Grant Opportunities and Resident Awards

Organization Grant Name Amount Deadline
Academy Health

Reinhardt Distinguished Career Award

Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Publication-of the-Year Award

Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award

 

August 2026

September 2026

October 2026

November 2026

December 2026

American Society of
Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)

Resident/Trainee Grants

Fellowship Grants

Varies

Varies

January 2027

February 2027

The American Association for
Cancer Research (AACR)
Multiple Varies Varies
The American Association of
Endocrine Surgeons (AAES)
Various Awards Varies Varies
American Association of
Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)

AAPS / EURAPS 2023 Academic Scholar Award

Research Fellowships

PSF Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment
and Retention Grant

Clinical Research Leaders Scholarship

Graduate Research Scholarship

$30,000 per year (2 years)

Up to $50,000 (1 year)

Up to $10,000 (1 year)

$2,500

$25,000

November 2027

November 2027

Varies

 

 

The Association for
Academic Surgery (AAS)

AAS/AASF Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award

AAS/AASF Trainee Research Fellowship Awards

Joel J. Roslyn Faculty Research Award

$50,000 (1 year)

$30,000 (1 year)

$50,000 (1 year)

August/September 2026

August/September 2026

August/September 2026

The American College
of Surgeons (ACS)

ACS/American Foundation for Surgery of the
Hand Research Career Development Award

ACS Faculty Research Fellowships

Health Policy Scholarships

ACS Resident Research Scholarships

$80,000 per year
(five years)

$40,000 per year
(2 years)

Varies

$30,000 per year
(2 years)
 

TBD

December 1 (annual)

March 15 (annual)

August/September 2026

The American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary
Association (AHPBA)
AHPBA Research Grant $30,000 (1 year) December 2026
American Pancreatic Association (APA)

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award

PanCAN Cancer Informatics & Data Science Research Fellowship

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Fellowship,
funded by the Francois Wallace Monahan Fund

$125,000 per year
(2 years)

Varies

$125,000 per year
(2 years)

TBD
 

TBD
 

TBD

The American Surgical Association (ASA)

American Surgical Association
Foundation Fellowship

American Surgical Association
Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant

$75,000 per year
(2 years)

$10,000 (1 year)

June 15, 2026

 

September 2026

Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) Resident Research Award $25,000  (1 year) December 2026
The Pancreas Club

Nikki Mitchell Foundation Seed Grant

Nikki Mitchell Foundation Promising Women
in Pancreas Cancer Research Award

John Howard and Franco Mosca Research Award

Pancreas Club Award

PanCan Research Award

Nikki Mitchell Foundation Award

$20,000

-
 

-

Varies

-

-

April 1, 2026

TBD
 

-

-

-

-

The Society of American
Gastrointestinal and
Endoscopic Surgeons
(SAGES)

SAGES Research Grants
 

Intuitive Surgical Robotic Surgery Grants
 

 

SAGES Career Development Award
 

Medical Student Summer Research Award

$30,000 (1 year)
 

$50,000 (1 Year)
 

$60,000 (1 Year)
 

$2,000 (1 Summer)

Applications Open
Summer 2026

Applications Open
Summer 2026

Applications Open
Summer 2027

Applications Open
Summer 2027

The Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) SSO Clinical Investigator Awards (CIAs) $50,000 per year
(2 years)
November 2026
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) NIH T32 Vascular Research Training Grants Varies Varies
The Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

SUS Resident Research Scholar Award

SUS-Karl Storz Resident Award

SUS Foundation Junior Faculty

Junior Faculty Award for Underrepresented Minorities (Yang Award)

$30,000 (1 year)

$30,000 (1 year)

$30,000 (1 year)

$30,000 (1 year)

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

NRSA (F32) Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual
National Research Service Award
1 -3 years April 8, August 8, December 8 Through 2028