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Funding Opportunities and Career Development Resources for Early-Career EM Researchers
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Funding Opportunities
Current Opportunities
Opportunities include K08, K23, and K02 grants. NIH K deadlines are February 12, June 12, and October 12 every year.
Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant for All Program
Supports early career scientists to develop preliminary or pilot data. Projects can focus on any area of Alzheimer’s and related dementia research. Provides $200k over 3 years. Deadline is Sept 4, 2025.
American Brain Foundation Next Generation Research Grants
Supports innovative investigations by early-career researchers in specific areas such as stroke, epilepsy, cognitive aging, etc. Applications are due Sept 9, 2025.
Supports proposals for quality improvement initiatives that will promote the safe management of patients diagnosed with migraine in the emergency department setting. Provides $200k over 2 years. Deadline is Sept 29, 2025.
Supports early career researchers. Scope includes emergency medicine, critical care, trauma, cardiovascular health, pulmonary health, neuroscience, and translational research. Provides between $25k-100k. Deadlines are March 31 and September 30 every year.
Laerdal Foundation Project Support
Supports research projects advancing resuscitation and trauma. Provides up to $50k over 12-18 months. Deadlines are April 1 and October 1 every year.
McKnight Foundation Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award
Supports basic research projects related to human brain disorders, proposals that incorporate new approaches and that provide potential paths for therapeutic interventions. Provides $300k over 3 years. Deadline is Oct 15, 2025.
McKnight Foundation Scholar Awards
Supports early career scientists establishing an independent laboratory. Goal is to solve significant problems in neuroscience, which may include the translation of basic research to clinical practice. Provides $225k over 3 years. Deadline is Dec 1, 2025.
American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award
Supports early career researchers to explore innovative questions or pilot studies to obtain preliminary data and training. Provides $231k over 3 years. Applications are due December 2, 2025.
American Heart Association Innovative Project Award
Supports highly innovative, high-impact research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements in cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research. Provides $200k over 2 years. Deadline is Dec 10, 2025.
Upcoming Opportunities
Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) funding
Deadlines have passed for 2025 opportunities. New grant opportunities will be released in September 2025.
National Foundation for Emergency Medicine Scholar/Mentor Program
The 2025 deadline passed on March 14. Open to junior EM faculty in their 5th year or earlier. Provides $30k for 2 years.
Doctors Company Foundation Grants Program
The 2025 deadline for LOIs passed on March 19. Supports patient safety research and innovative projects that develop knowledge, techniques, and tools to reduce or eliminate risk of adverse events.
ABEM Emergency Medicine Fellowship
The 2025 deadline for nominations passed on June 3. Provides 10-20% salary support over 2 years for non-tenured EM faculty interested in evidence-based healthcare or public health studies.
Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation Grants Program
The 2025 deadline passed on July 1. Supports innovative research and fellowships that improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury and disease. Grants are for $150k-200k.
Brain Injury Association of America Seed Grants
The 2025 deadline for LOIs passed on July 1. Supports new investigators with a mentor to prepare for larger funding, or helps experienced PI supplement existing project. Provides $25k over 2 years.
The 2025 deadline for various mechanisms passed on Aug 1. SAEMF grants range from pilot grants ($5k - $25k) to larger research and training grants ($100k - $300k).
Blueprint MedTech Incubator Hub
The 2025 deadline for pre-proposals passed on Aug 7. Supports projects to develop emerging technologies into commercially viable, clinically focused solutions for disorders of the nervous system. Includes Sprinter Awards ($100k over 20 weeks for de-risking) and Optimizer Awards ($1.2M for 1 year).
DoD Spinal Cord Injury Research Program
This program does not have funding for 2025.
DoD TBI and Psychological Health Research Program
This program does not have funding for 2025.
Neuro-EM Video Presentations
Neuro-EM Webinar Slide Decks
Related Webinars & Trainings
NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course: 2025 Webinars & Recorded Webinars
Research Opportunities
E-QUAL is a free learning collaborative that EDs participate in. E-QUAL data is available for analysis, including data on ED resourcing, staffing and capabilities, and de-identified patient charts for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and data from hospitals that participate in the Get With The Guideline program.
NHLBI provides data repositories from its clinical and epidemiological studies, biologic specimens, and a database for genotypes and phenotypes.
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Originally presented on September 4, 2025. This Neuro-EM webinar was led by Dr. Roger Lewis, who discussed common statistical issues to avoid in grant applications and manuscripts. Dr. Lewis is an expert in clinical research methodology, including adaptive and Bayesian trial design, and he participates in the design and analysis of numerous laboratory, clinical, and health services research studies.
Originally presented on September 4, 2025. This Neuro-EM webinar was led by Dr. Roger Lewis, who discussed common statistical issues to avoid in grant applications and manuscripts. Dr. Lewis is an expert in clinical research methodology, including adaptive and Bayesian trial design, and he participates in the design and analysis of numerous laboratory, clinical, and health services research studies.