Opportunities with deadlines
for young investigators

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Must be a full member of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.

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Corporate funders and charitable contributions to Every Woman, Every Baby from AWHONN members have totaled more than $700,000, distributed… 

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AWHONN's commitment to nursing research and scholarship is reflected in our 28-year history of funding nursing research and promoting evidence-based nursing care. Our program is designed primarily for reearchers whose efforts are on the beginning stages of a program of research. Awards are granted… 

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Trustee Grants are generally capped at $175,000, including 15% indirect costs. Presidential Grants are capped at $35,000 (no indirect costs). PIs may request up to $50,000 (no indirect costs) when the proposed research project has special needs for gathering data (e.g.: qualitative research) or gaining… 

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All research grant applications must be preceded by a letter of inquiry (LOI). RSF has 3 funding cycles per year and only considers proposals that are invited following review of an initial letter of inquiry. After peer review, about 15% of those who submit an LOI will receive an invitation to… 

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• Basic Research Project awards will provide funding of up to US$75,000 for one year. Up to 15% may be requested as salary support. Up to 20% may be requested as overhead.

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Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. Its products and services are designed to benefit people by supporting efforts to overcome the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. At the same time, the Group… 

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The award of $225,000 is payable over a three-year period beginning July 1. It may be used for salary support, research assistants, equipment, or for any other purpose which promotes the scientific activities of the Klingenstein-Simons Fellow. The award is for the exclusive use of the Fellow and may… 

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The Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship supports early-career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Several areas within neuroscience are of particular interest:
-Cellular and molecular neuroscience. Studies… 

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Anyone who has been awarded an AWM-NSF travel grant in the past two years is ineligible. Anyone receiving more than $2000 yearly in external governmental funding for travel is ineligible.

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The Association for Women in Mathematics has administered the NSF-AWM Travel Grant Program for Women since 1988, supporting both travel to domestic or foreign research conferences and, more recently, longer-term visits with a mentor.
Enabling women mathematicians to attend conferences in their… 

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Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree; must have carried out research in a tenure-track or equivalent independent position for at least one year and no more than eight years (start date between November 2009 and November 2016) and must currently hold a tenure-track, tenured, or equivalent… 

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Microbes inhabit and sustain all habitats on Earth. In the oceans, microbes capture solar energy, catalyze biogeochemical transformations of important elements, produce and consume greenhouse gases, and provide the base of the food web. The purpose of the program is to help launch the careers of outstanding… 

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Not limited to early career faculty but focused on seed funding for research-related expenses.

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The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants. 1) Production and Presentation Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with the production-related expenses necessary to take a project from conceptualization… 

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Applicants must:

• have a medical degree (including MD, DO, or MD/PhD), and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
• have enrolled in an accredited hematology/oncology or radiation oncology fellowship program at an academic, medical, or research… 

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The AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program is designed to provide an effective industry-academic clinical practicum with a unique training opportunity to develop academic clinicians in drug development. Each fellowship provides $100,000 over one year for the fellow to… 

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All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a Ph.D. or comparable terminal degree, or a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research. RSF particularly encourages early career scholars to apply for Presidential grants. All nationalities… 

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The Future of Work program examines the causes and consequences of the deteriorating quality of low-wage jobs in the United States. Projects sponsored by the program have examined a wide range of causal factors, from foreign outsourcing and immigration to the decline of unions and technological… 

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Budget: 

• $250,000 per year, including 10% institutional indirect costs.
• Award Duration: Three years
• Total Award Amount: $750,000

A pre-proposal is required to ensure responsiveness to the novel, collaborative nature of this program.… 

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To foster innovative collaborative approaches to research projects that propose novel pairings of investigators from at least two broadly disparate disciplines. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship, such that the scientific objectives could not be achieved without the efforts…