Funder: American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Due Dates: April 15, 2027, 11:59 PM ET (Full application) | June 2, 2027 (Decision notices, approximate)
Funding Amounts: $25,000 for a 12-month project, August 31, 2027–August 31, 2028
Summary: Supports investigator-initiated global health research concepts intended to lead to longer-term NIH or equivalent funding.
Key Information: Applicants must be current AAPM members and cannot have received a prior grant greater than $50,000 as principal investigator.
Description
The AAPM Global Health Research Seed Funding Grant helps investigators develop promising global health research concepts into projects positioned for longer-term NIH or equivalent funding. Sponsored by the AAPM International Council through the AAPM Education & Research Fund, it supports investigator-initiated work addressing global health needs, including those in resource-limited settings.
Research examples include telemedicine and remote radiotherapy planning, AI-supported cancer prediction, low-cost diagnostic and treatment technologies, and enhancement or dissemination of open-source tools and global clinical trial data. Priorities include emerging medical physics fields, such as radiopharmaceutical therapies, extending beyond radiology and radiation oncology, and computational physics integrating AI, machine learning, or digital twins. Global health education projects are eligible when they include strong research components.
