The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is now accepting applications for multiple opportunities as part of its Research Program. These awards will fund patient-oriented research conducted with human subjects, or translational research specifically designed to develop treatments or enhance diagnosis of neurological disease. These areas of research include epidemiologic or behavioral studies, clinical trials, studies of disease mechanisms, the development of new technologies, and health services and outcomes research. Disease-related studies not directly involving humans or human tissue are also encouraged if the primary goal is the development of therapies, diagnostic tests, or other tools to prevent or mitigate neurological diseases.
Career Development Award
- Eligibility: Recipient must be a neurologist and an AAN member who completed residency 5-10 years prior to the start date of the Career Development Award (July 1, 2027). Recipients of individual K or R awards are not eligible to apply. The applicant’s other grant source(s) cannot exceed $150,000 annually.
- Budget and project period: $150,000 per year, direct costs only, for 3 years.
Clinical Research Training Scholarship
- Eligibility: Recipient must be an AAN member with an MD, PhD, or equivalent doctoral-level clinical degree who has completed clinical residency or PhD no earlier than July 1, 2022. If you have completed both residency and a PhD, your eligibility is based on when you completed residency. The applicant’s other grant source(s) cannot exceed $75,000 annually.
- Budget and project period: $65,000 per year, direct costs only, for two years, plus a $10,000 per year stipend to support education and research-related costs.
- This opportunity includes all of the following awards:
- AAN Clinical Research Training Scholarship
- Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Autoimmune Neurology
- Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Autoimmune Neurology in MOGAD
- Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson’s Disease
- Lawrence M. Brass, MD, Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Stroke
- McKnight Clinical Translational Research Scholarship in Cognitive Aging and Age-Related Memory Loss
Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship
- Eligibility: Recipient must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent doctoral-level clinical degree and have completed clinical residency or PhD no earlier than July 1, 2022. If you have completed both residency and a PhD, your eligibility is based on when you completed residency. The applicant’s other grant source(s) cannot exceed $75,000 annually.
- Budget and project period: $65,000 per year, direct costs only, for two years, plus a $10,000 per year stipend to support education and research-related costs.
Practice Research Training Scholarship
- Purpose: To support practice-based research, defined as clinical research that evaluates translation of evidence into best clinical practice. This may include evaluation of health services, quality of care, implementation of therapies, physician performance, or patient adherence.
- Eligibility: Recipient must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent doctoral-level clinical degree and have completed clinical residency or PhD no earlier than July 1, 2022. If you have completed both residency and a PhD, your eligibility is based on when you completed residency. The applicant’s other grant source(s) cannot exceed $75,000 annually.
- Budget and project period: $65,000 per year, direct costs only, for two years, plus a $10,000 per year stipend to support education and research-related costs.
To Apply:
- These are open RFPs (UCSF may submit an unlimited number of applications to each opportunity). Each applicant should submit only one application to the AAN Research Program, which will be considered for all relevant awards.
- Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.
- Application deadline for all opportunities is Thursday, September 10, 2026.
For more information and to review complete application instructions and eligibility requirements, please visit https://www.aan.com/research/aan-research-program.