The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research primarily funds mentored research training and graduate-level research support in academic anesthesiology programs, concentrating grants to major university medical centers and hospital research departments. Its giving emphasizes building clinician-scientist capacity (MRTG scholarships/fellowships) and supporting research training infrastructure rather than direct patient services. Grants are directed to top-tier U.S. medical schools and specialty departments, often named to individual trainees or specific training programs.
A $1,000,000 grant to the National Academy of Sciences for the NAM Fellowship 2023 stands out in the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research’s recent record. That award sits alongside a dense block of mentored research training grants to academic medical centers, showing a clear commitment to developing clinician-scientists in anesthesiology rather than funding broad service programs. The foundation’s recent awards repeatedly support graduate-level research training, fellowships, and scholarships tied to anesthesiology departments and hospital research units. The pattern is visible across major university systems and teaching hospitals. In 2025, the foundation gave $300,000 to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for a Mentored Research Training Grant, and $250,000 to University of California San Francisco for the same purpose. Other 2025 awards went to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Washington University in St Louis, Johns Hopkins University, University of California Los Angeles, and Weill Medical College of Cornell Medicine, each for mentored research training support. Several 2024 and 2023 grants also carried trainee-specific or program-specific labels, including an MRTG scholarship and named trainee awards.
The foundation’s strongest pattern is support for mentored research training in anesthesiology. It gave $300,000 to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for a Mentored Research Training Grant and $250,000 to Johns Hopkins University for the same purpose, both indicating sustained backing for early-career investigators in academic medicine. It also supports scholarship-style trainee awards. One 2025 grant sent $250,000 to University of California Los Angeles for an MRTG Scholarship, while a 2023 award of $150,000 went to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for APSF-FAER-MRTG-02-15-2021-TAN (Jonathan). A third thread is institutional research training at major medical schools and hospital systems. Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College each appear in the recent grants list with Mentored Research Training Grant support, reflecting repeated investment in training infrastructure at academic sites.
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Most grants fall between $69K and $125K, with a median of $125K.
25th Percentile
$69K
Median
$125K
75th Percentile
$125K
About 1% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Concentrated, large institutional grants focused on repeat support to elite academic medical centers and departments; frequent multi-year or repeated awards to the same institutions and specific trainees/programs rather than many small, one-off gifts.
Notable grantees: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University School of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University
The typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $68,750, median is $125,000, and p75 is $125,000. That suggests a standard award level around $125,000, with larger awards reserved for selected fellowships and program grants. The foundation is a Public Charity and does not fund individuals directly. Its recent giving also shows recurrence: the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Vermont and State Agricultural College all appear more than once across the recent grants list, often with the same training-grant purpose.
Giving is national, but it is concentrated in a handful of U.S. academic hubs. Philadelphia appears repeatedly through the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Los Angeles is another major destination, with grants to University of California Los Angeles, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, The Regents of the University of California, and Uc Regents. Other recurring cities include New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh. All recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients.
Its recent grants center on mentored research training, fellowships, and scholarships in academic anesthesiology. The largest awards in the list include a $1,000,000 fellowship grant to the National Academy of Sciences and multiple six-figure training grants to university medical centers and hospital departments.
The distribution is centered at $125,000. The p25 grant size is $68,750, the median is $125,000, and the p75 is also $125,000, so many awards cluster at the same level.
Several recipients recur, including the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. These repeat awards are mostly labeled Mentored Research Training Grant.
Its giving is national, but the highest concentration of grants by recipient state is in Alabama. In the dataset, 2% of grants went to recipients in Illinois, the foundation’s headquarters state.
The recent grants go to universities, medical schools, and hospital research centers such as Johns Hopkins University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Washington University in St Louis, and Weill Medical College of Cornell Medicine. The pattern points to academic training environments rather than direct-service organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $300,000 | 2025 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $250,000 | 2025 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | LOS ANGELES, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | MRTG SCHOLARSHIP |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS | ST LOUIS, MO | $250,000 | 2025 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL MEDICINE | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | BALTIMORE, MD | $250,000 | 2025 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT |
| RICHMOND INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS RESEARCH | RICHMOND, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | BIRMINGHAM, AL | $75,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE GRANT |
| NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2024 | NAM FELLOWSHIP 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MEDICAL CENTER | DALLAS, TX | $150,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | STANFORD, CA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER | DENVER, CO | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| STANDFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | STANFORD, CA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE | BURLINGTON, VT | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | STANFORD, CA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | ST LOUIS, MO | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY | ATLANTA, GA | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | CHARLOTTE, NC | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON | MADISON, WI | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL (COLUMBIA) | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2024 | MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT |
| OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY | PORTLAND, OR | $75,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | CHARLOTTE, NC | $50,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT |
| MAYO CLINIC RESEARCH | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $25,000 | 2024 | GEMMSSTAR |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | CHARLOTTE, NC | $25,000 | 2024 | GEMMSSTAR |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | CHARLOTTE, NC | $25,000 | 2024 | GEMMSSTAR |
| HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | HOUSTON, TX | $25,000 | 2024 | GEMMSSTAR |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2023 | APSF-FAER-MRTG-02-15-2021-TAN (JONATHAN) |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-08-15-2020-MACKAY (EMILY) |
| UC REGENTS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-02-15-2021-SADDIC (LOUIS) |
| MAYO CLINIC RESEARCH | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-02-15-2021-VOGEL (ELIZABETH) |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-02-15-2022-ANSARI (JESSICA) |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-08-15-2021-BISHARA (ANDREW) |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-02-15-2021-CICHON (JOSEPH) |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $125,000 | 2023 | MRTG-02-15-2022-CIAMPA (ERIN) |
MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$250,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
$250,000MRTG SCHOLARSHIP
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL MEDICINE
MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
RICHMOND INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS RESEARCH
$100,000RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
$75,000RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT
TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE GRANT
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MEDICAL CENTER
$150,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$125,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
$125,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
$125,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
$125,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY
$125,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
$125,000MENTORED RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT
OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
$75,000RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$50,000RESEARCH IN EDUCATION GRANT
HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
$25,000GEMMSSTAR
MRTG-08-15-2020-MACKAY (EMILY)
UC REGENTS
$125,000MRTG-02-15-2021-SADDIC (LOUIS)
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$125,000MRTG-08-15-2021-BISHARA (ANDREW)
MRTG-02-15-2021-CICHON (JOSEPH)