Deadline: 15-Apr-2025

A $25,000 grant will be awarded to provide funds to develop exciting investigator-initiated concepts focused on global health research, which will hopefully lead to successful longer-term project funding from the NIH or equivalent funding sources.

Examples of global health research include, but are not limited to, telemedicine (e.g., remote planning of radiotherapy or AI-supported automatic cancer prediction from screening data of cancers common in resource-limited settings), development of low-cost technologies for diagnostics and treatment (e.g., auto-contouring of clinical targets applied to clinical trials in resource-limited settings), or enhancement or dissemination of existing global health research resources (e.g., AAPM GRSIC open-source tools, or global clinical trial data). Projects focusing on global health education are eligible, but should include strong research components. 

Applications aligning with AAPM’s strategic priorities are especially encouraged, particularly in the following areas:

• Strategic Priority 1: Global health research in emerging medical physics fields such as radiopharmaceutical therapies and expanding beyond the usual radiology and radiation oncology.
• Strategic Priority 2: Global health research in computational physics integrating AI/ML/DT technologies.

Funding for grant recipients will begin on August 31^st of the award year. Research results will be submitted for presentation at future AAPM meetings. The award is not intended to provide salary support for the applicant; however, any other research-related expenses, including travel to scientific meetings, will be supported. Funds may be used to partially support salary for students, trainees, lab technicians, etc., to carry out the research. Travel expenses should be included in the submitted budget. Applicants are asked to notify the grant administrator if the same or similar application is submitted to more than one funding source so that the committee can take this into consideration when making final funding decisions. At the end of the 12-month period, a report must be forwarded to the AAPM, along with itemized expenses. The award will not support indirect costs. Any unspent funds should be returned to AAPM.

Learn more and apply here