Bridge to Success Award for Early Career Investigators
Funding Amount
Up to $100,000
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.
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Other requirements
- Early-career sleep scientists and researchers
- Those actively pursuing NIH or similar research funding mechanisms
- Researchers demonstrating promise in sleep medicine research
Overview
Funder: American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation)
Purpose: Provide support to promising early-career sleep scientists who have applied for career development awards such as K-awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Eligibility:
- Early-career sleep scientists and researchers
- Those actively pursuing NIH or similar research funding mechanisms
- Researchers demonstrating promise in sleep medicine research
Focus Areas:
- Sleep medicine research
- Behavioral interventions for sleep disorders (e.g., sleep promotion programs for adolescents)
- Any research area relevant to sleep health
Contact Information:
- Phone: (630) 737-9700
- Email: foundation@aasm.org
- Address: 2510 North Frontage Road, Darien, IL 60561
Background: This award is designed to bridge the gap for early-career investigators between completing their fellowship/postdoctoral training and securing major research funding. The AASM Foundation established this program to maintain a healthy pipeline of sleep researchers.
What American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 23
- Total given
- $3.66M
- Median grant
- $100K
- Range
- $9,996–$540K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 32%, New York 18%, Minnesota 13%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; New York, NY; Rochester, MN.
- 57% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc · Boston, MA
$540K
Columbia University · New York, NY
$450K
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN
$350K
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA
$340K
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA
$290K
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Fields of Work
- Science research
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