Funding Opportunities

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: Program impacts the research career development of the next generation of rare diseases researchers focusing on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease, neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, and neonatal enterovirus (EV) and parechovirus (HPeV) sepsis.

Sponsor: Congenital and Perinatal Infections Consortium (CPIC)

Eligibility Criteria: Open to interested fellows and early-stage faculty.

Application Due Date: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Term: One - Two Years

Opportunity Type: Pilot Grants and Other Requests for Applications

Goal: The award is intended to support translational and clinical research involving vaccine development and/or pathogenesis or host-pathogen interaction moves the field towards the development of new vaccines and therapeutics. Studies of new uses of existing vaccines (e.g., use in a special population) may also be considered; however, preference will be made for studies that advance new knowledge, new insights into vaccine and immunotherapeutic development, pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. Research proposals that focus principally on disease surveillance or vaccine attitudes/hesitancy are unlikely to be funded.

Sponsor: Pichichero Family Foundation

Eligibility Criteria: Pediatric infectious diseases physicians and scientists (MD and/or PhD) are encouraged to apply. All applicants must be members of PIDS. Established investigators should provide evidence for how the proposed work represents a new direction that is not currently or previously funded.

Application Due Date: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Term: 2 years

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: RAPID Scholar Awards Home / Programs & Awards / Research Funding Programs / RAPID Scholar Awards RAPID’s Scholar Awards awards target applicants (junior faculty and fellows in their last year of fellowship) who identify as underrepresented in medicine (UIM), or disabled.

Sponsor: Academic Pediatric Association

Eligibility Criteria: If applying for the NIDDK pathway, confirm that both the principal investigator and his/her chosen mentor(s) are current members of the Academic Pediatric Association; if applying for the PIDS pathway, confirm that both the principal investigator and his/her chosen mentor(s) are current members of PIDS. Applicants must identify as underrepresented in medicine (UIM), or disabled, who are committed to a career in academic general pediatrics. Proposals are welcome from those who are: fellows in the last year of fellowship, faculty members no more than 5 years out from completion of all training (fellowship or post-doc). Previous RAPID Scholars and YIA recipients are not eligible to apply.

Application Due Date: 2024-11-01

Term: 1 Year

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The APA Collaborative Research Network Young Investigator Award (APA-CRN YIA) provides support to young investigators who propose a study to be implemented within at least one of the three APA research networks: BORN, CORNET, and PRIS.

Sponsor: Academic Pediatric Association

Eligibility Criteria: The principal investigator and his/or chosen mentor(s) of each submitted proposal must be members of the Academic Pediatric Association.

Application Due Date: 2024-10-01

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The APA YIA Funding Path supports projects in health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospital medicine, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, and other general pediatric clinical research domains. The YIA Program is particularly interested in proposals that address health equity.

Sponsor: Academic Pediatric Association

Eligibility Criteria: The young investigator and his/her/their chosen mentor(s) must be members of the Academic Pediatric Association.

Application Due Date: 2024-10-01

Term: Annual

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The National CMV Foundation is pleased to fund innovative research related to maternal or congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections.

Sponsor: National CMV Foundation

Eligibility Criteria: Priority will be given to early career researchers including mentored pre- and post-doctoral trainees or junior faculty members who have not been a principal investigator (PI) on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant. Trainee applicants must provide a letter of support and a mentoring plan from the Mentor. Mid-career researchers may be considered if congenital CMV is a new area for their research. Applications will be accepted from researchers in the United States and Canada.

Application Due Date: 2024-07-31

Term: 12 or 24 months, non-renewable

Opportunity Type: Pilot Grants and Other Requests for Applications

Goal: The goal of this training award is to support the development of future researchers in pediatric antimicrobial stewardship by providing mentorship to complete a scholarly research project in a timely manner during clinical or research training. Applicants may propose a research study that focuses on any aspect of antimicrobial stewardship. The project should be able to be completed in one year. Projects spanning more than one year will be considered if a portion of the project that answers a specific research question can be completed within the year timeframe.

