All Opportunities
for young investigators
Lupus Research Program Transformative Vision Award
Award Info:
Independent investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) are eligible
to be named by the applicant organization as the PI.
Description:
The LRP mission is to fund research to understand, prevent, and diagnose lupus and to improve treatments and quality of life of patients, including Service members, Veterans, and beneficiaries.
The LRP vision is to cure lupus through partnership of scientists, clinicians, and consumers.
To be…
Hartford-Jeste Award for Future Leaders in Geriatric Psychiatry
Award Info:
- Prize: $1,000, Plaque
- Criteria/Eligibility: Psychiatrist who holds a position no higher than assistant professor and is no more than seven years removed from completion of a geriatric psychiatry fellowship
Description:
The Hartford-Jeste Award for Future Leaders in Geriatric Psychiatry, established in 2013, recognizes an early-career geriatric psychiatrist who has made noteworthy contributions to geriatric psychiatry through excellence in research, teaching, clinical practice, and community service and has demonstrated…
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
Award Info:
Awards will be in two multi-year segments of three years and two years. The three-year segment will have an award budget up to $900,000 in direct costs. The two-year segment will have an award budget up to $600,000.
Awardees are required to commit at least three person-months (25%) of their…
Description:
Research Grant Application Guidelines
Award Info:
Grants are awarded for $150,000 over 2 years (beginning January 1 of each year), with indirect costs not to exceed 10% of the award.
Applicants should be affiliated with a research or academic institution (excluding for-profit companies), may be US or foreign based, established in their field,…
Description:
Research Grant Awards are one of the two largest types of grants awarded by DSF. Research grants are intended for established, experienced, independent investigators affiliated with a research or academic institution whose proposed projects investigate hypotheses directly related to Dravet syndrome.…
Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson’s Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Award Info:
Independent investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) are eligible to be named as the PI. The NETP Program IIRA requires that the PI dedicate at least 15% of their full-time professional effort to this award during the award period.
Description:
The NETP Program IIRA supports highly rigorous, multidisciplinary, high-impact research projects that have the potential to make an important contribution to neurotoxin exposure and treatment-related Parkinson’s research. This award mechanism supports the full spectrum of research from basic…
Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research
Award Info:
Candidates must meet all of the following eligibility requirements:
- Hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field.
- As of Sept. 9, 2021, hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor. (Appointments such as research assistant…
Description:
LIMITED SUBMISSION: The Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research is a national initiative designed to support promising early career scientists whose research will accelerate discovery and advance progress to a cure for cancer. The program—funded by The Alexander and Margaret Stewart…
Grants to Individual
Award Info:
Not limited to early career faculty but focused on seed funding for research-related expenses.
Description:
The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants. 1) Production and Presentation Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with the production-related expenses necessary to take a project from conceptualization…
New Investigator Grant
Award Info:
Eligibility Requirements:
Applications may be submitted by domestic non-profit organizations, public and private such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories. Foreign organizations and institutions are not eligible. These new investigator grants may not be used to support thesis or…
Description:
The Scleroderma 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. This grant supports promising research that is likely to lead to individual research project grants.
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
Award Info:
CISE expects the total funding to be up to $10,000,000 each year, subject to the availability of funds.
Each award will be up to $175,000 for a period of 24 months.
Due Third Monday in September, annually
Description:
The NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks to award grants intended to support research independence among early-career academicians who specifically lack access to adequate organizational or other resources. It is expected that funds obtained through this…
Discovery Grants
Award Info:
The principal investigator must be personally and actively responsible for the conduct
of the proposed research, hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent academic degree, and be eligible to
apply as a Principal Investigator by their institution. The principal investigator need not be a United
States…
Description:
The National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) is seeking grant applications that encourage the advancement of
innovative research into psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and related comorbidities. Discovery Grants fund
researchers while they explore preliminary ideas and conduct proof-of-concept experiments.…