Funding Opportunities
- Upcoming Foundation Deadlines
- Young Investigator Funding Opportunities
- Big Ideas
- Faculty Awards
- Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities
Following are a variety of available funding opportunities to get you started in your search for private support. We encourage you to review the Strategies & Resources for Success page for guidance as you get started.
If you would like more information about any of these opportunities, please contact us at foundationrelations@ucsd.edu. We are here as your partner during the cultivation and solicitation process and can help guide you through campus limited submissions when required.
Organization/Grant Opportunity | Deadline |
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Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Awards Program The APA Young Investigator Awards program funds projects in health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospital medicine, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, and other general pediatric clinical research domains. Each year, at least one award will be given to investigators from underrepresented minority (URM) groups. APA Young Investigator Awardees may receive up to $15,000. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and the RUNX1 Research Program RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grant The RUNX1 Early Career Investigator program is a research and advocacy venture committed to funding world-class, innovative and cross-disciplinary cancer research to develop a cure for RUNX1-FPD, a familial platelet disorder (FPD) with a predisposition to blood cancer. The program also aims to support, inform, educate, and connect patients and healthcare providers in the RUNX1 community. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Sloan Research Fellowships The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. Fellowships support fundamental research by early-career faculty of outstanding promise in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience or computational and evolutionary molecular biology, or in a related interdisciplinary field. Awards are $65,000 for two years. |
09/15/2022 |
American Academy in Rome Rome Prize For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the prize is awarded to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their careers. Each Rome Prize winner is provided with a stipend, meals, a bedroom with private bath, and a private workspace. Those with children under eighteen live in partially subsidized apartments nearby. Winners of half- and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $28,000, respectively. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Bridge to Success Award for Early Career Investigators The Bridge to Success for Early Career Investigators awards are designed to provide ‘bridge’ funding to promising early-career sleep scientists who have applied for a career development award such as a K-award grant from the NIH, a Career Development Award from the VA, or an equivalent career development grant from another federal or non-federal entity. Individuals who previously submitted an application for review, but whose applications are unlikely to be within the funding range, are eligible to apply. |
Look for updated guidelines in the spring |
American Association of Cancer Research Early Career Investigator Grants The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that cancer deaths in Africa will double by 2035. This trend poses major challenges for public health activities in Africa. |
08/01/2022 |
American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Awards With a primary focus on beginning investigators, the American Cancer Society's Extramural Research Program seeks to support innovative cancer research across a wide range of disciplines to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer. Each year, the Society receives approximately 1,500 requests for support of cancer research and for training of health care professionals. All proposals are subjected to multiple levels of rigorous and independent peer review to identify the most meritorious projects for funding. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grants With a primary focus on beginning investigators, the American Cancer Society's Extramural Research Program seeks to support innovative cancer research across a wide range of disciplines to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer. Each year, the Society receives approximately 1,500 requests for support of cancer research and for training of health care professionals. All proposals are subjected to multiple levels of rigorous and independent peer review to identify the most meritorious projects for funding. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grants Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grants provide start-up funding for scientists and engineers in the United States who are within the first three years of their first academic appointment at the level of Assistant Professor or the equivalent. Applicants may have limited or no preliminary results for a research project they wish to pursue, with the intention of using the preliminary results obtained to seek continuation funding from other agencies. The DNI grants are to be used to illustrate proof of principle or concept, to test a hypothesis, or to demonstrate feasibility of an approach. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships Fellowships support research in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. Awards provide up to $40,000 for assistant professor-level investigators and $50,000 for associate professor-level investigators for six to twelve months of research. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
American Diabetes Association Minority Undergraduate Internship These awards are designed to provide a mentored diabetes research experience to undergraduate minority* students who are underrepresented in biomedical research. |
Ongoing |
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Research Grants for Junior Faculty The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR provide up to $100,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (M.D.s and Ph.D.s) to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts on the biology of aging. These investigators study a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics related to aging. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Research Grants for Junior Faculty Given the biological complexity and heterogeneity of the aging process, the emerging field of various -omics research can play an important role in providing important insights into the aging process and many age-related diseases. The major goal of this program is to assist in the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research and ger-omics, –omics research focused on aging and/or age-related disease research in particular. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Young Investigator Innovation Grants Young Investigator Grants (up to $85,000 over two years): awarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower. In addition to a maximum of $75,000 for the investigator’s research, these grants provide an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator. AFSP can assist in matching mentors with mentees. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