Sponsor: ediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and Pediatric Committee on Antimicrobial Stewardship (PCAS)

Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must be enrolled in a training program, which can encompass any number of disciplines, such as medical residency or fellowship, pharmacy residency, or graduate education. Interested applicants from fields or programs not specified above are encouraged to contact PIDS to discuss eligibility at pids@idsociety.org. Applicants must join PIDS prior to application.

Application Due Date: 2024-06-21

Term: 1 Year

Opportunity Type: Pilot Grants and Other Requests for Applications

Goal: Projects to eliminate the disease burden associated with rare pediatric viral diseases focusing on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease, neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, and neonatal enterovirus (EV) and human parechovirus (HPeV) sepsis.

Sponsor: Congenital and Perinatal Infections Consortium (CPIC)

Eligibility Criteria: This program is primarily intended to support full-time faculty who are early-stage investigators (see NIH definition). Faculty with previous or active K-awards are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Past CPIC pilot applicants are also encouraged, but subsequent applications should be “new” submissions. Postdoctoral fellows are eligible if a faculty appointment will be made on or before September 1, 2024. If this is the case, the applicant must include a letter from their Department Chair confirming their status. Applications will also be accepted from established investigators with a previous history of funding with justification of eligibility. Established investigators are eligible if the proposed research represents a major shift from his/her scientific portfolio to date. By providing an Eligibility Statement within the Pre-Application, established PIs have the opportunity to comment on how the proposed aims represent a major shift in science.

Letter of Intent Due Date: 2024-04-15

Application Due Date: 2024-06-05

Term: One Year

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The goal of these programs is to foster the academic career development of physicians in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Applicants are encouraged to pursue opportunities to conduct cutting-edge clinical, translational, and basic science research in fields such as public health, epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, health disparities, infection control, outcomes research, pharmacokinetics, pathophysiology, molecular pathogenesis, vaccine development, and other fields relevant to Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Sponsor: Stanley and Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur

Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must possess a MD, MD/PhD, DO or equivalent and be a first or secondyear fellow in a Pediatric Infectious Diseases program in North America at the time of application. During the fellowship award period, the applicant is expected to devote the majority of effort (approximately 75%) conducting the research project under the direct supervision of a mentor. The primary or co-mentor must be a current PIDS member.

Application Due Date: 2024-04-01

Term: Total costs per year for 2 years

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The goal of these programs is to foster the academic career development of physicians in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Applicants are encouraged to pursue opportunities to conduct cutting-edge clinical, translational, and basic science research in fields such as public health, epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, health disparities, infection control, outcomes research, pharmacokinetics, pathophysiology, molecular pathogenesis, vaccine development, and other fields relevant to Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Sponsor: Stanley and Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur

Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must possess an MD or an MD/PhD or equivalent and be a first-year fellow in an accredited pediatric infectious diseases fellowship training program in North America. During the fellowship award period (July 1, 2024-2-June 20, 2027), the applicant is expected to devote the majority of effort conducting the research project under the direct supervision of a mentor –approximately 75% during the first year of support, increasing to approximately 90% during the subsequent 2 years.

Application Due Date: 2024-04-01

Term: 3 years

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The award is intended to support scholarship in pediatric infectious diseases broadly, including basic science, translational, clinical, epidemiology, and quality improvement research. Given the brevity of the summer research experience, focused studies or well-defined contributions to larger research projects will be most successful.

Sponsor: Sanofi Pasteur

Eligibility Criteria: Eligible research involving: basic science, translational, clinical, epidemiology, quality improvement

Application Due Date: 2024-03-25

Term: Summer

Opportunity Type: Education and Career Development

Goal: The PIDS Foundation has created an International Medical Graduate (IMG) Early Career Development Award designed to provide bridge financial support to IMGs as they transition from fellow to faculty.

Sponsor: PIDS Foundation

Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must possess a MD, MD/PhD, DO or equivalent from a non-U.S. medical school. At the time of application, candidates may: be in the final year of a pediatric ID fellowship, have completed an ID fellowship, and are in the final year of a general pediatric residency program, be within the first 2 years of their first appointment in pediatric infectious diseases after training completion. Current fellows and residents should have a planned primary appointment (accepted job offer) in pediatric infectious diseases. Applicants must be a current PIDS member at the time of application.

Application Due Date: 2024-01-15

Term: 1 Year