The application window opens October 1, 2026, and closes on the application deadline January 15, 2027, at 11:59 pm (Eastern Time).
Before you apply
- Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the ACVS Foundation Research Grant Application Guide for submitting your ACVS Foundation research grant application.
- The principal investigator (either an ACVS Diplomate or a surgery resident) must complete the Research Grant Application Workshop and include the CE certificate of completion is required as part of the application. The CE certificate can be used for the current year application as well as the next two application cycles.
Documents for your application
During the online application process, you will be required to upload the completed ACVS Foundation Research Grant Application. The application must include the CE certificate of completion for the workshop, which should be placed at end of the application. Upload the complete application as a single PDF file*.
*Note: You can combine documents into a single PDF using Adobe’s free online PDF merging tool.
All Diplomates and residents have website logins and passwords. If you do not know your login or password, please use the “Forgot your password” option, and your login and password will be emailed to you.
To begin the application process:
- Click the button above and log into your ACVS account.
- Click on “Research Grant Submissions”
- Click on “Create New Grant Application”
- Begin the application and provide the information as required.
- To save the application and continue the submission process later, ensure that all required fields have been completed within the section, click on “Save and Continue,” click on the orange “Back to My Account” button (top left), and choose “Log Out.”
To resume the submission process or to edit your application
- Click the button above and log into your ACVS account.
- Click on “Details” for your application.
- Click on a section and continue completing the application.
To submit your completed application
- If you have provided all required information, the “Submit My Grant” section will appear as a tab under “Review My Submission” on the left side of the screen. (All fields marked with a red asterisk must be completed or the “Submit My Grant” section will not appear.)
- At this point, you can still access all the sections of the application. If you want to print a copy of the application (excluding uploaded documents), you may print each section.
- Click on “Submit My Grant” to submit your completed application.
Contact Tracey Delaney (tdelaney@acvs.org) with questions about submitting an application.
