Opportunities with deadlines
for young investigators
Sloan Research Fellowships
Award Info:
two-year, $75,000 fellowships
Description:
The Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study.
Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15 of the nomination year.
Research Scholar Grant
Award Info:
Grant recipients receive $75,000 a year for two years to be used as salary support. Funds may not be used for non-personnel research expenses. An additional $1,000 will be paid to the institution each year to help cover costs associated with the Scholar Advisor Program.
Any junior radiology…
Description:
This R&E Foundation grant supports junior faculty members who have completed resident and fellowship programs, but haven’t been recognized as independent investigators. Our funding not only helps establish recipients as investigators, but also supports them as they collect preliminary data…
Hope for Vision Grant
Award Info:
In order to be eligible to apply for a Hope for Vision grant, a researcher must:
Hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), or other equivalent degree relevant to their research (D.V.M., etc.)
Be a member of a research team at an accredited…
Description:
Grants are awarded annually, generally for a period of one-year. Awards range from $25,000 to $50,000, and the grant amount is based on the current or potential value of the research to the field of retinal degeneration. Please email a one page or less summary statement that expresses the…
Neuroendocrine Tumore Research Foundation -AACR Grant
Award Info:
Applicants are independent investigators at all levels; must have a doctoral degree in a related field, and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
Description:
Formerly the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation updated its name in 2015 to better reflect the current medical terminology for the disease and to include all those who are affected by neuroendocrine cancer in their community of support. The Neuroendocrine Tumor…
AHNS Endocrine Research Grant
Award Info:
One year, $10,000.00. One award available this year.
Candidates for this award should reside in the U.S. or Canada. They may be medical students, residents, fellows, PhDs or faculty members. Preference will be given to early-stage investigators (10 years or less from a terminal degree or fellowship…
Description:
The purpose of this award is to support basic, translational, or clinical research projects in head and neck oncology. Clinical or translational research studies are strongly encouraged and should be specifically related to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes, or pathophysiology of head and…
SFARI Research Awards
Award Info:
The maximum budget is $1,300,000, including indirect costs, over a period of up to four years.
All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or the equivalent at a college, university, medical school or other research facility.…
Description:
The goal of the Research Award is to provide support for investigation of key unresolved research questions in autism, particularly those that connect genetic etiologies to brain function and behavior. SFARI welcomes risk and novelty in Research Award proposals, but potential impact on the autism research…
Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award
Award Info:
The nominee can be an academic, industrial, or regulatory scientist who has made a substantial contribution to clinical pharmacology within 10 years of the completion of an advanced degree and/or a post-doctoral fellowship or residency program. An important aspect is that the recipient will be able to…
Description:
The Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award was established in 1986 to honor a young
scientist for accomplishments in the field of clinical pharmacology achieved early in his/her
career.
The goal of the Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award is to encourage and recognize these
Brander Beacons Cancer Research Grants
Award Info:
Award Amount:
- BBCR injects critical funds in increments of $5,000 to $25,000 into programs most closely
connected to increased cancer prevention, better treatment outcomes, better access and,
ultimately, a cure.
Description:
Brander Beacons Cancer Research (BBCR) is a private foundation seeking to accelerate research and innovation in breast and prostate cancer. The Foundation’s gifts are in memory of Christopher E. Brander, the inventor of the LOCalizer™ from Health Beacons, a medical device that revolutionizes…
AACR Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowship
Award Info:
There are no citizenship or geographic requirements. However, by submitting a Letter of Intent for this grant, an applicant applying from an institution located in a country in which they are not a citizen or a permanent resident assures that the visa status will provide sufficient time to complete the…
Description:
The AACR Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowship encourages and supports postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to establish a successful career path in cancer research.
This fellowship provides $110,000 over a two-year period to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while…
Young Faculty Award
Award Info:
Each award will include a 24-month base period (a maximum of $500,000) and a 12-month option period (a maximum of $500,000).
Description:
YFA will provide high-impact funding to elite researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research
directions in the context of enabling transformative DoD capabilities.
Limited to any current tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professors and to tenured Assistant or…