The association has carved an important niche in supporting the development of beginning investigators and offering innovative funding mechanisms to stimulate research in promising areas of cardiovascular science.
 | View slides from our March 4, 2013 webinar on AHA’s Strategic Approach to its Research Enterprise. Draft program descriptions for new AHA research programs will be available in June 2013. |
  | NEW! American Stroke Association-Bugher Foundation Centers of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research for Regeneration, Resilience and Secondary Prevention The Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher Foundation has joined with the American Stroke Association (ASA, a division of the American Heart Association) to support a network of three Centers of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research for a period of four years. View more information about this exciting new funding opportunity and download the full Request for Applications. |
 | About Our Research Diseases of the heart are the No. 1 killer in America, and stroke is the No. 4 killer. The American Heart Association strongly believes that learning more about these diseases is the best way to reduce disability and death. That's why research is an association-wide priority |  | Funding Opportunities Research grants and fellowships are offered in summer and winter. A grant is an award of funds to cover the expenses necessary to conduct research. A fellowship is an award to support an individual who intends to pursue a scientific research career. |
 | Peer Review Peer review committees provide a critical science review of research applications according to established AHA Standards. These committees are made up of impartial members who are competent to judge and grade research projects. |  | Awards Management Awards are managed by institutional officials, using the Grants@Heart system. |
 | Read about current programs. |
| 2013 Key Dates | |
| June 1, 2013 | Application deadline for American Stroke Association-Bugher Foundation Centers of Excellence In Stroke Collaborative Research |
| July 17-19, 2013 | Application deadlines for research awards that will begin on January 1, 2014 July 17 Great Rivers Affiliate SouthWest Affiliate Western States Affiliate July 18 National Research Program July 19 Founders Affiliate Greater Southeast Affiliate Midwest Affiliate No Offerings Mid-Atlantic Affiliate |
