application Deadline: September 30, 2025 For: Junior Faculty Amount: No Information |
Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Foundation (OTCF): Research Grants Application Deadline: April 15, 2025 For: Senior Faculty Amount: up to $50,000 |
Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Tactile Medical Cancer Rehabilitation Research Grant Application Deadline: May 01, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: $10,000 |
yNational Institutes of Health: Notice of Special Interest in Research on Family Support and Rejection in the Health and Well-Being of SGM Populations Application Deadline: Varies For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 16, 2025; October 16, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Cancer Institute: Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk after Bariatric Surgery (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Letter of Intent: Due 30 days prior to the application date Application Deadline: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities (R01 – Clinical Trials Optional) Application Deadline: June 05, 2025; October 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025; October 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Modular R01s in Cancer Control and Population Sciences (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025; October 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Cancer Institute: Intervention to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01 – Clinical Trials Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Systems-Based Approaches to Improve Patient Safety by Improving Healthcare Worker Safety and Well-Being (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Letter of Intent Deadline: 30 days prior to the application due date Application Deadlines: June 5, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: up to $500,000 |
National Institute of Health: Understanding the Impact of Healthcare System and Clinician Factors on Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 5, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty, Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Institute’s Investigator – Initiated Early Phase Clinical Trials for Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (R01 Clinical TrialTrial Required) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Trial Grant Program (R01 Clinical Trial Required) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Cancer Institute: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Letter of Intent Deadline: 30 days prior to application date Application Deadline: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Research with Activities Related to Diversity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Interventions to expand cancer screening and preventive services to ADVANCE health in populations that experience health disparities (R01, Clinical Trial Required) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Imaging, Biomarkers and Digital Pathomics for the Early Detection of Premetastatic Cancer and Precancerous Lesions Associated with Lethal Phenotypes (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial not Allowed) Application Deadlines: June 16, 2025; October 16, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies, application budgets are limited to $50,000 per year |
National Institutes of Health: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Deadlines: June 16, 2025; October 16, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: June 17, 2025; October 20, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Preventive Interventions to Address Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Populations that Experience Health Disparities Application Deadline: September 08, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on Addressing Violence to Improve Health Outcomes Application Deadline: October 05, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Academic-Industrial Partnerships (AIP) to Translate and Validate In Vivo Imaging Systems (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadlines: October 05, 2025; February 05, 2026 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Application Deadline: October 21, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
National Institutes of Health: Notice of Special Interest: Pragmatic Trials in Low Resource Settings Application Deadline: November 18, 2025 For: Junior Faculty & Faculty Amount: Varies |
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