Up to $40,000 in direct costs for one year to support basic science, translational, or clinical pediatric urological research at the junior/mid-level faculty/attending level (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD). Aimed at encouraging SPU members to develop innovative and impact-creating research proposals in order to obtain more sustainable outside funding.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible, candidates must meet all of the following requirements. Applicants must:

• Be a pediatric urological clinician in practice OR clinician or researcher serving within a division or department of pediatric urology
• Be a member of the SPU or have member sponsorship
• Have completed terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, within the past 10 years
• Be an Assistant or Associate Professor
• NOT have not been/be currently funded as PI or co-PI by the SPU, AUA UCF, NIH (K,R, U, etc grants), DoD, NKF, VA, Hartwell, private or philanthropic sources, etc
• NOT have been the PI or co-PI of any grant that was funded from any source (intramural or extramural) that was >$100,000
• NOT be a postdoctoral fellow or full professor
• NOT be a pediatric urology fellow after August 1, 2027

Key Dates

2-page proposal due: January 13, 2027

Full application due (invite only): March 24, 2027

Award notification: Mid April 2027