Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative

BWF’s Next Generation Pregnancy Award (NGP) provides up to $500,000 over a four-year period ($125,000 per year) to individual scientists and multi-investigator teams. For the 2025-2026 cycle, BWF has updated the NGP priority areas to support projects that include normal pregnancy, preeclampsia, preterm birth, and late term pregnancy loss (note: projects focused on miscarriage at 10 weeks or less and infertility-related loss are beyond the scope of this mechanism). BWF especially welcomes applications focused on subtyping adverse pregnancy outcomes, investigating maternal–fetal interactions, and integrating animal models with clinical outcomes.

Postdoctoral Enrichment Program

Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.