Children's Heart Foundation / Izak Szymczak Research Fund Award
Funding Amount
$100,000/year for 2 years
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- September 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Researchers
Geography
- Illinois
Overview
The Children's Heart Foundation, partnering with the Izak Szymczak Research Fund, issues an RFA for the Izak Szymczak Research Fund Award — $100,000 per year for two years — supporting research on durable mechanical support in patients with single-ventricle congenital heart disease (device innovation, clinical outcomes, translational research, collaborative approaches).
How to Apply
Researchers submit an LOI, then a full application if invited. The captured 2025 timeline — April 11, 2025: Call opens; May 21, 2025: LOI due 5:00pm CDT; June 13, 2025: notification; Sept 10, 2025: full application due; Dec 15, 2025: decisions. Questions: ResearchGrants@childrensheartfoundation.org.
What Children's Heart Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 9
- Total given
- $1.78M
- Median grant
- $200K
- Range
- $35K–$300K
- 2% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in Illinois, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 22%, Texas 17%, Minnesota 17%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX
Congenital heart disease research
$300K
Georiga Tech Corporation · Atlanta, GA
Dr. thangam natarajan was given a 2 year grant
$300K
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA
Dr. yuli kim was given a 2 year grant funded in partnership with mend a heart foundation
$200K
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA
Dr. benjamin smood was given a 2 year grant
$200K
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY
Dr. yun zhang was given a 2 year grant
$160K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Heart disease
Project Locations
- IL
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