Funder: Plastic Surgery Foundation
Due Dates: December 4, 2026 (Application, 11:59 p.m. Eastern) | June 2027 (Awards announced) | July 1, 2027 (Earliest start)
Funding Amounts: Up to $15,000 for pilot projects lasting up to 12 months
Summary: Supports innovative pilot research in plastic surgery and its subspecialties to develop surgeon scientists and prepare investigators for larger grants.
Key Information: An applicant/PI may submit only one grant application per grant cycle.
Description
The Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) partners with AAHS, AAPS, ASMS, ASPN, ASRM, CSPS, and PSRC to support preliminary or pilot research that advances scientific knowledge and clinical practice. The program fosters surgeon scientists and provides a foundation for investigators to seek support from larger funding agencies.
Partner grants cover hand surgery and hand care, plastic surgery, maxillofacial surgery, peripheral nerve research, reconstructive microsurgery, and fundamental plastic surgery research. Projects must fit the selected society’s research focus. Previous awards have supported basic science research on lymphatic function, a randomized controlled clinical trial, and research on decisional regret and satisfaction with scar surgery.
