Funding Amount

$150,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Annual
Tracked since
April 2026

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Other requirements

  • Early-career surgeon-scientists
  • Demonstrated aptitude in vascular research
  • Leadership potential
  • Promise in vascular surgery

Overview

Geographic Scope: United States and Canada

Program Description:
The Wylie Scholar Award supports outstanding early-career surgeon-scientists pursuing innovative patient-centered vascular research projects. The award enables researchers to successfully compete for subsequent grant funding and achieve leadership roles in vascular surgery and research.

Eligibility

  • Early-career surgeon-scientists
  • Demonstrated aptitude in vascular research
  • Leadership potential
  • Promise in vascular surgery

Focus Areas

  • Innovative patient-centered vascular research
  • Vascular surgery outcomes improvement
  • Research addressing unmet clinical needs in vascular disease

Program Track Record

  • 22 surgeon-scientists supported at 14 highly regarded medical institutions
  • Exceptional achievement rate with many awardees becoming chiefs of divisions at world-class institutions
  • Seven "second generation" grantees (mentored by earlier awardees)
  • For each $150,000 granted, completed grantees generated an average of $3.5 million in subsequent national research funding (28:1 return on investment)

Contact Information

Address: 274 Redwood Shores Parkway #717, Redwood City, CA 94065

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures's IRS filings)

1 grant in The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures's 2024 filings reference “Wylie Scholar Award” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.

What The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
3
Total given
$91K
Median grant
$22K
Range
$19K–$50K
  • By dollars: Massachusetts 55%, Florida 24%, North Carolina 21%. Top recipient cities: Worchester, MA; Gainesville, FL; Charlotte, NC.

Example grants

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School · Worchester, MA

    Wylie scholar award

    $50K

  • University of Florida · Gainesville, FL

    To investigate biomakers in vascular disease

    $22K

  • Duke University · Charlotte, NC

    Peer support and outreach to income patient outcomes

    $19K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Science research

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