Announcing Funding Opportunities with July 2008 deadlines. Only the National Center and the Midwest and Pacific Mountain affiliates offer deadlines in July.

The AHA National Research Program is launching an Innovative Research Grant to support high-risk, high-reward research. More

Special Programs

AHA ACHIEVES 2010 GOAL OF REDUCING DEATH FROM HEART DISEASE.  MORE

Recent Discoveries: List of Achievements by AHA-supported Researchers

Read about Rebecca Gary, Ph.D., R.N., from Emory University, who has found that aerobic exercise combined with cognitive behavioral therapy may improve physical function, reduce depressive symptoms and enhance quality of life in depressed heart failure patients.  Rebecca is supported by an American Heart Association Beginning Grant-in-Aid award from the Southeast Affiliate.

How Award Decisions are Made
Applications are funded according to their rank order. more

Financial Commitment
Since 1949 the American Heart Association has spent almost $2.7 billion on research to increase our knowledge about cardiovascular disease and stroke.  more

Awardees can access our secure online awards administration site.

Institutional Officials: 

Grants Officers (for offices of sponsored programs) pre-award administration and budget approval 

Fiscal Officers (for accounting offices) post-award administrative information and submission of expenditures reports