Last Updated: February 2010
The following information summarizes the American Heart Association national commitment to research in number of awards and award amounts.
Clinical Research Program Grants
Nine new and eight continuing awards funded in 2009
New commitments of $983,330
Encourages early career investigators to engage in high-quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing CVD and stroke.
Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Awards
Four new and 26 continuing awards funded in 2009
New commitments of $2.2million
Provides funding for beginning physician-scientists with outstanding potential for careers in cardiovascular and stroke research.
Scientist Development Grants
147 new and 472 continuing awards funded in 2009
New commitments of $45 million
Supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence.
Established Investigator Grants
18 new and 101 continuing awards funded in 2009
New commitments of $9 million
Support mid-career investigators with unusual promise, a rapidly growing research career committed to CVD or stroke and an established record of accomplishments.
AHA-Jon Holden DeHaan Foundation Cardiac Myogenesis Research Centers
Three centers totaling $6 million funded in 2009 to research that focuses on understanding the fundamental mechanisms underlying development and specification of cardiac myocytes and the application of insights gained from these studies to the benefit of patients with cardiac injury.
AHA PRT Outcomes Research Centers
Four centers totaling $14.5 million funded in 2008 to fund cardiovascular and stroke research focused on the end results of health care and the determinants of these outcomes.
ASA-Bugher Foundation Centers for Stroke Prevention Research
Three centers funded in 2007 with a total commitment of $8.4 million to produce a network of interacting institutions and scientists for collaborative, multidisciplinary research to improve stroke prevention, support breakthroughs to advance stroke prevention and produce a cadre of new investigators.
AHA PRT Career Development in Implementation Research
Nine continuing awards from a total commitment of $7.5 million in 2006 working toward stimulating career development in investigators interested in implementation research in primary and secondary prevention and quality of care.
Source: Research Facts 2010
