Shore Program - Current Award Opportunities
“Shore Program Award” is a designation for career development awards that are intended to support faculty who may be at vulnerable times of their careers. Many of these awards use a centralized, single-stream application that is managed by the Office for Faculty Affairs ("Current Award Opportunities"); this application includes an assessment of academic promise and personal need.
Other awards are managed independently (“Additional Award Opportunities”).
Questions?
Brian R. Crete
Faculty Development Program Manager
HMSOFA_Programs@hms.harvard.edu
CURRENT AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
- Harvard Medical School Sponsored Awards
- These awards are supported by funds through HMS. Selection is determined by the Shore Program Award committee based on a combination of academic promise and personal need. Faculty may only apply for HMS awards if they are not applying for Department or Institutional awards and have not previously received an HMS award. Past HMS sponsored award recipients are ineligible. Conversely, applicants for an HMS award will not be able to apply for department or institutional awards in the same cycle.
- Harvard Medical School Award
- Stolberg Family Award
- These awards are supported by funds through HMS. Selection is determined by the Shore Program Award committee based on a combination of academic promise and personal need. Faculty may only apply for HMS awards if they are not applying for Department or Institutional awards and have not previously received an HMS award. Past HMS sponsored award recipients are ineligible. Conversely, applicants for an HMS award will not be able to apply for department or institutional awards in the same cycle.
- Department and Institutional Awards
- These awards are sponsored by departments and affiliates, and selection is determined by their respective review committees. The personal need score, but not the content, is shared with the sponsor. Faculty applying for one or more of these awards are not eligible for HMS-sponsored awards.
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Anaesthesia John Hedley-Whyte Research Fellowship
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine Research Development Award
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Medicine Fellowship
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Surgery Fellowship
- Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Neurology Fellowship
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Fellowship Award
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine Fellowship in honor of Aina M. Auskaps, DMD
- Mass General Brigham Department of Anaesthesia Fellowship (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Dermatology Fellowship (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Emergency Medicine Fellowship (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Medicine Fellowship (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Neurology Fellowship (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Pediatrics Faculty Award (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Psychiatry Faculty Award (BWH & MGH)
- Mass General Brigham Department of Radiology Fellowship (BWH & MGH)
- These awards are sponsored by departments and affiliates, and selection is determined by their respective review committees. The personal need score, but not the content, is shared with the sponsor. Faculty applying for one or more of these awards are not eligible for HMS-sponsored awards.
- Application Opens: Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 10:00 AM
- Application Closes: Extended Deadline: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 5:00 PM
- Statement of Support Closes: Extended Deadline: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 5:00 PM
- Award Notifications: June 2026
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Hold a Harvard Medical School (or affiliated institution) academic appointment at the rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor at the time of application. (to confirm your active academic appointment, click here on Harvard Catalyst profiles)
- Not currently hold an R01 or similar mid-career grant
- Be endorsed by a Project Mentor.
- Provide IRB or IACUC approval status, if applicable to the proposed project.
- Hold an MD, DMD, PhD, or equivalent advanced degree.
- Not have previously received a Shore Program award.
Templates & Resources:
Eligible faculty must submit a completed application to be considered for the awards listed above. In addition to demographic information, the application includes questions focused on personal need, which. The following project-related details must be submitted as a single PDF document, along with a statement of support from the applicant's project mentor, who will answer a series of online questions. Detailed instructions and a form template are available under "Eligibility Requirements."
Project Requirements:
- Project Title
- Project Description (max 2 pages)
- Budget Narrative (max 1 page)
- Budget Proposal (max 1 page)
- Faculty of Medicine Curriculum Vitae (not an NIH Biosketch)
- IRB/IACUC approval or confirmation of submission if under review
Statement of Support: Each application must include a statement of support from the primary project mentor, completed via online questions. Applicants should provide the mentor’s name and email to prompt the system to send an online request. No letters will be accepted. Please notify your mentor of the deadline well in advance.
IMPORTANT: This application form cannot be saved before submission. Please prepare and save your responses elsewhere to avoid data loss. Applications are considered incomplete until all required materials are submitted. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
- ADDITIONAL AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
- The following Shore Program awards are managed independently through an external application and review process. Note: Faculty applying for these awards are not eligible to apply this cycle for the HMS-sponsored awards listed above.
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Pathology Fellowship
- Boston Children's Hospital Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty Development Award
- Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Shore Grant Fellowship
- Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Neurosuregry Faculty Development Award
- Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Faculty Development Award
- Boston Children's Hospital OFD/BTREC/CTREC Faculty Career Development Award
- Brigham and Women's Hospital Obstetrics & Gynecology Shore Fellowship for Scholars in Medicine Award
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Department of Population Medicine's Robert H. Ebert, MD Fellowship
- Massachusetts General Brigham Department of Pathology Faculty Award (BWH & MGH)
- Massachusetts General Hospital Dorothy Rackemann Fellowship
- McLean Hospital Fellowship
- The following Shore Program awards are managed independently through an external application and review process. Note: Faculty applying for these awards are not eligible to apply this cycle for the HMS-sponsored awards listed above.