Paul-Gallin Trailblazer Prize for Physician-Scientists
Funding Amount
$5,000 honorarium
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Individuals whose research demonstrates translation of basic science into clinical applications
Other requirements
- Early career clinician-scientists
- Medical oncologists, physicians, and other clinical researchers with significant research contributions
Overview
An annual recognition award for outstanding contributions of early career clinician-scientists whose research translates basic scientific observations into new paradigm-shifting approaches for diagnosing, preventing, treating, or curing disease and disability.
Eligibility:
- Early career clinician-scientists
- Individuals whose research demonstrates translation of basic science into clinical applications
- Medical oncologists, physicians, and other clinical researchers with significant research contributions
Award Details:
- Prize Amount: $5,000 honorarium
- Recognition: Presented at FNIH's Annual Awards Ceremony
- Selection: By jury of distinguished biomedical research leaders
Focus Areas:
- Personalized/precision medicine
- Cancer research and oncology
- Novel diagnostic and treatment approaches
- Computational biology applications in clinical settings
- Patient-centered research innovations
Geographic Scope: United States
Program History: Now in its fifth year as of 2022
Recent Recipients (2022):
- Dr. Eliezer M. Van Allen, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (computational oncology and personalized cancer care)
- Dr. Nikhil Wagle, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (gene sequencing for treatment response profiling; patient partnership research)
How to Apply
Application Process
Nomination and selection process:
- Selection Method: Jury of distinguished biomedical research leaders
- Award Presentation: Annual FNIH Awards Ceremony (October)
Specific application/nomination procedures not detailed in provided materials. Contact FNIH directly at fnih.org for nomination information.
What Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 21
- Total given
- $21.81M
- Median grant
- $250K
- Range
- $15K–$8.7M
- By dollars: Maryland 84%, North Carolina 5%, Pennsylvania 3%. Top recipient cities: Bethesda, MD; Raleigh, NC; Philadelphia, PA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 10% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Nihniams · Bethesda, MD
Research
$8.7M
Nihnci · Bethesda, MD
Research
$3.72M
NIH Nimh · Bethesda, MD
Research
$2.61M
Nihniaid · Bethesda, MD
Research
$1.83M
Research Triangle Institute · Raleigh, NC
Research
$836K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Cancer
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