External Funding Opportunities

Explore current external funding programs, featured request for proposals and available grant sources.

Featured Request for Proposals

Current External RFPs

AMA Community Health Impact Lab Micro Grants

The American Medical Association (AMA) has launched the Community Health Impact Lab Micro Grants Program to support physician-led, community-based initiatives that improve health outcomes.

ARPA-H ADVOCATE Program

ADVOCATE seeks leaders in the tech sector, academia, non-profit organizations, and small businesses to overcome the technical, regulatory, and market barriers holding back innovation in clinical agentic AI.

Heart Transplantation Research Network

The Heart Transplantation Research Network will bring together a collaborative team of clinician investigators committed to transforming care for heart transplant patients. Through shared research and innovation, this network aims to develop advanced management strategies for patients undergoing heart transplantation.

Funder Profiles & Program Overviews

Sourced from the NAVREF Funder Opportunity Report: JULY 2025, this page is intended to highlight non-traditional sources of nonprofit/research funding.

This issue focuses on education and investigator-initiated grants from Pharma/MedTech companies.

External Funding Opportunities

Abbvie

Areas of Interest: Infectious Disease, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Therapeutic neurotoxins, GI diseases, Womens Health

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Amgen

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Inflammatory Diseases, General Medicine, Rare Diseases

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

AstraZeneca

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, Respiratory & Immunology

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

AVEO Oncology

Areas of Interest: Oncology, GI, GU, lung, ovarian, head and neck cancers

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Bayer

Areas of Interest: cardiovascular disease, pulmonary hypertension, hematology, oncology, women's healthcare

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Beigene

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Hematology, Immuno-Oncology

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Boehringer Ingelheim

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Disease, Ophthalmology, Mental Health

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Bristol Myers Squibb

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Hematology, Immunology, Cardiovascular Disease, Neuroscience

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Genentech

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Disease, Renal Disease, Immunology, Infectious Disease

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Gilead

Areas of Interest: Oncology, HIV, Liver Disease, Respiratory Disease, Inflammatory Disease

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

GlaxoSmithKline

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Respiratory Disease, Immunology, Inflammatory Disease, Infectious Disease, HIV, General Medicine

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Incyte

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Graft-versus-host Disease, Dermatology, Inflammatory Disease, Autoimmune Disease

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Johnson & Johnson

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Cardiopulmonary disease, Ophthalmology, Infectious Diseases and Vaccines

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Lilly

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Diabetes, Immunology, Pain, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s Disease, Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Merck

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Infectious Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Immunology, Neurology, Ophthalmology

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Novartis

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Cardiovascular disease, Metabolic Disease, Neurology, Renal Disease, Gene Therapy, CAR-T Cell Therapy, Radioligand Therapy

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

NovoNordisk

Areas of Interest: Diabetes, Obesity, Growth Disorders, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell Disease, MASH, Cardiovascular Disease, Alzheimer's Disease

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Pfizer

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Immunology, Vaccines, Rare Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Disease, Hematology

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Recordati

Areas of Interest: Cardiovascular Disease, Urology, Uro-Oncology, Gastroenterology, Cough & Cold, Rare Diseases

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Regeneron

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Hematology, Ophthalmology, Allergic and Inflammatory Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Disease, Neuroscience, Rare Diseases, Gene Editing and Genetic Medicines

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Roche

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Cardiometabolic Diseases, Diabetes, Hematology, Infectious Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kidney Disease, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Respiratory Disease, Women's Health

Education Grants‍ ‍• Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Sanofi

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Immunology and Inflammation, Rare Diseases, Rare Blood Disorders, Neurology, Vaccines, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease

Education Grants‍‍ • ‍Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Siemens

Areas of Interest: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Imaging, Laboratory Diagnostics, Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology, Image-Guided Therapy, Precision Medicine, Theranostics, Diabetes, Infectious Disease, Reproductive Endocrinology

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Smith + Nephew

Areas of Interest: Advanced Wound Management, Hip and Knee Implants, Soft Tissue Repair and Removal

Education and Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Sobi

Areas of Interest: Hematology, Immunology, RSV

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Takeda

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Gastrointestinal Disease, Inflammatory Disease, Rare Diseases, Plasma-Derived Therapies, Neuroscience, Vaccines, Dermatology

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Teva

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Pain, Migraine and Headache, Movement and Degenerative Disorders

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Varian

Areas of Interest: Radiotherapy, Advanced Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Cardiac Radioablation, AI Detection for Treatment Errors

Education Grants • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Vertex

Areas of Interest: Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Disease, APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease, Type 1 Diabetes, Pain

Education and Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

Viatris

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Cardiovascular Disease, CNS and Anesthesia, Dermatology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Eye Care, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Respiratory and Allergy

Education and Investigator-Initiated Research Grants