All Opportunities
for young investigators

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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,… 

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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.… 

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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… 

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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.

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• $98,000 grant ($49,000 per year) (Directed program)

• OREF, in partnership with the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF Biologics) solicits investigator-initiated research proposals focusing on research in the… 
  

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The objective of the OREF/Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) Research Grant is to provide seed money for a new investigator conducting research in the science of biologic - reconstruction, bone regeneration, transplantation-allografts, and including stem cells for grant transplantation. Clinical… 

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Maximum award: $60,000

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must:

• Applicants must be US citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous individuals residing in the United States through rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, DACA recipients, asylees, refugees, or individuals… 

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ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. Given the disproportionate effect the current economic downturn has had on emerging, independent, and untenured scholars, ACLS will continue in the 2021-22 competition year to offer these fellowships… 

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A candidate must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. He or she must be 40 years of age or younger, OR not more than 10 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. degree, by December 31st of the year in which they are nominated.

The awardee receives a grant of $1,000,000 over a five year period… 

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The Alan T. Waterman Award is the highest honor awarded by the National Science Foundation. The annual award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a grant of $1,000,000… 

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There are no citizenship requirements for this program. To assure continued excellence and diversity among applicants and awardees, JDRF welcomes proposals from all qualified individuals and encourages proposals from persons with disabilities, women, and members of minority groups underrepresented in… 

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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… 

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he Career Development Award is intended for individuals at an early stage of their independent academic career. Researchers who have received their first faculty-level appointment less than 3 years before the submission date are eligible to apply for this award. The applicant must hold an academic faculty-level… 

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JDRF fosters the development and productivity of the best and the brightest established independent researchers who will bridge the gap between the bench and bedside. The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and… 

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Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD or equivalent and be appointed as faculty
(or equivalent) at an academic institution. Applicants must have a track record of publication and funding productivity that demonstrates that the project can be accomplished by the investigators.

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ALSF seeks to build a Pediatric Cancer Atlas as an open resource for discovery with an initial goal of producing data that can be harmonized. ALSF seeks researchers to create datasets that profile pediatric cancers at a single-cell resolution level. Single-cell profiling can provide insights into the… 

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Who Can Apply:

• Investigators who have a doctoral-level degree and a full-time faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or eligible not-for-profit research organization globally.
• Junior investigators with an interest in a carrier focus in… 

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Foundation for the 2021 grant cycle. Our research grant program offers $100,000 grants for two years ($50,000 per year).

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ELIGIBILITY

This award is for early career investigators interested in an academic career in clinical, basic, or translational neurological research.
Recipient must be a neurologist and an AAN member interested in an academic career in neurologic research who completed residency between… 

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The American Academy of Neurology is pleased to announce a three-year award to support junior investigators interested in an academic career in neurology.

The award provides support of $150,000 per year for three years for a total of $450,000. Recipients of individual K or R awards are not…