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…
Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Award Info:
Every year, one Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds, and additional nominees will be recognized as Finalists.
Nominations are accepted from an invited group of research universities, independent research institutions,…
Description:
The Blavatnik National Awards honor America’s most innovative young faculty-rank scientists and engineers.
These awards celebrate the past accomplishments and future potential of young faculty members working in the three disciplinary categories of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering,…
William T. Grant Scholars Program
Award Info:
Each year, four to six Scholars are selected and each receives up to $350,000, distributed over five years. Awards begin July 1 and are made to the applicant’s institution.
Description:
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.
Researchers interested in applying…
Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Award Info:
The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award provides a $75,000 unrestricted research grant. Of the total amount, $5,000 is to be allocated for departmental expenses associated with research and education. Charges associated with indirect costs or institutional overhead are not allowed. Defrayal of academic-year…
Description:
The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences at undergraduate institutions. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. ardees…
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…
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…
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…
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…