AHA Career Development Award
Three-year career development funding for healthcare and academic professionals in the early years of a first professional appointment, explicitly covering population research science as well as basic and clinical science. The population-science lane is where cardiovascular caregiving, behavioral and disparities research by social work faculty fits.
- Indicative award
- up to $231k (total award)Awardees receive $231,000 over a three-year period, covering salary, fringe benefits and project costs. Additional collaboration money is designated within the award through the California Walnut Commission and the VIVA Physician Research Award. No published minimum.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · DecPublished deadline: 2026-12-01 — 109 days awayAnnual cycle. 2027 award: RFP posted April 28, 2026; ProposalCentral opens Oct. 1, 2026; proposals due Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2026 by 3 p.m. CT; notification March 2027; award start April 1, 2027.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty
- Eligibility
- Applicant must hold an MD, PhD, DO, DVM or DDS and be in the first years of a first professional appointment. Awardees receive salary, fringe benefits and project costs. AHA institutional and citizenship restrictions are set out in the downloadable Request for Proposals and Application Resources pages rather than on the award page itself.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- cardiovascular disease · stroke · population science · career development · brain health
- Apply at
- https://professional.heart.org/en/research-programs/aha-funding-opportunities/career-development-award
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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