Research funding
Health
2,600+ open programsCatalog updated
Health is the largest block of funding in this catalog by a wide margin. It covers biomedical research, clinical specialties, disease-specific programs, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and allied health.
The funders divide into three recognizable groups. Disease foundations fund one condition and review a small pool: the American Cancer Society, the Parkinson's Foundation, the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, the Dermatology Foundation. Specialty societies fund their own members, including the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Foundation, the Rheumatology Research Foundation and the SIR Foundation. Then there are the broad biomedical foundations that fund across conditions.
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Research projects are the largest category here, unlike most discipline hubs where awards and fellowships dominate. The median award is $25,000 and about a third carry a dated deadline.
The strategy that works is narrowing rather than broadening. A general biomedical competition draws hundreds of applications; a foundation devoted to one condition or one specialty may draw a few dozen. Read down the list rather than stopping at the recognizable names.
Open programs 2,600+
2026 Strategies Towards Improving the Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation, with support from AstraZeneca, will provide at least one $500,000 award over three years for research developing strategies to improve treatment and outcomes for small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
- Deadline
- Amount
- $500,000
Arkansas INBRE Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP) — FY2027 Faculty Mentored Research: Research and Pilot Project Awards
Arkansas INBRE’s Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP) Faculty Mentored Research Program for FY2027 funds biomedical research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) through Pilot Projects (up to $50,000 direct for 12 months) and Research Projects (up to two years, up to $125,000 direct per year) to strengthen PUI research capacity and student involvement.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $125,000
ASH Latin American Training Program (LATP)
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) funds the Latin American Training Program (LATP), which supports 12-week, regionally prioritized training placements to build clinical and laboratory hematology capacity across Latin America.
- Deadline
- Amount
- Not listed
These are the soonest deadlines of 2,600+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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