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Grants
SIR Foundation provides a wide array of grants that support research and projects dedicated to progressing the field of interventional radiology through the development of innovative therapies and advancing scientific knowledge.
Grant opportunities
Women's Research Mentorship Grant
Supports women performing IR research and to expand the pipeline for medical students or residents to learn about IR research.
Pilot Research Grant
Funds research in areas that advance IR and patient care. These grants generally address a specific hypothesis and generate preliminary data to strengthen applications to peer-reviewed funding agencies. For faculty and those with limited research experience.
Academic Transition Grant
Facilitates independent research and academic success, this grant is for interventional radiologists over the age of 40 who’ve recently begun academic careers after years in non-academic practice.
Allied Scientist Grant
Provides support for trainees enrolled in graduate-level training programs outside the clinical realm of IR but still crucial to IR’s future. Goal: create collaborative research training environments.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Culp Student Research Grant
Designed to foster an interest in research by funding a summer research project conducted by a medical student in an area identified by SIR Foundation as important to the advancement of interventional radiology and patient care.
Dr. Ernest J. Ring Academic Development Grant
Supports junior IR faculty members early in their academic careers to allow time for research. The goal is for grant recipients to subsequently obtain additional funding from other sources, such as NIH.
Incubator Grant
Supports projects in clinical research areas important to the advancement of interventional radiology and patient care that align with SIR Foundation's clinical research goals.
Radiology Resident Research Grant
Fosters an interest in research by funding a project conducted by the resident to advance IR and patient care.
Grant opportunities
Grant review process
*Optional for all faculty grants
Completion of the proposal development form is highly encouraged to be submitted for all faculty grant opportunities. Located within the application, the form offers an opportunity for applicants to receive preliminary feedback prior to submitting their final applications for funding consideration.
This requirement is designed to provide feedback before the final decision. Completion of the form does not guarantee funding.
Students and resident-based grants are not needed in the proposal development form.
The deadline to submit the proposal development form is June 30, 2026.
Starting this grant cycle, all faculty grant opportunities highly encourage the completion of the pre-review process with the goal of supporting investigator development.
All student and resident-based grants do not participate in pre-review.
The deadline to complete the pre-review is Sept. 20, 2026. This process provides an opportunity for applicants to obtain and respond to reviewer feedback prior to submitting final applications.
Final applications for all faculty, resident and medical student grants are due on Jan. 15, 2027.