The AAPM Global Health Research Seed Funding Grant 2027 provides US$25,000 for early career investigators to test medical physics ideas that address global health needs. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) funds pilot work that can help researchers build evidence for larger grant applications.
For oncology researchers, potential projects include testing remote radiotherapy planning, evaluating AI tools for cancer screening, or developing lower cost technologies for cancer diagnosis and treatment. AAPM particularly encourages teams that include co-investigators from settings with limited resources.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be current AAPM members. Pending membership does not qualify.
- Applicants must be within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or medical physics residency, whichever was more recent. AAPM considers extensions case by case.
- Applicants must be below the rank of associate professor.
- Applicants must not have received a grant of more than US$50,000 as principal investigator, including institutional start-up funding or industry awards.
- Previous recipients of this grant and projects that have already received funding are ineligible.
- Applicants cannot also apply for the general AAPM Research Seed Funding Grant or the ASTRO–AAPM seed grant in the same cycle.
Funding Details
- Award: US$25,000 over 12 months, starting August 31, 2027.
- Eligible costs: Research expenses, travel to scientific meetings and partial salary support for project staff or trainees.
- Excluded costs: The applicant’s salary and indirect costs.
Deadline
- Full application: Plan to submit by April 15, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. ET, the date in the grant guidelines. AAPM’s application calendar lists April 19, so confirm the deadline with AAPM before relying on the later date.
- Decision notices: Expected around June 2, 2027.