All Opportunities
for young investigators
Junior Faculty Development
Award Info:
Maximum Funding: $138,000/year, plus optional student loan repayment ($10K/year)
Support: Project support & PI salary up to $75K (excluding fringe)
Indirect Support: Up to 10% of directs
The deadline for applications will be November 16, 2020 by 5:00pm ET for July 1, 2021 funding.
Description:
Award Term: 2-4 years
Applicant: Any level faculty up to & including Assistant Prof or equivalent, ≤10 years research experience beyond terminal degree
Citizenship: Authorized to work in U.S. or U.S. possessions
Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award
Award Info:
Full time junior faculty members possession a PhD, MD or equivalent are eligible to apply. Applicants must meet the National Institutes of Health (NIH) definition of a "new investigator".
Each award provides $300,000 in total costs. We approve deduction of indirect costs, not exceeding…
Description:
The award acts as a bridge to ensure promising early career scientists stay in the Parkinson’s research field, helping us solve, treat and end the disease. In today’s funding environment, as young scientists navigate the path from mentored to independent research, they face a “valley…
Michael Geisman Fellowship Grant
Award Info:
Applicant must hold an MD, DDS, DO, or PhD, and be appointed at the level of a post-doctoral trainee, or equivalent, within an academic institution.
Applicant should have completed their Ph.D. or clinical training within the past five (5) years.
Description:
This fellowship supports post-doctoral trainees who are currently working on projects with clear relevance to OI, or who have projects that will enable them to develop expertise in OI research. Eligibility:A qualified applicant must hold an MD, DDS, DO, or PhD, and be appointed at the level of a post-doctoral…
Scientific Scholar Awards
Award Info:
Potential candidates will have an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree with career goals focused on ovarian cancer. Clinicians will have completed their residency. Candidates should be at the post-doc/fellow, instructor, research assistant, or assistant professor level with no more than 3-4 years in any…
Description:
The Rivkin Center is announcing funds for Scientific Scholar Awards to be allocated based on scientific merit. Scientific Scholar Awards are intended to assist promising laboratory and clinical scientists in pursuing a career as an independent investigator in ovarian cancer research. The two-year…
William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program
Award Info:
To be eligible, applicants must hold an M.D., D.O., Ph.D., or equivalent degree; have completed the clinical portion of his or her training program by the time of award activation; hold a full-time faculty appointment and be within seven years of initial faculty appointment at the time of award activation;…
Description:
The goal of the William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program is to produce the next generation of clinician educators by allowing applicants to improve teaching skills through the acquisition of education tools and by supporting aspiring nephrology educators to conduct a project to advance…
Transition to Independence Grants Program
Award Info:
Eligibilty:
- At the time of application, the applicant must hold a doctoral degree, have a primary faculty appointment in an allergy/immunology division/section of an academic institution, be undertaking a project related to allergic respiratory disease, and have completed a training…
Description:
The KidneyCure Transition to Independence Grants Program provides funding for young faculty to foster
evolution to an independent research career and a successful application for a National Institutes of Health
(NIH) full R01 grant or equivalent. By the end of the grant period, a recipient…
Research Grants
Award Info:
Award:
- Support is available for $150,000 per year (plus 12 percent for indirect costs) for up to two years, at which time a grant may be competitively renewed for additional funding.
Eligibility:
United States residents and applicants from outside…
Description:
Research grants are intended to support basic science research. Studies may be carried out at the subcellular, cellular, animal, or patient levels. To be considered, proposals must be hypothesis-driven and provide sufficient preliminary data to justify Cystic Fibrosis Foundation support.
TAA Young Investigator Award
Award Info:
Budget
The Tourette Association will consider reasonable requests for:
- Salaries (for US institutions, NIH salary caps apply)
- Laboratory supplies and other research-related expenses
- Travel expenses for investigators (up to $1,500 per year)
- Research…
Description:
The Tourette Association of America (TAA) aims to encourage early career researchers to invest their efforts and expertise in increasing our biological understanding of Tourette Syndrome (TS), pursing clinical research aimed at improving patient care, and developing and testing new therapies.
Young Investigator Grant
Award Info:
Applicants must have their M.D., Ph.D. or dual M.D., Ph.D. and must not have achieved an appointment higher than Instructor (Assistant Professor level faculty will not be considered)
Description:
The Young Investigator grant is a three-year award designed to support early career researchers, such as postdoctoral, clinical fellows or instructors, pursuing promising childhood cancer research ideas. These grants aim to cultivate the best and brightest researchers of the future who demonstrate…
OREF/Goldberg Arthritis Research Grant
Award Info:
Award Amount:
- $50,000 grant (Directed program)
- Encourages new investigators by providing seed and start-up funding for promising research projects that address issues related to the treatment of arthritis with an emphasis…
Description:
The objective of the OREF/Goldberg Arthritis Research Grant is to encourage new investigators by providing seed and start-up funding for promising research projects that address issues related to the treatment of arthritis with an emphasis on arthroplasty. Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in…