Grants

Help Finding and Applying for Grants

• Create a Pitt-sponsored, free PIVOT account and search for grants AND calls for papers and abstracts
• OORHS - assistance for University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences faculty - facilitation of winning grants 

Funding Opportunities

• ASE/APDS Collaborative Grant
• AWS Foundation Fellowship Grant
• ACIE (Pitt)
• Beckwith Institute (UPMC) 
• Bridge Funding (for University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Faculty)
• CESERT
• Clinical and Tranlational Science Institute (CTSI)
• Stemmler Fund
• Sources of Funding for Medical Education Research 
  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) 
  • Aetna Foundation
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants On-Line Database
  • The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
    • The Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) (no funding currently offered)
    • The Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA)
    • The Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA)
    • The Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA)
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
  • Center of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
  • The College of Family Physicians in Canada (CFPC)
  • The US Department of Defense
  • The Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
  • Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
  • Gold Foundation: Picker Gold Challenge Grants
  • GrantsNet Search Engine
  • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  • HRSA - U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Indiana University Research Gateway
  • Institute of Education Sciences (US Dept. of Education)
  • Institute on Medicine as a Profession 
  • International Education Research Foundation (IERF) 
  • Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation 
  • McGill Center for Medical Education Grant Opportunities 
  • The Max Bell Foundation
  • The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) 
  • The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) 
  • The Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation 
  • The National Institutes of Health 
  • The National Science Foundation 
  • The National Board of Medical Education (NBME) Stemmler Fund 
  • The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 
  • The PEW Charitable Trust 
  • The Physicians Services Incorporated Foundation (PSI) 
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 
  • The Rockefeller Foundation 
  • The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  • The SickKids Foundation 
  • The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 
  • The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) 
  • The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 
  • The Spencer Foundation 
  • The W. K. Kellogg Foundation
  • INDUSTRY-RELATED (mostly skills-based; availability depends on company finances)
    • Gaumard 
    • Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 
    • METI 
    • Simbionix 
  • INDUSTRY-RELATED (mostly disease-based; availability depends on company finances)
    • Amylin 
    • Astra-Zeneca
    • Boehringer Ingelheim 
    • Celgene 
    • Genentech 
    • Novartis 
    • Pfizer 
    • Sanofi-aventis