American Heart Association (AHA) Young Investigator Research Opportunities The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association greatly value the development of Young Investigators and Early Career Professionals and therefore, provide funded Investigator-Led Research opportunities through a limited number of Young Investigator Database Research Seed Grants using data from AHA/ASA Quality Improvement Programs, including Get With The Guidelines (GWTG). |
Applications are continuously accepted and are evaluated twice per year: 2/28 (Spring cycle) and 9/30 (Fall cycle) |
American Liver Foundation Liver Scholar Award The Liver Scholar Award provides young scientists with support for their research to bridge the gap between completion of research training and attainment of status as an independent research scientist. Well-trained investigators who hold MD, PhD or MD/PhD degrees and are pursuing a career in liver disease research are encouraged to apply. Provides researchers within the first three years of their first faculty appointment with funding of $225,000 divided over three years for research in liver physiology and disease. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
American Mathematical Association Centennial Fellowships One-year fellowships awarded for excellence in mathematical research. The stipend is expected to be $93,000, with an additional expense allowance of about $9,300. Recipients shall have held the doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than twelve years at the inception of the award. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator Grant This research grant opportunity aims to train early career surgeons, undertaking orthopaedic sports medicine research, as principal investigators with the assistance of an experienced supervisor and/or investigative team. The opportunity is not intended assist experienced investigators complete an in-progress project. Ideally, the Young Investigator will perform the primary role in generating the hypothesis, designing the experiment, carrying out the experiment, and interpreting the results. The greater the role of the early career Principal Investigator in all areas of the project, the more favorably the grant will be considered. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
American Society for Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award The Young Investigator Award (YIA) provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology. The purpose of this research grant is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Investigator Research Grant New scientists who have earned their latest degree in communication sciences within the last 5 years are eligible to compete for $10,000 grants to be used in pursuing research in audiology or speech-language pathology. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Beckman Young Investigator Program Projects proposed for the BYI program should be truly innovative, high-risk, and show promise for contributing to significant advances in chemistry and the life sciences. They should represent a departure from current research directions rather than an extension or expansion of existing programs. Proposed research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged. The BYI program funds promising young scientists early in their careers who have not yet received a major award from another organization. Projects are normally funded for a period of four years. Grants are in the range of $600,000 over the term of the project, contingent upon demonstrated progress after the second year of the award. |
Look for updated guidelines in the spring |
Bay Area Lyme Foundation Emerging Leader Award The $100,000 ELA grant is offered to researchers in academia or the private sector who are currently at the post-doctoral level through the assistant professor level, or equivalent. Applicants must have identified a defined approach to improving diagnostics or therapies for Lyme disease. Important criteria include demonstrated professional and scientific leadership in the biomedical sciences and a strong supporting scientific rationale for the project. Research efforts funded by this award are required to generate initial proof of concept within 12–18 months. In 2018, we anticipate granting two of these $100,000 awards. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program Early Career Investigator Award This award will fund salary support and research funds for a junior faculty member who wishes to undertake a mentored basic and/or clinical research project in the bleeding disorders field. Provides funding of $100,000 annually for two years. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Blavatnik Family Foundation Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Limited Submission The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists recognize the United States' most innovative young faculty-rank researchers. 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, and Chemistry. One Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds, and additional nominees will be recognized as Finalists. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer Information on Limited Submission guidelines for this opportunity will be available via InfoReady4.com when the application process is open. |
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Grant provides support for the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research. Two-year awards up to $70,000, or $35,000 per year are provided to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to serious brain and behavior disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders or child and adolescent mental illnesses. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grant Limited Submission To encourage a commitment to breast cancer research, Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists whose primary focus is breast cancer and who are in the early stages of their careers, to apply for funding for the Young Investigator Grant. This grant is open to applicants at institutions throughout the contiguous United States. This is a two-year grant for a total of $125,000, with half the grant award being paid out each year. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists Awards foster the development and productivity of physician-scientists who are early in their careers and help them make the critical transition to becoming independent investigators. Candidates must be nominated by their dean or department chair at the degree-granting institution where they will conduct the postdoctoral/fellowship training under the award. The grant provides $700,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface Scientific advances such as genomics, quantitative structural biology, imaging techniques, and modeling of complex systems have created opportunities for exciting research careers at the interface between the physical/computational sciences and the biological sciences. Tackling key problems in biology will require scientists trained in areas such as chemistry, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Candidates are expected to draw from their training in a scientific field other than biology to propose innovative approaches to answer important questions in the biological sciences. