Grants

Organization	Name Deadline # avail.	Objective	Eligibility Criteria	Funding/yr ($1000)	Duration Comments
American Heart Association	AHA Fellow to Faculty Transition # variable Due- January	For- physician scientist with outstanding potential for career in cardiovascular and stroke research. To support the crucial period of career development spanning the completions of research training throughout the early years of the first faculty/staff position.	MD, MD/Ph.D., DO or equivalent Additional research training under the supervision of a sponsor/ mentor prior to embarking on a career of independent research	See Comments	5 years - 1-3 year of research training at $65000; years of first faculty/staff appointment at $132,00
American Society of Transplantation	AST Basic Science Fellowship Grant # 3 Due- November	For- basic science research careers in transplantation medicine/immunobiology.	AST Member in good standing as sponsor. Less than or equal to two years fellow in the area of transplantation immunobiology	35	2 years
American Society of Transplantation (AST)	AST Clinical Science Fellowship Grant # 2 Due- November	For- clinical research careers in transplantation medicine	Must be a clinical research project with patients.	35	2 years
AST/Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation	AST/JDRF Special Fellowship Due- May	For- Careers in transplantation geard at understanding and treatment of transplantation in patients with diabetes mellitus (islet cell transplantation, autoimmunity, etc.)	Research project must involve diabetes Same as AST Basic/Clinical Fellowship	35	2 years
Geisinger Health Post Doctoral Fellow (KHRI)	Geisinger Kidney Health Research Institute contact Christina Yule cmyule@geisinger.edu	Training position provides opportunity for growth and development under the supervision of KHRI Investigator.Start Date is July 2018	MD or PhD or both. Prior Nephrology Training is desirable	40-50K per year.	2 years
Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation	PKDF Fellowship # variable Not accepting applications	To support studies that will directly impact the understanding of the mechanisms of the disease and/or the clinical care of individuals with PKD.	Cannot hold faculty appointment Ph.D. or MD	40	1-3 years
American Kidney Fund	AKF Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship Due- November	To support scholarship in the provision of kidney patient by conducting outcomes research and receiving advanced training in related essential skills.	MD, MD/PhD In the first or second year of nephrology fellowship U.S. citizen or permanent resident	80	2 years - $80000 per year
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	RWJF Clinical Scholar Program Fellowship # 25 Due- February	To integrate scholars’ clinical expertise with training in program development and research methods to find solutions for challenges posed by the U.S. health care system and the health of U.S. communities	MD, MD/PhD U.S. citizen or permanent resident Intend to complete residency by date of entry into the program Training currently limited to UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and Yale Not limited to nephrology	59.5	2 years - $59,500 the first year with an increase in the second year