Guides: Grants & Funding for Educators and Researchers: Extramural Funding

Agencies & Foundations

American Cancer Society
The Society's Research Program is composed of two main umbrellas: Extramural Grants and Intramural Research. Intramural Research is comprised of six programs: Epidemiology, Surveillance Research, Health Services Research, International Tobacco Control Research, the Behavioral Research Center (BRC), and the Statistics and Evaluation Center (SEC).
American Heart Association
Research grants and fellowships are offered in summer and winter. A grant is an award of funds to cover the expenses necessary to conduct research. A fellowship is an award to support an individual who intends to pursue a scientific research career.
Amgen Foundation
Clinton Global Initiative
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
The foundation supports programs designed to improve the education of health professionals in the interest of health of the public.
Kellogg Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rockfeller Foundation
Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund
The goal of the Stemmler Fund is to provide support for research or development of innovative assessment approaches that will enhance the evaluation of those preparing to, or continuing to, practice medicine.
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Grants
Requests for Applications (RFAs) are issued in April for research grants and September for training grants.
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
Leaders of the major professional organizations in Orthopedics established OREF as a means of supporting research and education toward building the scientific base of clinical practice.

Government Funding

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Requests for Applications (RFAs) are issued to invite grant applications in a well-defined scientific area to stimulate activity in AHRQ programmatic research priority areas.

Industry Funding

Be sure to check out the information listed in "Mayo Clinic Policies"

Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific supports third-party medical research and educational conferences through their divisional research and educational grant programs.
Cardinal Health
GlaxoSmithKline
Starting in 2010, GSK is focusing its independent continuing medical education (CME) funding exclusively on initiatives that are designed to close healthcare professional performance gaps and improve patient health.
Medtronic
Merck
Pfizer
Shire Pharmaceutical
Abbott
The Abbott Grant Committee funds and supports educational and charitable endeavors that promote scientific knowledge, medical advancement, effective health care delivery, and patient education in the areas of cardiovascular health and disease as part of the continuum of therapies for cardiac arrhythmia, heart failure, and other related topics.
Janssen
Janssen strives to support research that increases knowledge, practice, and performance for healthcare providers, as well as improved outcomes for patients. They provide grants for the study of HIV/AIDS care and therapy, as well as several other medical areas of interest.