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Guidance for Trainees The Career Guidance for Trainees (CGT) program provides grants of $15,000 to $25,000 over a one-year period to support demonstration projects that will model affordable, transferable approaches to improving trainees’ readiness for stable, fulfilling careers. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Awards Limited Submission The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. Criteria for selection include an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of their appointment, and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program provides an unrestricted research grant of $100,000. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Azrieli Global Scholars Fund CIFAR invites exceptional early career researchers from the natural, biomedical and social sciences and the humanities to join CIFAR’s global network of leading researchers, who together are pursuing answers to some of the most complex challenges facing the world today. The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program provides funding, skills training, mentorship, and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines, positioning scholars as research leaders and agents of change.. The Azrieli Global Schlars Fund provides an unrestricted research grant of $100,000. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative/National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Science Diversity Leadership Award Science Diversity Leadership awards from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will recognize the leadership and scientific accomplishments of outstanding early- to mid-career researchers at U.S. universities, medical schools, or nonprofit research institutes who — through their outreach, mentoring, teaching, and leadership — have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific fields. They will have made significant research contributions to the biomedical sciences, show promise for continuing scientific achievement, and demonstrate leadership in efforts to diversify the sciences. Principal Investigators and laboratory staff who are leading projects supported by these grants will participate in annual in-person meetings and online webinars organized by CZI and will be connected to national and international scientific leaders through CZI convenings. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Children’s Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Awards The Children's Tumor Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by the neurofibromatoses (NF). The Young Investigator Award provides support for pre- and post-doctoral researchers pursuing careers in NF research. The YIA provides two years of salary for the Awardee (competitive with NIH standards per stage of training) and a $5,000 allowance over the life of the Award to support attendance at the Foundation’s annual NF Conference as well as other research conferences, training courses, etc. relevant to NF. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Concern Foundation Conquer Cancer Now Award Concern Foundation is an independent, volunteer-driven organization conceived in 1968 by a group of friends who wanted to make sure their dollars counted in the fight against cancer. With an average of 92% or greater of net proceeds going directly to research, Concern has raised more than $60 million dollars and funded over 750 cancer research scientists studying cancer, primarily in the areas of cancer genetics, cancer cell biology, and cancer immunology. By specifically targeting promising early-career scientists and providing critically needed “seed” money for innovative projects, Concern Foundation supports development of the next generation of cancer researchers and thus promotes progress in understanding cancer biology and improved approaches to cancer. Concern Foundation accepts new grant proposals every two years. It begins with submission of a Letter of Intent (LOI). After administrative and scientific review, the most promising LOIs are invited to submit a full proposal. Submitted proposal are peer-reviewed by experienced scientists and top applications are recommended to the Concern Foundation Executive Board for funding. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Award Limited Submission The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. The awardee will receive financial support of $600,000 paid over three years, as well as assistance with certain research costs such as the purchase of equipment. The Foundation will also retire up to $100,000 of any medical school debt still owed by the awardee. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer Information on Limited Submission guidelines for this opportunity will be available via InfoReady4.com when the application process is open. |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high-risk/high-reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field. The Stage 1 award will be for two years, $200,000 per year ($400,000 total) with the opportunity for up to two additional years of funding (up to four years total for $800,000). Stage 2 support for years three and four will be granted to those awardees who demonstrate progress on their proposed research during years one and two of the award. |
07/01/2022 |
Doris Duke Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award Pre-proposals are being sought from junior physician-scientist faculty conducting clinical research in any disease area. It is recommended that applicants have significant research experience and strong publication records consistent with the assistant professor rank. In keeping with the wishes expressed in Doris Duke's will, experiments that use animals or primary tissues derived from animals will not be supported by this program. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Doris Duke Foundation Physician Scientist Development Award The Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship program provides grants to physician scientists at the subspecialty fellowship level who are seeking to conduct additional years of research beyond their subspecialty requirement. The goal is to aid in the transition into a research faculty appointment. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Elizabeth George Foundation Artistic Grants The Elizabeth George Foundation is committed to providing emerging playwrights, short story writers, poets, and unpublished novelists with one-time funding that will enable them to live and work for a period of time as a writer. Grant funds may be used for living expenses not to exceed a year, for tuition in accredited MFA programs in the United States, for travel, for research, for artistic residencies, for writers' conferences, or for other efforts designed to promote the goal of giving writers an opportunity to improve, finish, or refine their work. In addition, organizations that provide residencies or learning opportunities for fiction writers, poets, or playwrights are eligible. Non-profit organizations that provide services to increase the education, artistic expression, and literacy of at-risk youth and of youth transitioning out of foster care may also be considered for funding. $25 application fee required. |
