All Opportunities
for young investigators
Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (K01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-18-291
Award Info:
Candidates for this award must have a clinical or research doctorate (including PhD, MD, DO, DC, ND, DDS, DVM, ScD, DNS, PharmD, or equivalent doctoral degree), or a combined clinical and research doctoral degree. Candidates must be within 3 years of their appointment to their first independent faculty…
Description:
The Transitions to Independent Environmental Health (TIEHR) Career Award is a 3-year bridge scholar development program for newly independent faculty who intend to pursue research careers in environmental health sciences. At the conclusion of the career development period the candidates are expected…
Chemistry Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (C/START)(R03) PAR-16-383
Award Info:
To be eligible for a C/START award, the proposed principal investigator must be independent of a mentor at the time of award, but be at the beginning stages of her/his research career. No C/START award will be made to individuals in their training status (e.g., post-doctoral position); applicants may…
Description:
he National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks to facilitate the entry of new/early stage investigators (ESIs) into substance use disorder (SUD) research. ESIs are invited to submit applications for small scale, innovative chemical/pharmacological pilot research projects. Importantly, the C/START award…
AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03) PA-18-794
Award Info:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
Application budgets are limited to…
Description:
This FOA encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications, and expresses AHRQ priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing…
Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)
Award Info:
Candidates for the K02 award must have a research or clinical doctoral degree, be newly independent, and have peer-reviewed, independent support at the time the award is made. Some of the participating NIH ICs require the candidate to have an NIH research grant at the time of application and that the…
Description:
The purpose of the NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02) is to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. The K02 award provides three to five years of salary support and "protected time" for…
Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-18-918
Award Info:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
Budgets for direct costs of up to…
Description:
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs, to…
Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/Inborn Errors of Immunity (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-19-347
Award Info:
New Investigators, who have not received independent NIH funding, and investigators who are new to PID research are especially encouraged to apply to this FOA.
A budget for direct costs of up to $50,000 per year may be requested (i.e. a maximum of $100,000 over two years)
Description:
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the discovery and characterization of primary immunodeficiency diseases, also referred to as inborn errors of immunity, to understand the causes and mechanisms of disease, to enable early detection and molecular diagnosis, and to…
Technology Awards
Award Info:
Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards provide up to $100,000 per year for two years. Each year, up to three awards are given. Funds may be used toward a variety of research activities but not the recipient’s salary.
LOI due on December 6, 2021
Description:
The program seeks to advance and enlarge the range of technologies available to the neurosciences. It does not support research based primarily on existing techniques.
The Endowment Fund is especially interested in how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model…
Research Starter Grants
Award Info:
This program provides a research grant of $100,000 for one year
The “starter” aspect of the program strives to assist individuals who are establishing careers as independent investigators. The program is not offered as a means to augment an ongoing research effort. Funds must be…
Description:
The PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grants help promising young scientists advance their research projects. Research Starter Grants offer financial support to individuals beginning independent research careers at the faculty level.
Investigator-Initiated Grants for Orhtopaedic Research
Award Info:
Funding:
$5,000 gran
Who Applies:
Domestic non-profit, public and private institutions of higher education, such as hospitals, medical schools, universities and colleges.
The applicant (PI) must be an orthopaedic surgery resident in an ACGME-Accredited orthopaedic program in…
Description:
The goal of the annual program is to produce the next generation of clinician-educators by enabling applicants to improve their teaching skills through the acquisition of education tools and support for projects aimed at advancing any aspect of nephrology education and teaching. To that end, grants of…
San Antonio Nathan Shock Center
Award Info:
Junior investigators are encouraged to apply. We can consider applications from any investigator who is eligible to receive NIH grants according to the rules of their home institution. Awards are contingent on the availability of funds; funds will be allocated for Core services. Only under very unusual…
Description:
The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center is soliciting applications to support the research of any investigator who is developing a new project in the basic biology of aging. (This opportunity is not targeted to local investigators in San Antonio; please see other opportunities on the main RD Core page.)