Emergency Medicine Foundation: Pilot Research Grant

If you are interested in the following opportunity, please contact Carole King at [email protected].

• Application Due: December 10, 2026
• Amount: $100,000
• Project Period: One year

This grant is intended to provide “starter” or pilot funding for preliminary data to help initiate a successful line of research that will ultimately lead to a larger project and result in a subsequent K of R funding. The goal of this grant is to lay the groundwork for a project that will eventually meaningfully impact emergency care research and is intended for a broad audience, including both clinical, translational, and basic science researchers.

EMF encourages application partnerships between research universities and community emergency departments along with the engagement of operational and policy partners.

EMF priorities include:

• Clinical Relevance: Research tied to measurable improvements in patient care. (e.g. Safety/Quality/Prevention of Error, Practice of Emergency Medicine)
• Infrastructure: Research involving workforce, policy, and systems readiness. (e.g. Value of Emergency Medicine, Health Policy, Emergency Physician Wellness, Emergency Physician Workforce)
• Future-Focused Emergency Medicine: Research anticipating healthcare delivery changes. (e.g. Health Policy)
• Under-Resourced Areas: Research focused on rural and urban underserved settings. (e.g. Health Disparities)
• Basic Science and Translational Research: Including a description of how this work will lead to improvements impacting patient care

The principal investigator must have a primary faculty appointment in Emergency Medicine (this includes Pediatric Emergency Medicine).