Innovator Award
Funding Amount
$25,000 - $50,000
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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Eligible organizations
- University-affiliated researchers
- Hospital-based researchers
Other requirements
- Researchers and research teams
- Recent Focus Areas (2025 cycle):
- Image-guided technologies for shunt maintenance
- Gene therapy and novel delivery methods
Overview
The Innovator Award provides seed funding for bold, early-stage research ideas with the potential to transform hydrocephalus care and treatment. Awards support innovative, high-impact research to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure hydrocephalus.
Geographic Scope: International (based on 2025 recipients from UNC Charlotte, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Yale University, and University of Patras, Greece)
Funding Focus Areas:
- Less invasive treatments
- Better diagnostic tools
- Research improving quality of life for people living with hydrocephalus
- Early-stage, transformative research ideas
- Research aligned with Community Research Priorities, including:
- Neuropsychology & Cognition
- Non-Invasive Therapies
Award Levels:
- $25,000 for one year of support
- $50,000 for one year of support
Eligibility:
- Researchers and research teams
- University-affiliated researchers
- Hospital-based researchers
Recent Focus Areas (2025 cycle):
- Image-guided technologies for shunt maintenance
- Gene therapy and novel delivery methods
- Diagnostic capacity building in resource-limited settings
- Focused ultrasound for gene delivery
- Treatment of post-infectious hydrocephalus
Contact Information:
- Hydrocephalus Association
- 6903 Rockledge Drive Suite 740
- North Bethesda, MD 20817
- Phone: 301-202-3811 or +888-598-3789
- Email: info@hydroassoc.org
Background: The award is part of the HA Network for Discovery Science (HANDS) initiative. In 2016, the program focused on Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus research. The 2025 awards reflect the organization's commitment to supporting innovative research addressing critical gaps in hydrocephalus care.
What Hydrocephalus Association actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 9
- Total given
- $606K
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $46K–$150K
- By dollars: Utah 37%, Ohio 24%, California 14%. Top recipient cities: Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA; New Haven, CT.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT
To fund the clinical research site for the adult hydrocephalus clinical research network
$150K
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Mechanisms of hydrocepahlus research grant - to fund basic research for the treatment…
$85K
Primary Children's Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT
To fund the clinical research site for the hydrocephalus clinical research network
$75K
Yale University · New Haven, CT
Mechanisms of hydrocepahlus research grant - to fund basic research for the treatment…
$50K
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH
Mechanisms of hydrocepahlus research grant - to fund basic research for the treatment…
$50K
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Fields of Work
- Science research
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