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March of Dimes Discovery Research Grants

$200,000

Due: September 8, 2026

No essay

No min. GPA required

No transcripts required

Description

The March of Dimes Discovery Research Grants are for established scientists with a history of published work in the maternal and infant health and related fields. These grants are awarded to seasoned researchers seeking to make consequential translational discoveries that will drastically alter clinical care for pregnant people and babies, whether through evidence-based prevention, diagnosis, or intervention. Discovery Grants are funding vehicles for research inquiries that are as practical as they are ambitious, as attainable as they are groundbreaking, and as transformative as they are necessary. These grants are given to researchers with inquiries that have the power to drastically improve pregnancy and birth outcomes across the US. The proposed research should focus on one of these priority topic areas: Priority topic 1 is Spontaneous preterm birth; Priority topic 2 is Decreasing Maternal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality by Improving Access to High Quality Health Care; and Priority topic 3 is Cardiovascular health conditions developed during pregnancy or exacerbated during pregnancy. Applicants may be health professionals, health researchers, epidemiologists, and social scientists with doctoral academic degrees and either a faculty appointment or equivalent at academic universities, hospitals, and research institutions; those who are employees of small businesses, startup companies, non-profit organizations; or pharmaceutical companies committed to research in the area of maternal and infant health. These applications are not limited to US citizens. The award is open to global applicants. Applicants may not hold any other current March of Dimes grants when applying. Please visit the award's website for more information.

Scholarship Type

Medical School Merit-based