Opportunities with deadlines
for young investigators

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Individual must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Candidates for the K24 award must have a health-professional doctoral degree as well as a doctoral degree in nursing research or practice. Individuals with the PhD or other… 

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The purpose of the NIH Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) is to provide support to mid-career health-professional doctorates for protected time to devote to patient-oriented research (POR) and to act as research mentors for junior clinical investigators pursuing POR research,… 

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Multiple PDs/PIs are not allowed. Candidates for the K01 award must have a research or health-professional doctoral degree. Current and former PDs/PIs on NIH research project (R01), program project (P01), center grants (P50), sub-projects of program project (P01), sub-projects of center grants (P50),… 

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The purpose of the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support and “protected time” (three to five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. This… 

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This competitive grant program supports research projects focused on leadership competency development and conducted by new practitioner pharmacists (within 5 years of their pharmacy degree, including those who are currently in ASHP-accredited residency programs). Only ASHP members are eligible to apply.… 

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The ASHP Research and Education Foundation (ASHP Foundation) is offering a competitive grant program for projects to be conducted by new practitioner pharmacists (within 5 years of their pharmacy degree, including those who are currently in ASHP-accredited residency programs).

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Grant Term and Budget: Awards range from 3 to 5 years, for a maximum $135,000 Direct costs, plus 8% allowable indirect costs per year.

The mentor(s) receive a maximum of $10,000 per year (regardless of the number of mentors). That amount is included in the $135,000.

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The Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG) fosters the development of clinicians to clinician scientists. Clinician scientists are investigators licensed to provide patient care and trained to conduct research. They pursue research questions across the cancer research continuum of relevance to… 

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Independent investigators in the first 8 years (previously 6 years) of an independent research career or faculty appointment are eligible to apply. Eligibility is extended for 10 years (previously 8 years) for clinician scientists who remain active in clinical care. Applicants typically must be within… 

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The American Cancer Society’s Extramural Research Program primarily supports beginning investigators, across a wide range of disciplines, in innovative cancer-control research and training to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer. Research Scholar Grants support investigator-initiated… 

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The PI must be a new investigator. A new investigator is classified as an individual who has not received an R01 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant or its equivalent (e.g., VA, DOD, NSF) as a PI. Multidisciplinary research activity is always encouraged. The principal investigator (PI) must be… 

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OREF encourages investigator-initiated research proposals focused on total joint replacement. Areas of research focus may include: New surgical techniques, devices, joint implant designs, joint implant materials, or the biology of disease and repair. OREF strongly encourages the submission of well-crafted… 

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Applicants must be AUA member urologists who have demonstrated a commitment to or have a keen interest in the field of health policy and who are dedicated to advancing urology's health policy agenda. Up to 30 days away from one’s practice or academic appointment during the year long program is… 

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The Gallagher Health Policy Scholar Program hopes to attract those urologists who have demonstrated a commitment to or have a keen interest in the field of health policy and who are dedicated to advancing urology's health policy agenda. Training includes mentoring from seasoned physician volunteers,… 

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Young scientist (defined as no older than 45).

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The NAS Award in Molecular Biology is supported by Pfizer Inc. and recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist (preferably no older than 45) who is a citizen of the United States. On a case-by-case basis, scientists up to 50 years of age are eligible for consideration. The award is presented… 

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Team must be multidisciplinary, and consist of two or more established Principal Investigators and a Young Investigator with complementary expertise; The Administrative PI and any collaborating PI Applicants must be senior investigators, past the initial four years of their first academic faculty appointment… 

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"Awards for team science are designed to foster a collaborative research process and promote transformational melanoma research advances with the potential for rapid clinical translation. Multidisciplinary teams of two or more established Principal Investigators and a Young Investigator with complementary… 

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The Junior Faculty Fellowship provides each Fellow with a six-month or one-year sabbatical grant; a stipend for research and travel or publication; and participation in an annual conference/retreat. A total of 30 Fellowships are awarded each year.

• A stipend of… 

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The Career Enhancement Fellowship Program seeks to increase the presence of minority junior faculty members and other faculty members committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and humanities. The Fellowship, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports the Mellon…