Grants

The American Migraine Foundation (AMF) in partnership with the American Headache Society (AHS) invites Letters of Intent (LOIs) for the David Dodick research awards, a competitive two-year research awards that advance high-impact, patient-centered headache and migraine research with clear near-term implications for clinical care and management...

From the American Headache Society (AHS) website: Harold G. Wolff Lecture Award: Given to the best paper on headache, head or face pain, or the nature of pain itself. The recipient of this award will receive $10,000 plus complimentary meeting registration, 4 nights hotel accommodations, and travel expenses. View or Download Wolff Award Details. Early Career…

From the American Headache Society (AHS) website: Scholarships Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary meeting registration, a stipend for eligible travel expenses, and a complimentary one-year AHS Trainee membership or extension of an existing Trainee membership. New! Student Research Scholarship Award: Designed to expand access to the Annual Scientific Meeting for early-career researchers, the AHS Student…

From the US Association for the Study of Pain website: Since 2009, the Rita Allen Foundation has provided a special award for early-career leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain. The Foundation has awarded annually two grants or more in the…

From the AHS website: The Headache & Migraine Competitive Grant Program, in collaboration with Pfizer, stands at the forefront of advancing headache medicine by funding groundbreaking quality improvement initiatives. This highly competitive grant supports projects that have the potential to reshape the field—creating widely applicable tools and driving measurable improvements in patient care. The Request…

From the AHS website: Empowering Innovation In Headache Research The American Headache Society (AHS) Investigator-Initiated Research Awards support AHS members conducting pre-clinical and clinical research in headache and migraine. With a focus on early-career investigators, the program funds investigator-driven projects that advance scientific understanding and improve patient care. Projects should contribute to the core goal…

This grant, co-funded with the American Heart Association, seeks to support innovative, high-impact research aimed at advancing discoveries related to the effects of migraine and other headache disorders on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. Pre-proposals will be accepted beginning Wednesday, October 1. Learn more and apply.

From the NIH website: The purpose of this HEAL Initiative program is to: (1) support basic and mechanistic pain research from R15-eligible undergraduate-focused serving institutions, health professional schools or graduate schools; (2) promote integrated, interdisciplinary research partnerships between Principal Investigators (PIs) from R15-eligible institutions and investigators from U.S. domestic institutions; and (3) enhance the pain research…

From the New York Academy of Sciences website: The Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience (LLSN) program aims to promote groundbreaking neuroscience research in the five boroughs of New York City. The Scholarships support the most innovative young researchers at a critical stage of their careers—their postdoctoral research—as they develop the new ideas and directions that will help establish…

The IASP Collaborative Research Grant supports international interdisciplinary pain research collaborations between at least two countries, emphasizing collaborations among basic, translational, and clinical scientists. Qualified applicants could receive up to $15,000 to cover travel and accommodation costs. Application Deadline: 30 September 2025 Apply here.