Opportunities with deadlines
for young investigators
Alan T. Waterman Award
Award Info:
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…
Description:
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…
Early-Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Awards
Award Info:
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…
Description:
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…
Career Development Awards
Award Info:
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…
Description:
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…
Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant
Award Info:
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.
Description:
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…
Mesothelioma Research Grants
Award Info:
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…
Description:
Foundation for the 2021 grant cycle. Our research grant program offers $100,000 grants for two years ($50,000 per year).
Career Development Award
Award Info:
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…
Description:
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…
External Faculty Fellowships
Award Info:
Fellows are awarded stipends of up to $70,000 and a housing and moving allowance of up to $40,000. Applicants who require additional support are expected to seek supplementary funding in the form of external grants or sabbatical or other contributions from home institutions.
Description:
External fellowships are intended primarily for individuals currently teaching in or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars may apply. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) and a goal of the selection…
Scott and Paul Pearsall Grant
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Program Goals
- Encourage talented students and early career researchers to orient their careers to understanding the psychological effect of stigma on people with visible disabilities.
- Develop strategies to improve the public’s understanding of the psychological pain and…
Description:
The Scott and Paul Pearsall Grant supports graduate and early career work that seeks to increase the public’s understanding of the psychological pain and stigma experienced by adults living with visible physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy.
Artist Fellowhips
Award Info:
. Fellows are provided with housing, food, studio space, a $250 travel allowance, and a stipend of $1,500 to defray the costs of shipping materials, the purchase of art supplies, and other expenses incurred in making art in a remote location. The organization's belief is that no artist should have to…
Description:
Artists at any stage of their career are encouraged to apply for a fellowship through our online application system. Applicants are required to fill out an application form, submit work samples, attach a CV and work sample statement, and remit a $25 application fee.
While our…
Troland Research Awards
Award Info:
Early-career researchers (preferably 45 years of age or younger).
Description:
Two Troland Research Awards of $75,000 are given annually to recognize unusual achievement by early-career researchers (preferably 45 years of age or younger) and to further empirical research within the broad spectrum of experimental psychology. The Troland Research Award was established by a trust…