Welcome to our website featuring funding resources for late postdoctoral investigators and new faculty (typically those at or below an Assistant Professor rank). There are also resources listed for pre- and post-doctoral level levels. To learn more about each funding opportunity including due dates, focus, and funding amount, please click on the program’s web page link. While some deadlines have passed, use this information to gear up for future cycles.
In addition, PIVOT is an excellent great resource for researching a plethora of funding opportunities by refining your search through specific keywords. For example, find more opportunities by using Pivot and selecting “Individuals: Early Career and Emerging in Field” under “Applicant Type,” or go to the Pivot search results for “New Faculty/New Investigator.” See link at right.
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- Federal Agencies
– Department of Defense
– National Institutes of Health
– National Science Foundation
- Other Nonfederal Agencies
PIVOT Resources
Funding Announcements
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Department of Defense
Download the list of grant announcements listed below here: Link to DOD Funding Opportunities
Program |
Deadline |
Funding |
Synopsis |
| ONR Young Investigator Program, Office of Naval Research | September/October (Due this year on 10/29/2021) | $510,000 (36 months) | ONR’s YIP seeks to identify and support academic scientists and engineers who are in their first or second full-time tenure-track or tenure-track-equivalent academic appointment and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. Typical awards are $510,000 over a 36-month period of performance. Additional funding may be requested up to $250,000 to cover equipment costs, testing, ship time, etc. |
| AFOSR Young Investigator Program, Air Force Office of Scientific Research | Summer (last due date was 7/14/2021) | $450,000 | The Air Force YIP supports scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last seven years and show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering. Most YIP awards are funded up to $150,000 per year for three years. Research proposals must address Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, FA9550-18-S-0003, found on www.grants.gov. See this link: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325614 |
| Young Faculty Award, DARPA | Executive Summary Due: 11/04/2021; Full Proposal Due: 1/25/2022 | $500,000 | The objective is to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions, emphasizing those without prior DARPA funding, and expose them to DoD needs and DARPA’s program development process. The YFA program provides funding, mentoring and industry and DoD contacts to awardees early in their careers so they may develop their research ideas in the context of national security needs. The long term goal of the YFA program is to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who will focus a significant portion of their career on DoD and National Security issues. The annual research announcement seeking YFA applications is typically posted to the Grants.gov, and beta.sam.gov websites between August and September. (https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329291) Each award will include a 24-month base period (a maximum of $500,000) and a 12-month option period (a maximum of $500,000). |
| Broad Agency Announcement – Young Investigator Program, Army Research Office | Open through 3/31/2022 | $120,000/yr for 3 years. | The ARO Young Investigator Program is included in the ARO Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Fundamental Research. The objective of the YIP is to attract outstanding young university faculty members to pursue fundamental research in areas relevant to the Army, to support their research in these areas, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. This program is open to U.S. citizens, U.S. Nationals, and Permanent Resident Aliens holding tenure-track positions at U.S. universities and colleges, who have held their graduate degrees (Ph.D. or equivalent) for fewer than five years at the time of application. To view the BAA, select this link and view solicitation number W911NF-17-S-0002 (note any modifications). |
National Institutes of Health - Predoctoral Training / Clinical Doctorate Stage
Research Training and Career Development General Information
Download the list of grant announcements listed below here: Link to NIH Predoc / Clinical Doctorate Stage Opportunities
Career Stage |
Program & Funding Announcements |
Synopsis |
Predoctoral Training / Clinical Doctorate Stage – All Funding Opportunities |
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| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate | F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD and other Dual Degree Fellowships | To enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students, who are matriculated in a combined MD/PhD or other dual-doctoral degree training program (e.g. DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists. |
| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate | F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award | To enable promising predoctoral students with potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientists, to obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research. The F31 is also used to enhance workforce diversity though a separate program. |
| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate | F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 – Diversity) | To enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of predoctoral students from population groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce. The proposed mentored research training is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. |
| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate | R36 Dissertation Award | Although not technically fellowships, these grants support dissertation research costs of students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions). |
| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate | DP5 Early Independence Award | To support exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career. |
| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate | Appointee on Institutional Awards | Become an appointee on an Institutional Award, including the following: • T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award • T35 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant • T90/R90 Ruth L. Kirschstein Interdisciplinary Research Training Award (T90) and combined Research Education Grant (R90) • T15 Continuing Education Grant • R35 Research Education Program • D43 International Research Training Grant |
| Undergraduate, Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career | Appointee on R25 Research Education Program | Become an appointee on an R25 Research Education Program. The R25 supports research education activities that: (a) Complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (b) Enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce; (c) Help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; or (d) Foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. The R25 provides support to develop and/or implement a program as it relates to a category in one or more of the areas of education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation. |
| Undergraduate, Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career, Established Investigator | Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp) | Become and appointee of Supervisor’s grant. Administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce. |
National Institutes of Health - Postdoctoral Training / Residency Stage
Research Training and Career Development General Information
Download the list of grant announcements listed below here: Link to Postdoc / Residency Stage Opportunities
Career Stage |
Program & Funding Announcements |
Synopsis |
Postdoctoral / Residency Stage – All Funding Opportunities |
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| Postdoctoral/Residency | F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award | To enhance the research training of promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award | To provide support and protected time for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Some NIH Institutes use the K01 to enhance workforce diversity, or for individuals who propose to train in a new field, or for individuals who have had a hiatus in their research career. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career, Established Investigator | K07 Academic Career Development Award | To provide support for academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the sponsoring institution. The K07 supports both development awards for more junior candidates, and leadership awards for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award | To prepare clinically trained individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program provides support and protected time for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in the fields of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research, including translational research. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award | To prepare clinically trained individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program provides support and protected time for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in the fields of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research, including translational research. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K22 Career Transition Award | To facilitate the transition of investigators to independent, productive research careers. One or two phase award; an initial period of mentored research, followed by a period of independent research at an extramural institution. