Funder: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Due Dates: January 6, 2027 (Winter application) | February 3, 2027 (Spring concept paper) | April 14, 2027 (Spring application) | May 26, 2027 (Summer concept paper) | August 4, 2027 (Summer application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $10,000 per award
Summary: Seed funding for Michigan physicians conducting evidence-based pilot studies, feasibility studies, or small research projects addressing health issues and improving care.
Key Information: Applicants must be Michigan-based physicians at nonprofit organizations; BCBSM and affiliate employees and their immediate families are ineligible.
Description
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation’s Physician Investigator Research Award Program provides seed funding to explore the merits of an evidence-based research idea. It supports Michigan physicians undertaking pilot studies, feasibility studies, or small research projects focused on urgent health issues, health inequities, social determinants of health, and health care access, quality, and cost.
The program emphasizes research that is valuable to the population, increases quality of care, and improves access to health care. Supported work has examined blood pressure management by interprofessional teams, barriers to follow-up after abnormal cervical cancer screening, long-term outcomes of prolapse surgery, liver cancer screening awareness, and hospital processes for reuniting children with their families.
