AHA Career Development Award
Supports career-stage cardiovascular investigators through structured development fellowships to strengthen real-world implementation.
The American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award targets clinician-scientists and academic researchers in the early years of their first faculty appointment who seek to pursue innovative cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or brain health research. The AHA is the largest non-government funder of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research in the United States, having invested more than $…
Funds early-stage faculty members conducting innovative cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or brain health research, providing $231,000 over three non-renewable years to support salary, project costs, and career development.
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