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award | To support the career development of individuals with a clinical doctoral degree, who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators, and who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career, Established Investigator | K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award | To attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. The K25 supports productive professionals with quantitative (e.g., statistics, economics, computer science, physics, chemistry) and engineering backgrounds to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K43 Emerging Global Leader Award | The purpose of the Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award is to provide research support and protected time to a research scientist from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) with a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution leading to an independently funded research career. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K76 Emerging Leaders Career Development Award | To develop of a cadre of talented scientists prepared and willing to take an active leadership role in transformative change that will lead to improved health care outcomes. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award | To support both an initial mentored research experience (K99) followed by independent research (R00) for highly qualified, postdoctoral researchers, to secure an independent research position. Award recipients are expected to compete successfully for independent R01 support during the R00 phase. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | Loan Repayment Program | The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The LRPs repay up to $50,000 annually of a researcher’s qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. |
| Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctoral/Residency | Appointee on Institutional Awards | Become an appointee on an Institutional Award, including the following: • T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award • T90/R90 Ruth L. Kirschstein Interdisciplinary Research Training Award (T90) and combined Research Education Grant (R90) • T15 Continuing Education Grant • K12 Clinical Scientist Institutional Career Development Program Award • R35 Research Education Program • D43 International Research Training Grant |
| Undergraduate, Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career | Appointee on R25 Research Education Program | Become an appointee on an R25 Research Education Program. The R25 supports research education activities that: (a) Complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (b) Enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce; (c) Help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; or (d) Foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. The R25 provides support to develop and/or implement a program as it relates to a category in one or more of the areas of education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation. |
| Undergraduate, Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career, Established Investigator | Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp) | Become and appointee of Supervisor’s grant. Administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce. |
National Institutes of Health - Early Career Stage
Research Training and Career Development General Information
Download the list of grant announcements listed below here: Link to Early Career Stage Opportunities
Career Stage |
Program & Funding Announcements |
Synopsis |
Early Research Career Stage – All K Level Funding Opportunities |
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| Early Career, Established Investigator | F05 International Research Fellow | The goal of this program is to support qualified foreign scientists and clinicians with a research or clinical doctoral degree, by enhancing their basic, translational or clinical research skills in a research setting in the United States. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award | To provide support and protected time for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Some NIH Institutes use the K01 to enhance workforce diversity, or for individuals who propose to train in a new field, or for individuals who have had a hiatus in their research career. |
| Early Career | K02 Independent Research Scientist Development Award | To foster the development of newly independent, outstanding scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research, to enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency, Established Investigator | K07 Academic Career Development Award | To provide support for academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the sponsoring institution. The K07 supports both development awards for more junior candidates, and leadership awards for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award | To prepare clinically trained individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program provides support and protected time for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in the fields of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research, including translational research. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K22 Career Transition Award | To facilitate the transition of investigators to independent, productive research careers. One or two phase award; an initial period of mentored research, followed by a period of independent research at an extramural institution. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award | To support the career development of individuals with a clinical doctoral degree, who have the potential to develop into productive, clinical investigators, and who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency, Established Investigator | K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award | To attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. The K25 supports productive professionals with quantitative (e.g., statistics, economics, computer science, physics, chemistry) and engineering backgrounds to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K43 Emerging Global Leader Award | The purpose of the Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award is to provide research support and protected time to a research scientist from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) with a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution leading to an independently funded research career. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K76 Emerging Leaders Career Development Award | To develop of a cadre of talented scientists prepared and willing to take an active leadership role in transformative change that will lead to improved health care outcomes. |
| Early Career, Postdoctoral/Residency | K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award | To support both an initial mentored research experience (K99) followed by independent research (R00) for highly qualified, postdoctoral researchers, to secure an independent research position. Award recipients are expected to compete successfully for independent R01 support during the R00 phase. |
| Early Career | DP2 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award | To supports early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. |
| Postdoctoral/Residency, Early Career | Loan Repayment Program | The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The LRPs repay up to $50,000 annually of a researcher’s qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. |
| Undergraduate, Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career | Appointee on R25 Research Education Program | Become an appointee on an R25 Research Education Program. The R25 supports research education activities that: (a) Complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (b) Enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce; (c) Help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; or (d) Foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. The R25 provides support to develop and/or implement a program as it relates to a category in one or more of the areas of education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation. |
| Early Career, Established Investigator | Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (Admin Supp) | Become and appointee of Supervisor’s grant. Administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to support individuals with high potential to re-enter an active research career after a qualifying interruption for family or other responsibilities. |
| Undergraduate, Graduate/Clinical Doctorate, Postdoctorate/Residency, Early Career, Established Investigator | Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp) | Become and appointee of Supervisor’s grant. Administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce. |
National Science Foundation
Download the list of grant announcements listed below here: Link to NSF Funding Announcements
Program |
Deadline |
Funding |
Synopsis |
| Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, NSF Funding Search | July 25, 2022 (Fourth Monday in July, Annually Thereafter | Minimum award is $400,000 total for the 5-year duration, except for Directorate for Biological Sciences, the Directorate for Engineering, or the Office of Polar Programs, with a minimum total of $500,000 for the five-year duration. | The CAREER Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) | September 19, 2022; Third Monday in September, Annually Thereafter | $175,000 for 24 months | It is expected that funds will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in their first three years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more than a total of five years after completion of their PhD. One may not yet have received any other grants or contracts in the Principal Investigator role from any department, agency, or institution of the federal government, including from the CAREER program or any other program, post-PhD, with certain exceptions. |
Other Nonfederal Agencies
Note: On the list below, please click on the links for grant programs of interest for updated due dates for the next funding cycle. While some of these programs are closed currently, new funding cycles will be announced.
