The California Walnut Commission (CWC) has a history of co-funding health and nutrition-related research projects with the American Heart Association.
Two critical criteria for consideration of CWC/AHA co-funded awards:
Click the links below for specific details and application requirements for the various awards. All applications will be directed to the American Heart Association.
Proposal deadline: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Enhances the training of promising students in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree training programs and who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists, or related careers aimed at improving global health and wellbeing.
Duration: 1-2 years
Budget: Annual stipend of $28,224 + $4,550/year for health insurance + $2,000/year for project support
Proposal deadline: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Enhances the training of postdoctoral applicants who are not yet independent. The applicant must be embedded in an appropriate investigative group with the mentorship, support, and relevant scientific guidance of a research mentor.
Duration: 1-2 years
Budget: Annual stipend based on experience (~$61,000-$74,000) + $12,000/year for health insurance +$3,000/year for project support.
Pre-proposal deadline: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Fosters innovative collaborative approaches to research projects that propose novel pairings of investigators from at least two broadly disparate disciplines. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship, such that the scientific objectives could not be achieved without the efforts of at least two co-principal investigators and their respective disciplines.
Duration: 3 years
Budget: Up to $1,000,000
Proposal deadline: Thursday, December 5, 2024
Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals in the early years of first professional appointment to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease research.
Duration: 3 years
Budget: $231,000 ($77,000 annually, including 10% institutional indirect costs)
If you’d like to know more about the California Walnuts Global Health and Nutrition
Research Program’s commitment to research integrity, please visit our website.
