Research Grant Program

Research Grant Program is sponsored by Societies for Pediatric Urology (SPU). The Societies for Pediatric Urology will sponsor an annual research grant to promote pediatric urological research at the junior/mid-level faculty/attending level (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD) and to encourage SPU members to develop innovative and impact-creating research proposals in or…

SPU: Research Grant Program History of Pediatric Urology Subspecialty Certification Membership Categories and Requirements Program Directors Information Universal Application to Fellowship SPU Annual Meeting Archive SPU Fall Congress Archive Dialogues in Pediatric Urology Journal of Pediatric Urology Research at the NIH Level Timeline for 2026 SPU Grant Applicants Round 1 review: 2-page SPU Research Proposal Application Due Date Wednesday, January 14, 2026 SPU Notification to Round 1 successful applicants to Submit a Round 2 SPU full grant application Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Round 2 review: If selected, SPU Full Grant Application Due Date Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Notifications to the SPU Grant Winner Acceptance of Award and Brief Presentation by SPU Grant winner at SPU/AUA meeting May 15-18 2026 (Details TBA) Statement of Grant Eligibility: The Societies for Pediatric Urology will sponsor an annual research grant in 2026 of up to $40,000.

All areas of research will be promoted, including basic science, translational as well as clinical research. The primary purpose of the grant is to promote pediatric urological research at the junior/mid-level faculty/attending level (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD) and to encourage SPU members to develop innovative and impact-creating research proposals in order to obtain more sustainable outside funding.

Eligibility for the grant is limited to pediatric urological clinicians in practice or clinicians and researchers serving within divisions or departments of pediatric urology. The leadership of SPU is committed to helping young investigators become academic leaders in pediatric urology and thus there are strict eligibility requirements (see checklist below). Applicants must be members of the SPU or have member sponsorship.

I have not been/ am not 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. I have not been the PI or co-PI of any grant that was funded from any source (intramural or extramural) that was >$100,000. I completed my terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, within the past 10 years.

I am an Assistant or Associate Professor. I am a pediatric urology clinician or a pediatric urology researcher. I am not a postdoctoral fellow or full professor.

I will not be a pediatric urology fellow after August 1, 2026. If all are true, congratulations, you are eligible to submit a 2 page Research Proposal!

Please remember - on the 2-page proposal: You must sign off on the PI eligibility checklist, and You must include a completed NIH Biosketch with a working MyBibliography link (your grant will be administratively rejected if this web link is not working) It must be no more than 2 pages or your proposal will be administratively rejected.