| Funding Landscape and New Limited Submission Opportunities for the Week of April 13, 2026 | Click here to share this information with department heads and eligible faculty. | | Funding Landscape
The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science invite applications from early-career immigrant scientists.
The 2027 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science provides $50,000 to three early-career immigrant scientists who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in biomedical research. Eligible applicants must be 38 or younger, have lived in the U.S. for at least four years, hold a doctoral degree and a full-time tenure-track position, and have a strong publication record. Deadline: May 4, 2026.
Pfizer Research Grant invites Investigator-Sponsored Research (ISR) for medical knowledge development.
Pfizer offers research grants to support studies that advance medical and scientific knowledge. ISR grants fund independent pre-clinical and clinical studies involving a Pfizer drug or compound. Pfizer also supports general research projects that do not involve a Pfizer product, including studies in health services, outcomes, registries, and epidemiology. Spring and Fall Deadlines: April 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026. | | | New Limited Submission Opportunities | | Description: The purpose of this Request for Proposal is to solicit applications that will enable the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to select the most qualified applicants to conduct opioid abatement strategies. Applicants may apply to provide any service allowed by Iowa law, that is supported and referenced in the menu of approved opioid abatement strategies and uses, outlined in the national opioid settlements Exhibit E. List of Opioid Remediation Uses.
| Description: The objective of the SIA is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and significant publications in high impact journals.
| | | Reminder Limited Submission Opportunities | | Description: The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level.
Eligibility: Assistant Professors
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Sponsor Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | Description: The Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. In line with The Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust’s mission to invest in innovative, cutting-edge cancer research that may accelerate and advance progress toward a cure for cancer, applications are invited from nominees conducting cancer research. This program is distinct from the Pew Scholars Program, and it follows a different, but parallel set of guidelines and procedures for nominating an applicant whose research is related to cancer.
Eligibility: Assistant Professors
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Sponsor Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | | Description: TechAccess: AI-Ready America is a national-scale initiative to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness and adoption across the U.S. by strengthening coordination, leveraging partnerships and resources, filling gaps, and scaling what works — so local and state priorities can lead in shaping an AI-driven economy that benefits all Americans.
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