Download the list of grant announcements listed below here: Link to Nonfederal Funding Agencies Grants
Program |
Deadline |
Program Synopsis |
| Young Investigator Grants, Academic Pediatric Association | Contact program officer. | The APA YIA Funding Path supports projects in health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospital medicine, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, and other general pediatric clinical research domains. The YIA Program is particularly interested in proposals that address health equity. APA YIA recipients may receive up to $10,000. |
| Young Investigator Grants, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation | Last round was due July 12, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | Young Investigator grants are designed to fill the critical need for startup funds for less experienced researchers to pursue promising research ideas. Eligible applicants may apply during their fellowship training or early in their research careers but must not have achieved an appointment higher than Instructor. These grants encourage and cultivate the best and brightest researchers of the future and lead to long-term research projects. The Young Investigator grant offers up to $50,000 per year for three years. |
| Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Last round was due December 9 12, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | Awards can provide individuals up to five years of combined support for their research training (maximum of three years) and the initiation of their independent research career (two years). Candidates for this award can be identified any time during the first four years of their postdoctoral fellowship. This award is intended to provide an opportunity for promising postdoctoral fellows to hone research skills, develop into independent investigators and initiate an independent CF research program. Stipends for this award are based on years of postdoctoral experience. Research support of $10,000 per year is available during the postdoctoral training phase of the award. The faculty phase of the award includes $80,000 for salary support and $30,000 for research support. |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Spring Cycle – May Fall Cycle – December |
Postdoctoral research fellowship awards are offered for support of postdoctoral research training related to cystic fibrosis. Preference will be given to recent graduates and those just beginning their research careers. Salary support of up to $50,000 (plus $8,850 fringe) is available for the first year of the award and $52,000 (plus $9,200 fringe) for the second year of the award. Research and travel expenses of $4,500 per year are available. |
| RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants, Alex’s Lemonade Stand | Last round was due December 20, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | The RUNX1 Early Career Investigator grant is a 3-year award designed to fund research in strategies leading to the development of therapies to prevent the transition from pre-leukemia to leukemia for patients with RUNX1-FPD. Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD (DO, MBBS or equivalent) and be within five years of their first faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor or equivalent tenure-track position. The RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grant offers up to $60,000 per year for three years. |
| Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain, Rita Allen Foundation | August annually | The Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain recognizes emerging leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain. Each year, the Foundation typically awards two grants, in the amount of $50,000 per year over three years, to early-career investigators who are pursuing innovative research on mechanisms that initiate and propagate pain in the nervous system. |
| Research Grants, Alzheimer’s Association | Deadlines vary by program | The association offers several grant programs that provide support for new investigators, including Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant and Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity. See this link for the various programs: https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/grants/types-of-grants |
| AACR Funding Opportunities, American Association for Cancer Research | Deadlines vary by program | Grants support researchers, both domestically and abroad, at every stage of their career, representing a global commitment to understanding, preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. See this link to filer by type: https://www.aacr.org/professionals/research-funding/current-funding-opportunities/ |
| Research Scholar Grants, American Cancer Society | April 1 and October 1 | Research Scholar Grants provide support for independent, self-directed researchers and clinician scientists, who are investigators licensed to provide patient care and trained to conduct research. Grants support investigators within the first 10 years of an initial independent research career or full-time faculty appointment. Funding is up to four years with $165,000 per year direct costs. |
| Junior Faculty Development, American Diabetes Association | Last deadline was November 22, 2021 for Letter of Interest; and March 7, 2022 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | Awards support faculty up to and including assistant professor or equivalent, with 10 or less years research experience beyond terminal degree, as they establish independence as diabetes researchers. Awards are up to 3 years for around $138,000 year. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Diabetes Association | Last deadline was November 1, 2021. Assume similar timeline in future. | Awards are for up to 3 years ranging by level. |
| Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty, American Federation for Aging Research | Last deadline was December 15, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and April 2022 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR provide up to $125,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (MDs and PhDs) to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts on the biology of aging. These investigators study a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics related to aging. The Letter of Intent deadline for the 2022 program is December 15, 2021. |
| Young Investigator Innovation Grants, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Last deadline was November 15, 2021. Assume similar timeline in future. | Grants of up to $90,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at or below the level of assistant professor. Grants must allocate $10,000 for an established suicide researcher to mentor the Young Investigator. |
| Career Development Award, American Heart Association | TBA | Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals, in the early years of one’s first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training necessary to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist. The award will develop the research skills to support and greatly enhance the awardee’s chances to obtain and retain a high-quality career position. |
| AHA Predoctoral Fellowship | TBA | To enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising students who are matriculated in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree training programs and who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists, or related careers aimed at improving global cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and brain health. Award is $32,036 – $64,072 over one to two years. |
| AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship | TBA | Enhances the training of promising students in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree training programs and who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists, or related careers aimed at improving global health and wellbeing. Stipends paid by year of experience Not to exceed $80,142 per period and $160,284 total. |
| Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, American Liver Foundation | Last deadline was October 4, 2021. Assume similar timeline in future. | The Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award is a prestigious award honoring a scientist who has made a major contribution to liver disease research in basic science or in its application towards the prevention, treatment or cure of liver disease. |
| Emerging Liver Scholars Program, AASLD | March-April | The Emerging Liver Scholars program is a career-long accomplishment that begins with a sponsored trip to fully immerse yourself in everything The Liver Meeting® has to offer and continues year-after-year with the opportunity to become an ambassador or voice for AASLD and the ELS Program at your current and future institutions. The program promotes the study of hepatology among residents who have the potential for a career in academic medicine and who haven’t yet determined their long-term career goals. This program is targeted toward medical, surgical and pediatric residents and their mentors to attend The Liver Meeting® and participate in other AASLD activities throughout their training. |
| Research Awards, American Society for Mass Spectrometry | November 30 Annually | The program is open to academic scientists within four years of joining the tenure track faculty or equivalent. Awards are $35,000. |
| New Investigators Research Grant, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation | April (Check updates for 2022) | Research should have clinical relevance to audiology and/or speech-language pathology. The investigator must have completed a PhD or equivalent within the past five years. The investigator must not yet have received external research funding since completion of the PhD. Awards are $10,000. |
| Emerging Leader Award, Bay Area Lyme Foundation | April 1, 2022 | The $100,000 ELA grant is offered to researchers in academia or the private sector who are currently at the post-doctoral level through the assistant professor level, or equivalent. Those who have not previously worked in Lyme disease research are also encouraged to apply. Applicants must have identified a defined approach to improving diagnostics or therapeutics for Lyme disease. |
| Beckman Young Investigators Program, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Last round was August 2m 2021 for Letter of Intent, and January 10, 2022 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | The program provides research support to young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. The program is open to those within the first 3 years of a tenure-track position, or an equivalent independent research appointment. Projects are normally funded for a period of 4 years in the range of $600,000 ($150,000 annually). |
| BBRF Young Investigator Grants, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | Last deadline was February 17-March 25, 2021. Assume similar timeline in future. | The program offers up to $35,000 per year for two years to enable promising investigators to either extend their research fellowship training or to begin careers as independent research faculty. All research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders. |
| Young Investigator Grants, Breast Cancer Alliance | Last deadline was July 22, 2021. Assume similar timeline in future. | To encourage a commitment to breast cancer research, Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists, including post docs, whose primary focus is breast cancer and who are in the early stages of their careers, to apply for funding for the Young Investigator Grant. This is a two-year grant for a total of $125,000. |
| Exceptional Project Grants, Breast Cancer Alliance | April 1, 2022. Assume similar timeline in future. | Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists, including post docs, at any stage of their careers whose primary focus is breast cancer to apply for an Exceptional Project Grant. This is a one year grant for a total of $100,000. |
| Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease, Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Preproposal due July; full applications due November | The PATH award provides $500,000 over five years to support investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology. |
| Young Investigator Award, Children’s Tumor Foundation | Letter of Intent due January 2, 2022. Full application due March 4, 2022. Assume similar timeline in future. |
The Young Investigator Award provides two-year salary support to early career NF researchers, such as senior doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers, to help them get established as independent NF investigators. The main function of the YIA program has been to serve as a ‘seeding mechanism’ for researchers to secure larger grants, such as from the NIH and CDMRP NFRP. Predoctoral awardees receive a total of $64,000 for the two years of the YIA program. Postdoctoral awards are based on level of training. |
| CURE Epilepsy Award | Letter of Intent due January 10, 2022. Full application March 30, 2022. Assume similar timeline in future. | The CURE Epilepsy Award (2 years / $250,000) reflects CURE Epilepsy’s continued focus on scientific advances that have the potential to truly transform the lives of those affected by epilepsy, with prevention and disease modification as critical goals. Key priority areas for the award include: 1) Basic mechanisms of epilepsy; 2) Acquired epilepsies; 3) Pediatric epilepsies; 4) SUDEP; 5) Treatment-resistant epilepsies; and 6) Sleep & epilepsy. This award is available to both established and early career investigators |
| CURE Epilepsy, Taking Flight Award | Letter of Intent due January 10, 2022. Full application March 30, 2022. Assume similar timeline in future. | The Taking Flight Award (1 year / $100,000) seeks to promote the careers of young epilepsy investigators to allow them to develop a research focus independent of their mentor(s). |
| DTRF Dr. Dina Lev New Investigator Memorial Research Award, Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation | May 1, 2022 Assume similar timeline in future. |
This RFP seeks applications from young investigators (at the rank of Associate Professor or below) who are new to desmoid tumor research and need seed funding to gather preliminary data. Award is $30,000 per year for one to three years, |
| Career Development Award, Foundation Fighting Blindness | February 1, 2022 Assume similar timeline in future. |
CDA’s goal is to help advance junior clinical research scientists in their professional endeavors to cure retinal degenerative disease by: (1) facilitating advances in laboratory and clinical research; (2) elucidating the mechanism for the cause and pathogenesis of retinal degenerative diseases; (3) developing innovative strategies to prevent, treat and cure these diseases. This program supports up to five junior-level faculty for five (5) years at $75,000/year. Clinician-scientists possessing an M.D., D.O., or recognized equivalent foreign degree and who are in their first, second, or third year of a junior faculty appointment, and are committed to solving the mysteries of inherited retinal diseases are encouraged to apply for a CDA. |
| Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics, Greenwall Foundation | September 20, 2021 for Letter of Intent. January 10, 2022 for full application. This is a limited submission application. Assume similar timeline in future. (2022-23 cycle will be announced in Summer 2022) | The program is a career development award to enable junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. Priority will be given to applicants who have not yet been considered for tenure, who have not received a comparable award, and whose work will have an impact on public policy, biomedical research, or clinical practice. Scholars receive 50% salary support for three years to enable them to carry out a specific research proposal and develop their research program. |
| Rosenblith New Investigator Award, Health Effects Institute | RFA for this award is posted in December of each year. March 25, 2022 for preliminary applications. September 23, 2022 for full applications. |
The award provides up to $500,000 in total costs over three years to a new investigator for a small research project on the health effects of air pollution. Scientists of any nationality holding a PhD, ScD, MD, DVM, or DrPH degree or equivalent are eligible to apply. At the time of application, the candidate should have a minimum of two, and a maximum of seven, years of research experience after obtaining the highest degree and must be at the Assistant Professor level or equivalent at an academic or research institution. |
| Clinical Scientists Development Awead, Doris Duke Foundation | Last round for pre-proposals was due November wth full applications due March. Assume simliar timeline in future. | The Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award provides grants to junior physician scientists to facilitate their transition to independent clinical research careers. The Clinical Scientist Development Award consists of $150,000 annual direct costs plus $15,000 (10%) annual indirect costs for three years |
| Research Grants – Early Career, Human Frontier Science Program | March 31, 2022 for Letter of Intent; mid-September 2022 for full application. | Grants are awarded to teams of researchers from different countries, all of whom are within the first five years after obtaining an independent laboratory and must have obtained their first doctoral degree (PhD, MD or equivalent) not longer than 10 years before the deadline for submission of the letter of intent. Emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring together scientists preferably from different disciplines to focus on problems in the life sciences. Depending on team size, a fixed sum is awarded, to each team over three years, depending on team size (e.g., $300,000 for 2-member team, $400,000 for 3-member team, $500,000 for 4-member team. etc.). |
| Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants, Human Vaccine Projects | Last round was April 1-June 18, 2021. Assume similar timeline for next cycle. Check website for updates. | Awards of $150,000 support investigators under the age of 35 who are using disruptive concepts and inventive processes to significantly advance human immunology and vaccine and immunotherapy discovery research for major global diseases. |
| Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology, AAAS/Science | Last round was May 15-October 1, 2021. Assume similar timeline for next cycle. Check website for updates. | Michelson Philanthropies supports young investigators under the age of 35 from a wide range of disciplines who apply their expertise to perform research that has a lasting impact on vaccine and immunotherapy. Disciplines may include, but are not limited to, computer science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, protein engineering, nanotechnology, genomics, parasitology and tropical medicine, neurodegenerative diseases, and gene editing. The Prize will be awarded annually as one $30,000 grand prize, and two $10,000 runner-up awards. The prize focuses on transformative research in human immunology, with trans disease applications to accelerate vaccine and immunotherapeutic discovery. |
| Trainee Expansion Programme, International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation – Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation | October 1 application deadline | TEP funds two types of projects in human milk and lactation research: Trainee Travel Fund ($10,000) for activities achievable within three months, and Trainee Bridge Fund ($100,000) for activities achievable within one year. TEP scholarships offer unique opportunities to build experience and foster working relationships with peers and mentors from around the world. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships, Juvenile Diabetes Research Center | Last round was due June 29, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | This fellowship is designed to attract qualified, promising scientists entering their professional career in the T1D research field. The applicant is required to work with a sponsor who can provide a training environment conducive to beginning a career in type 1 diabetes-relevant research. At the time of activating the award, the applicant must have received a doctoral degree within 5 years before application is submitted or the equivalent from an accredited institution and must not be simultaneously serving an internship or residency. Awards are for 3 years and based on training experience. |
| Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship, Juvenile Diabetes Research Center | Due January 31, 2022. Assume similar timeline for future. | This fellowship is intended for applicants who have completed some postdoctoral training, show extraordinary promise and are preparing for a transition to an independent research position. Generally, the most recent doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) will have been received no more than 6 years before the application is submitted. Awards of $95,000/year for up to 3 years with a minimum of 75% effort. |
| Career Development Awards, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Last round was due September 22, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | Designed to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas. Researchers who have received their first faculty-level appointment less than 3 years before the submission date are eligible to apply for this award. Grants are $150,000 /year for up to 5 years. |
| Early-Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Awards, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Last round was due April 30, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | The Early Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award is intended for clinical researchers at a relatively early stage of their independent career. Clinical researchers who have received their first faculty-level appointment less than 5 years before the submission date are eligible to apply for this award. Applicants must have an MD or MD-PhD, hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine in a clinical department, and conduct human clinical research. Grants are $150,000 /year for up to 5 years. |
| Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences | February 15 (with application portal opening October 1) annually | The Award of $225,000 over 3 years supports young investigators in the early stages of their careers engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The candidate must be within four years of completing postdoctoral training and the start of his/her first tenure-track appointment. |
