How much funding does Bridge Funding Award provide?

Bridge Funding Award provides $75,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Bridge Funding Award?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

How often is Bridge Funding Award offered?

Bridge Funding Award runs on an annual cycle.

Who has received Bridge Funding Award funding?

Foundation for SMFM's IRS filings list 1 award under this program (2023). Recent recipients include Massachussetts General Hospital (Boston, MA), $75,000 in 2023.

Bridge Funding Award

Foundation for SMFM

Foundation Annual Grants for Science Research

Funding Amount

$75,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: Annual
Tracked since: April 2026

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Other requirements

Physician-scientists in maternal-fetal medicine
Promising researchers seeking independent research funding

Overview

The Foundation introduced a one-year bridge grant in 2015, made possible with generous support from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The award is meant to stabilize the research program of a promising physician-scientist on the path to obtaining independent research funding in the field of maternal-fetal medicine.

Eligibility:

Physician-scientists in maternal-fetal medicine
Promising researchers seeking independent research funding

Award Details:

Amount: $75,000
Duration: One year
Recipients: Variable

Geographic Scope: United States and Canada

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from Foundation for SMFM's IRS filings)

Massachussetts General Hospital

Boston, MA · 2023

$75K

1 grant in Foundation for SMFM's 2023 filings reference “Bridge Funding Award” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.

What Foundation for SMFM actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 6
Total given: $311K
Median grant: $60K
Range: $15K–$75K

By dollars: Pennsylvania 24%, North Carolina 24%, Connecticut 19%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Charlotte, NC; New Haven, CT.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

Example grants

Duke University · Charlotte, NC

Foundation for smfm impact award

$75K
Yale University · New Haven, CT

Fsmfm/aaogf award

$60K
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA

Fsmfm/aaogf award

$60K
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA

Smfm/aaogf scholarship award

$60K
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine · Washington, DC

Program services

$41K