2026 Global Health Research Seed Funding Grant
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2026 Global Health Research Seed Funding Grant supports investigators developing global health research concepts in medical physics, helping build a foundation for longer-term NIH or equivalent funding.
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Funder: American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One $25,000 grant for 12 months
Summary: Supports investigator-initiated global health research concepts that could lead to longer-term NIH or equivalent funding.
Key Information: Applicants must hold AAPM membership, including pending status, and cannot have previously received any AAPM Research Seed Grant.
Description
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) supports early-stage, investigator-initiated global health research through a seed grant sponsored by its International Council and Education & Research Fund. The goal is to develop concepts that can attract longer-term funding from the NIH or equivalent sources. Supported work includes telemedicine, low-cost diagnostic and treatment technologies, and enhancement or dissemination of existing global health research resources.
Examples include remote radiotherapy planning, AI-supported cancer prediction using screening data from resource-limited settings, auto-contouring for clinical trials, open-source tools, and global clinical trial data. Global health education projects are eligible when they include strong research components. AAPM particularly encourages emerging medical physics research, including radiopharmaceutical therapies and work beyond radiology and radiation oncology, as well as computational physics integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital twin technologies.