| Hollis Brownstein Research Grants Program, Leukemia Research Foundation | Annual funding cycle: February for Letter of Intent; April or full applications | One-year grants of $100,000 support new investigators – scientists establishing their own laboratories and are no longer under the tutelage of a senior scientist mentor. New investigators are considered to be within seven years of their first independent position. |
| Career Development Award Program, LUNGevity | Last round was February 24, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and May 10, 2021 for full application. Assume similar timeline for future. | The goal is to train and retain the next generation of lung cancer researchers. Applicants must be within the first five years of their faculty appointment. Projects with a focus on either early detection or therapeutics are funded through this program. Awards are a maximum of $100,000/year for 3 years. |
| Early Career Grants, Lymphoma Research Foundation | Early Career Grants will open for full applications in June 2022. | Early Career Grants attract and train early career scientists for lymphoma research through three programs: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Clinical Investigator Career Development Awards, and the Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program. |
| Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards, March of Dimes | May-July for nomination | This award for $150,000 supports young investigators who are just embarking on an independent research career. The program supports research that will advance our translational understanding of, or lead to improved clinical treatment of any serious medical conditions that afflict mothers during pregnancies or newborns within the first year of life. |
| Career Development Award, Marfan Foundation | Last round was due October 15, 2021. Assume similar timeline for future. | The CDA will support two-year $100,000 grants ($50,000 per year) in basic, translational, or clinical research studying any discipline involved in Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and other related conditions. Applicants must have less than seven years experience in a faculty position and have never received an NIH R01 grant award. If the applicant has already received an R01 grant, the applicant must apply to the Foundation’s Innovator Grant Award Program, even if they do not hold an Associate Professor position |
| Scholar Awards, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience | January 10, 2022. Assume similar timeline for future. | The Scholar Awards support young scientists who: hold an M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree; have completed formal postdoctoral training; and demonstrate a commitment to neuroscience. Candidates must hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor, and must have served at that rank for less than four years at the application deadline. The Endowment Fund especially seeks applicants working on problems that, if solved at the basic level, would have immediate and significant impact on clinically relevant issues. Awards are $75,000 per year for three years. |
| Request For Proposals: Young Investigator Awards, Melanoma Research Alliance | Last round was due November 17, 2021. Assume similar timeline in future. | Young Investigator Awards aim to attract early career faculty with original ideas into the field of melanoma, thereby recruiting and supporting the next generation of melanoma research leaders. Awardees will be provided funding to accomplish innovative and original, preclinical, translational, and/or early clinical research projects. Young Investigators are scientists within the first five years of their first academic faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent). A mentorship commitment from a senior investigator is required. $85,000 per year for 3 years. |
| MQ Fellows Award, MQ: Transforming Mental Health Through Research | March 7, 2022. Assume similar timeline for future. | The Award supports early career researchers who are asking challenging questions that will contribute to transformative advances in mental health research. Researchers must have a PhD, DPhil, DClinPsy, MBBS, MD or equivalent; and have accumulated 3-7 years whole-time-equivalent research experience. 2022 projects should be focused on the premature death of people with severe mental illness and charter pathways to genuine impact via, for example, understanding mechanisms or developing effective and scalable solutions. Funding is $225,000 for 3 years. |
| Young Investigator Awards, National Ataxia Foundation | Last round was October 5, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and 11/02/2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | One-year grants of $35,000 encourage young investigators to pursue a career in the field of any form of Ataxia research. Candidates must have attained an MD or PhD degree, and have an appointment as a junior faculty member, senior post-doc or clinical fellow. |
| Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, National Ataxia Foundation | Last round was October 5, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and 11/02/2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | Post-doctoral fellowship awards of $35,000 are to serve as a bridge from post-doctoral positions to junior faculty positions. Applicants should have shown a commitment to research in the field of Ataxia and completed at least 1 year post-doctoral training but not more than 2 years at time of application. |
| Diverse Scientists in Ataxia Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship, National Ataxia Foundation | March 3, 2022 | This URM Pre-doctoral research fellowship is a competitive, non-renewable, merit-based award intended to enhance research and/or clinical training of promising URM students who are matriculated in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree training programs and who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists aimed at continuing ataxia basic science, translational science or clinical research towards the goal of serving individuals with ataxia. This award provides partial support for study and research and may be used to support pre-doctoral students who are pursuing research with an ataxia-relevant theme. Proposals across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical research are welcome. The award is a two-year $50,000 grant ($25,000 per year). |
| Career Development Award, National Hemophilia Foundation | Anticipated for July 2022 for Letter of Intent (with invitation for full application to follow). | NHF funds innovative research studies in the area of bleeding disorders to be carried out at the sub cellular, cellular, animal or human/patient levels. CDA candidates must hold a MD, PhD, or equivalent degree, with no more than six years of postdoctoral years of experience in hematology, nor more than six years since completion of medical training. NHF will award up to $70,000 annually for a maximum of three years. |
| Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, National Hemophilia Foundation | January 24, 2022 for Letter of Intent; March 7, 2022 for full application. Assume similar timeline in future. | Candidates for the JGP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship must have completed doctoral training and be enrolled or will be enrolled in a doctoral, postdoctoral, internship or residency training program at the time of award disbursement. Permissible proposal topics include pre-clinical or basic science research on the biochemical, genetic or hematologic aspects of hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, or other inherited bleeding disorder. Other topics might include focus on joint disease/orthopedics, women’s health, or other therapeutic modalities pertaining to bleeding disorders. Must commit 80%; $52,000/year for 2 years. |
| Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Awards, National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Last round was due August 11, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and August 18, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | The awards support candidates who have concluded their research training and begun academic careers as independent investigators in an area related to multiple sclerosis. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships, National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Last round was due August 11, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and August 18, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | The Society offers postdoctoral fellowship grants to unusually promising recipients of M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degrees when it appears that the program of training to be supported by the grant will enhance the likelihood that the trainee will perform meaningful and independent research relevant to MS in the future, and obtain a suitable position which will enable them to do so. |
| Career Transition Fellowship, National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Last round was due May 5, 2021 for preapplication, and August 18, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | Finding a way to stop MS, restore function and end MS forever will require a cadre of well-trained scientists engaged in MS-related research. The Society’s Career Transition Fellowship addresses this need by fostering the development and productivity of young scientists who have potential to make significant contributions to MS research and help ensure the future and stability of MS research. The Career Transition Fellowship targets current postdoctoral trainees who demonstrate both commitment and exceptional potential to conduct MS-related research. The award provides approximately $550,000 over five years to support a two-year period of advanced postdoctoral training in MS research and the first three years of research support in a new faculty appointment. |
| Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Research, National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Last round was due August 11, 2021 for preapplication, and August 18, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | The National MS Society welcomes applications for support of mentors and institutions that provide training of postdoctoral fellows in MS research related to rehabilitation. This program provides support for a mentor-institution combination which is responsible for the recruitment, selection, and training of postdoctoral fellows to pursue a career in rehabilitation research applied to MS and similar disorders. The mentor should be an established and active researcher in MS or a related field. The mentor and fellow may come from a variety of different fields including medicine, physical, occupational, or speech therapy, psychology, rehabilitation engineering, nursing, or other fields. |
| Biostatistics/Informatics Junior Faculty Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Last round was due August 11, 2021 for preapplication, and August 18, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | The goal is to create protected time for a junior faculty member to collaborate with an established MS research group to develop expertise in MS clinical trials, real-world evidence, epidemiology, data mining, and/or other related bioinformatics research, and to inspire them to pursue critical questions in MS research throughout their career. The award provides three years of partial (25-50%) salary support or teaching buy-out funds, as well as up to $20,000 per year for access to datasets. Eligible candidates hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in biostatistics, data science, or informatics, and are within five years of completion of their terminal degree. They must have been offered or hold an academic appointment at the assistant professor (or equivalent) level at the initiation of the award. |
| Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum – Pilot research Grants, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | Last round was due June 11, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and November 16, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | Two-year Pilot Research Grants help to establish new investigators in the field of spinal cord injury research and support studies by established investigators who are undertaking new directions in their work. Applicants must have a doctoral degree or other equivalent terminal professional degree and hold an independent faculty position beyond the postdoctoral level (i.e., Instructor, Assistant Professor or equivalent research position) at the time of the FGA submission. Funding of $150,000 per year for 2 years. |
| Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum – Postdoctoral Fellowships, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | Last round was due June 11, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and November 16, 2021 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships encourage early-career training and specialization in the field of spinal cord injury research. Fellows must have attained their doctoral degree or an equivalent terminal professional degree by the LOI submission deadline and have held that degree no longer than five years before the FGA submission deadline. For Fellows with an MD, the five-year eligibility period begins after completion of the residency program. Funding is $75,000 per year for 2 years. |
| Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering, David and Lucile Packard Foundation | March 15 for limited submission application (portal opens February 15) | The program invites nominations from selected institutions. Candidates must be eligible to serve as PIs engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering and must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. Disciplines that will be considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. UW-Madison is on the list. Recipients will receive individual grants of $875,000 distributed over five year |
| Pew Biomedical Scholars | May for limited submission application (approximate) | The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. The current grant level is $300,000; $75,000 per year for a four-year period. UW-Madison is on the list for nominating one candidate (UW Madison: https://research.wisc.edu/competition/pew-scholars-program-in-the-biomedical-sciences-2022/) |
| Pew-Steward Scholars Program, Alexander and Margaret Trust | May for limited submission application (approximate) | The Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. The award provides $300,000 in flexible support—$75,000 per year for a four-year period. UW CCC is on the list. |
| Research Starter Grants, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation | Varies: February 10, 2022 for Health Outcomes Research and Translational Medicine; last round was May 17, 2021 for Drug Delivery and Drug Discovery – assume similar timeline in future. | PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grants offer financial support to individuals beginning independent research careers at the faculty level. This program provides a research grant of $100,000 for one year. |
