Kidney Research Funding: Annual List 2.2025

Young Investigator Research Grant

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

10-Feb-25

$35,000USD

Kidney Health Equity Community Engagement Award

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

10-Feb-25

$75,000USD

Utilizing the PLCO Biospecimens Resource to Bridge Gaps in Cancer Etiology and Early Detection Research (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

10-Feb-25

Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NIDDK K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$150,000USD

Young Investigator and Patient-Centered Clinical Research Awards

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)

21-Feb-25

$75,000USD

Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Award

Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)

27-Feb-25

$140,000USD

Clinical Research Seed Grants

Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

1-Mar-25

$25,000USD

Research Grants

Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation (SSF)

1-Mar-25

$100,000USD

Stimulating Urology Interdisciplinary Team Opportunity Research (SUITOR) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

NIDDK High Risk Multi-Center Clinical Study Cooperative Agreement (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Small R01s for Clinical Trials Targeting Diseases within the Mission of NIDDK (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

NIDDK High Risk Multi-Center Clinical Study Cooperative Agreement (U01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Biology of Bladder Cancer (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Young Investigator Awards

Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)

10-Mar-25

$225,000USD

AACR-EMD Serono “I’M IN” Oncodisparity Fellowships in Lung and Urothelial Cancers

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

18-Mar-25

$65,000USD

June Allyson Memorial Fund Research Award

American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS)

19-Mar-25

Faculty Research Award

American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS)

19-Mar-25

SMSNA Pfizer Research Fellowship in Men's Health

Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA)

25-Mar-25

$25,000USD

PCF Challenge Awards

Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)

8-Apr-25

$1,000,000USD

SMSNA Scholars in Sexuality Research Grants Program

Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA)

9-Apr-25

$7,500USD

Pilot Grants to Explore the Use of the American Heart Association Protein Binding Atlas to Discover Novel Protein Interactions

American Heart Association (AHA)

1-May-25

$100,000USD

Priority HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDDK (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7-May-25

Collaborative Research Using Biosamples and/or Data from Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Studies (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

26-Jun-25

$1,200,000USD

New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

26-Jun-25

$200,000USD

Rising Stars in Urology Research Awards

Urology Care Foundation

American Urological Association (AUA)

2-Jul-25

$200,000USD

NIDDK Catalyst Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

18-Jul-25

PKD Foundation Research Grants

Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD Foundation)

12-Aug-25

$240,000USD

Mechanisms of graft acceptance in clinical islet transplantation

Breakthrough T1D UK | JDRF UK

17-Sep-25

Mechanisms Of Graft Acceptance In Clinical Islet Transplantation

Breakthrough T1D

17-Sep-25

$750,000USD

LIMITED Institutional Network Award for Promoting Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Research Training (U2C - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

26-Sep-25

Residency Research Awards

Urology Care Foundation

American Urological Association (AUA)

26-Sep-25

$11,500USD

LIMITED Bladder Cancer Career Development Award

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)

11-Oct-25

$250,000USD

Council of Nephrology Social Workers (CNSW) Research Grant

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

3-Nov-25

$10,000USD

Research Scholar Awards

Urology Care Foundation

American Urological Association (AUA)

15-Nov-25

$80,000USD

William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program

ASN Foundation

American Society of Nephrology

5-Dec-25

$100,000USD

Transition to Independence Grants

ASN Foundation

American Society of Nephrology

5-Dec-25

$200,000USD

Research Grants

Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF)

15-Dec-25

$200,000USD

Kidneeds Grants

Kidneeds

Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF)

30-Dec-25

$75,000USD

Bladder Cancer Research Innovation Award

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)

13-Jan-26

$300,000USD

Main hybrid grants round

Kidney Research UK

£250,000GBP

Short Term Travel Grant

Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF)

Continuous

OHF Global Registry Initiative

Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF)

Continuous

Concept Proposals

Immune Tolerance Network

Continuous

Investigator-Initiated Study (IIS) Program

AbbVie Inc.

Continuous