Review this page for additional local research programs and opportunities offered through the American Heart Association Founders Affiliate. These are available to eligible applicants in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Mary Gonzalez
American Heart Association Founders Affiliate
Research Department
Phone: 212-878-5900

 

PROGRAM OFFERINGS:
Founders Affiliate Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowship Program

The goal of this program is to encourage students to pursue careers in cardiovascular research. Research projects with broad relevance to cardiovascular biology and stroke will be considered. Eligible students must be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate program at the time of application submission.

Application deadline: February 15, 2012
5 p.m. E.S.T.

Award activation: Fellowships of $5,000 each are available for a 10-week period during the summer of 2012.


Meredith Benson, former undergraduate summer research award recipient and current Founders Affiliate predoctoral fellowship awardee at NYU Medical Center.

The following is required for application to this program:
• Program Description and Application Form
• Faculty recommendation form 

See the Undergraduate Student Awardees for Summer 2011

NEW! Founders Affiliate Medical Student Research Program
The purpose of the grant is to encourage medical students to consider a career in cardiovascular research. The need for new researchers in the health sciences, from basic science to human behaviors, is critical. This program is designed to provide students at the crossroads of career choices an opportunity to experience research first hand with an established investigator.

Awards for student stipends are made for 12 months for $22,000 per year which includes 10% indirect cost.

Application deadline: January 31, 2012, 5:00 E.S.T.

Award activation: July 1, 2012

The following is required for application to this program:

Program Description and Application Form

The Martin B. Leon, M.D./Johnson & Johnson Cordis Corporation Research Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology
This fellowship is on hiatus until further notice. 
 
Get more information on Research Funding Opportunities within the Founders Affiliate.

More information about the American Heart Association's award-winning research program:

• National Research Program, Top Research Advancements and Research Milestones