All Opportunities
for young investigators
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoc Fellowship in Aging Research
Award Info:
The grant is $75,000, of which a minimum of $54,840 (*see note below) is to be used for salary and the remainder to be used for allowable expenses (research supplies, equipment, health insurance, travel to scientific meetings where the Fellow is presenting his/her biology of aging research, and relevant…
Description:
This program was developed to address the current concerns about an adequate funding base for postdoctoral fellows (MD, MD/PhD and PhD) who specifically direct their research towards basic aging mechanisms and/or translational findings that have direct benefits to human aging. Postdoctoral fellows…
Shaffer Grants
Award Info:
We consider it vital to invest funds in new high-impact research that may lead to major government and philanthropic support. All Glaucoma Research Foundation grants to explore new ideas are in the amount of $50,000.
To be eligible, applicants must possess at least a graduate degree. Interdisciplinary…
Description:
Founded in 1978, the San Francisco-based Glaucoma Research Foundation was created to encourage innovative research aimed at finding better ways to care for people with glaucoma — the leading cause of preventable blindness. Through its Shaffer Grants program, the foundation will award one-year…
THRIVE Research Grant
Award Info:
Principal investigator(s) must hold an M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., or equivalent degree. Candidates for these degrees along with their Principal Investigator may apply. All candidates must have an accredited faculty, medical institution, or other research institute appointment and have the ability to conduct…
Description:
The THRIVE grant program is designed to provide seed funding to investigators for the testing of initial hypotheses and collecting of preliminary data to help secure long-term funding by the National Institutes of Health and/or other major granting institutions. Funding is available in the range…
ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Award Info:
Typical awards are $510,000 over a 36-month period of performance. Applicants may request up to $170,000 for each 12-month interval. These funds may be budgeted against any reasonable costs related to conducting the proposed research, for example, salary for the investigator, graduate student support,…
Description:
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for its Young Investigator Program (YIP). ONR's Young Investigator Program 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…
AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Award Info:
Most YIP awards are funded up to $150,000 per year for three years, for a total of $450,000. Each three year budget must not exceed $150,000; regardless if the total budget is $450,000.
Description:
The Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support early in career scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 1 April 2016 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative…
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Award Info:
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant or Continuing Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 500 per year
Anticipated Funding Amount: $250,000,000
This annual amount is approximate, includes new and continuing increments, and is subject to availability…
Description:
This program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards for faculty members beginning their independent careers. The intent of the program is to provide stable support at a sufficient level and duration to enable awardees to develop careers…
Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award
Award Info:
The annual award consists of a $5,000 cash prize, a presentation trophy and a certificate. Meeting registration fee and reasonable travel expenses to attend the Materials Research Society meeting at which the award is presented will be reimbursed.
Description:
A nominee must be a young scientist or engineer who has contributed in an outstanding and innovative way to the progress of materials research; the work should have a significant interdisciplinary aspect. The nominee shall not have reached his/her 40th birthday prior to January 1 of the year in which…
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…
DOE Early Career Research Program
Award Info:
DOE expects the typical award size will be in a narrow range around $750,000 over five years.
Description:
Pre-application is required.
-Must be an untenured Assistant or Associate Professor
-No more than 10 years can have passed between the year the PI PhD was awarded
-No co-PIs
Young Investigator Grants
Award Info:
Award amount ranges from 10,000 - 15,000. The principal investigator and his/or chosen mentor(s) of each submitted proposal must be members of the Academic Pediatric Association. Proposals are welcome from those who are: Faculty members no more than 5 years out from completion of all training…
Description:
The Young Investigator Awards Program is committed to supporting early career investigators interested in pursuing a long-term career in research and academic medicine with a focus on enhancing the health and well-being of all children, particularly those most vulnerable.The YIA Program seeks to support…