| Predoctoral Fellowship, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation | February 10, 2022 for Health Outcomes Research; last round for Drug Delivery and Drug Discovery was May 20, 2021 – assume similar timeline in future. | The Predoctoral Fellowship programs provide up to two years of stipend funding to support full-time advanced students who will have completed most of their pre-thesis requirements (at least two years of study) and be engaged in thesis research as PhD candidates by the time the award is activated. Fellowships are $25,000 per year, for up to two years. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation | Varies: February 10, 2022 for Health Outcomes Research and Translational Medicine; last round was May 17, 2021 for Drug Delivery and Drug Discovery – assume similar timeline in future. | The Postdoctoral Fellowship programs provide two-year stipend support to well-trained graduates from PhD programs who seek to further develop and refine their research skills through formal postdoctoral training. These fellowships are designed for individuals engaged in a multidisciplinary research training program that will create or extend their credentials. Fellowships are two-year awards and provide from $50,000 to $60,000 per year in stipend support. |
| Young Investigator Awards, Prostate Cancer Foundation | March | Awards offer support for young (generally 35 and younger) proven investigators in postdoctoral fellowships or who have recently achieved junior faculty positions and are committing their lives to the field of prostate cancer. PCF Young Investigator Awards will be three (3) years in duration and will provide $75,000 per year. |
| Scialog, Research Corporation for Science Advancement | Varies | Scialog supports early career faculty to expand research in a focused area of high scientific importance. Within each multi-year initiative, Fellows collaborate in high-risk discovery research on untested ideas and communicate their progress in annual closed conferences. |
| Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | July 1, 2022 for initial application, with finalist interviews in November 2022, | The Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high risk/high reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. |
| Damon Runyon Fellowship Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | March 15, 2022 and August 15, 2022. | The Fellowship Award supports the training of the brightest postdoctoral scientists as they embark upon their research careers. Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a Sponsor. Fellowships are granted for a four-year term with funding ranging from $54,000-$62,000. |
| New Investigator Grant, Scleroderma Foundation | September | The Foundation seeks applications from promising new investigators who hold faculty or equivalent positions and who wish to pursue a career in research related to scleroderma. The Award is a three-year award in the amount of $200,000 total. |
| New Investigator Research Grant, Scoliosis Research Society | March 15 for Letter of Intent; April 15 for full proposals. | Grants are meant to stimulate young members into a career of investigation in spinal deformity and are open to SRS Candidate Fellows or investigators within the first five years of completing their training. Duration of research is 2 years. Up to $30,000 ($15,000 per year) may be requested. |
| Resident/Fellow Grants, Scoliosis Research Society | March 15 | The Resident/Fellow Research grants are meant to allow residents/fellows to pursue avenues of interest to prepare them for a lifelong research career. Open to all residents/fellows in good standing in an Orthopaedic or Neurosurgery training program. Preliminary data is not required nor is it expected. Duration of research is 1 year for an award of up to $10,000. |
| Young Investigator Initiative, Bone and Joint Initiative USA | January 15 and July 15 | The Young Investigator Initiative is a grant mentoring and career development program that aims to increase the pipeline of clinician and basic scientists undertaking musculoskeletal research studies. This program is open to promising junior faculty or senior fellows or post-doctoral researchers who have been nominated by their department or division chairs. It is open to senior fellows or residents who are doing research and have a faculty appointment in place or confirmed. Investigators attend two workshops, 12-18 months apart, and work with faculty between workshops to develop their grant applications. |
| Searle Scholars Program | June for campus limited submission application (approximate) | The program makes grants of $300,000 to selected academic institutions to support independent research of outstanding early-career scientists who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment and will be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. (UW-Madison: https://research.wisc.edu/competition/searle-scholars-program-2021/) |
| Sloan Research Fellowships, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | September | Fellowships support fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field. Awards are for 2 years totaling $75,000. |
| Pilot Research Grant, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | January (January 6, 2022 for current round) | The pilot research grant of $25,000 is designed to help a basic or clinical scientist in the early stages of their career conduct research that may lead to further funding. |
| Distinguished Scientist Award, Sontag Foundation | March 16, 2022 | The award provides career and research support to early career scientists who demonstrate outstanding promise for making scientific and medical breakthroughs in the field of brain cancer research. This $600,000 award is paid over a four-year period at $150,000 per year. |
| Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Awards, UC California Breast Cancer Research Program | Last round was October 21, 2021 for Letter of Intent, and March 3, 2022 for full applications. Assume similar timeline in future. | Researchers at a career level beyond postdoctoral training and less than three years as an independent investigator, or entering research from another field, are encouraged to apply for IDEA grants. Projects should be 18 months maximum with direct costs ranging from $100,000 to $150,000. |
| New Investigator Award, UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program | varies | This award supports new investigators in an independent research program in their research career in the focus areas covered under TRDRP research priorities. Investigators from California not-for-profit organizations are eligible. Maximum award is $200,000 direct costs for 3 years. |
| Start-Up Research Grants, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation | November | The Start-Up Grant Program is meant to help newly appointed researchers who are beginning their independent research careers and may not yet have initial results to substantiate their application. Projects must have a strong element of cooperation between an Israeli and an American scientist(s), and fall within the areas of research supported in that year by the BSF. At least one of the PIs should have attained his/her Ph.D., M.D. degree or equivalent, no more than 10 years prior to submitting the proposal. Two-year grants of $75,000. |
| Grants-in-Aid, Whitehall Foundation | January 15, April 15, and October 1 for Letter of Intent; June 1, September 1, and February 15 for full applications |
Funds researchers at the assistant professor level in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology. Grants-in-Aid are awarded for a one-year period and do not exceed $30,000. |