Dec 04, 2025
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Status:
Now Accepting Applications
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Eligibility & Application Process:
For a full explanation of the eligibility requirements, view the Request for Proposals.
Advisory Committee
Irina Burd, MD, PhD
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Laura Ensign, PhD
Marcella E. Woll Chair in Ophthalmology, Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
BWF Preterm Birth Initiative – 2015
Susan Fisher, PhD
Professor
Depts. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California-San Francisco
Tippi C. MacKenzie, MD
Professor
University of California-San Francisco
BWF Preterm Birth Initiative – 2017
Amy P. Murtha, MD
Dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Mana Parast, MD, PhD
Professor Department of Pathology
University of California-San Diego
Hyagriv N. Simhan, MD, MS
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Executive Vice Chair, Obstetrical Services
Director, Patient Care Delivery Innovation and Technology, UPMC
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Jerome F. Strauss, III, MD, PhD (Chair)
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Human and Molecular Genetics,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Physiology and Biophysics
Virginia Commonwealth University
Additional members may be added to the committee.
Award Timeline
Dec 04, 2025
Application Deadline
Apr 07 - 08, 2026
Finalist Interviews
May 31, 2026
Notice of Award
Oct 01, 2026
Award Start Date
Sep 30, 2031
Award End Date
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