Contact Marisa Nolan at mdnolan@ucsd.edu for guidelines |
Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR) FFAR-OCP Disruptive Technology Fellowship This competitive fellowship aims to spur and foster disruptive innovation in the next generation of fertilizer research and development through a research challenge, whereby emerging young scientists in agriculture research can enhance their efforts in fertilizer efficiency research and technology development. The technologies and research generated through this project will address the need for increasing plant uptake of essential macronutrients and limit the loss of inputs – which contribute largely to water and marine ecosystem damage – while boosting productivity. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR) New Innovator in Food and Agricultural Research Limited Submission Within the scope of the New Innovator program, investigators will have the freedom to explore new avenues of inquiry that arise during the course of their research. Therefore, FFAR is interested in the program of research to be explored and its impact as opposed to a list of very specific aims. It is expected that through this program investigators will have the ability to pursue highly creative ideas, to firmly establish their early lines of research into important food and agriculture scientific areas and provide stability in funding during their critical early career years by reducing the time spent on writing applications. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall Information on Limited Submission guidelines for this opportunity will be available via InfoReady4.com when the application process is open. |
Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research Medical Research Awards Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation remains committed to funding innovative, translational proposals and to supporting promising independent early-career investigators, rather than well-established, senior scientists. Projects will be funded for a three-year period at $75,000.00 per year (contingent on the submission of acceptable annual progress reports). |
Invitation only (Submissions due in August) |
Genetics Society of America Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award In recognition of the groundbreaking contributions of Dr. Rosalind Franklin, the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award for research in genetics is intended to inspire and support new generations of women in our field. The awards are made to women in the first one to three years of an independent faculty-level position whose work displays originality and scientific creativity leading to new discoveries. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Gerber Foundation Novice Pediatric Research Grant The Foundations mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. |
Concept papers are continuously accepted and are evaluated twice per year: 05/15 (Spring cycle) and 11/15 (Fall cycle) |
Global Probiotics Council Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research The purpose of the Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research (YIGPRO) is to contribute to the advancement of probiotics and gastrointestinal microbiota research in the United States for human health applications. This program seeks to support the best science that addresses the grant objectives. Attempts will be made to support young investigators who do not yet have independent funding (such as NIH R series awards that are likely to progress to RO1 research awards), Young investigators who are senior fellows with a committed faculty appointment or early faculty members within a maximum of 5 consecutive years of his/her first faculty appointment (appointments must be in the United States) are eligible. Applicants must be interested in understanding the health benefits of probiotics or microbiota and the relationship between probiotics, gastrointestinal microbiota and the body. Candidates must be part of an established research program with the capacity to do research on microbiota and its role in health and disease. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Moore Inventor Fellows Program The Moore Inventor Fellows program focuses on supporting scientist-inventors at a critical prototyping stage to capture opportunities that otherwise might be missed. We seek to provide freedom and support to promising inventors with the most compelling ideas to pursue creative and disruptive innovations. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
GRAMMY Foundation Archiving and Preservation Grants With funding generously provided by The Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program awards grants each year to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, and research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
GRAMMY Foundation Science Research Projects With funding generously provided by The Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program awards grants each year to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, and research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics Limited Submission The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program is a career development program that enables junior faculty members to carry out original research on policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. To maximize Scholars' development, three years of support are provided, requiring a 50% time commitment (carefully monitored) in each of the three years. |
Look for updated guidelines in the spring Information on Limited Submission guidelines for this opportunity will be available via InfoReady4.com when the application process is open. |
Hartwell Foundation Biomedical Research Fellowships Limited Submission The Hartwell Foundation provides funding to US citizens for postdoctoral training in biomedical science at select, qualifying research institutions in the United States. Hartwell Fellowships offer support for two years at $50,000 direct cost per year to support scientists in the early stages of their research careers by enabling them to pursue further specialized training as part of professional career development. |
Nomination Only |
Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigators' Research Grant The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) supports innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Supports collaborative research in the life sciences involving biologists together with scientists from other disciplines such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering. Grants are awarded to teams of researchers from different countries, all of whom are within the first five years after obtaining an independent laboratory (e.g., assistant professor, lecturer, or equivalent). |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Human Vaccines Project Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants are $150,000 research grants given annually to support promising researchers who are applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
International OCD Foundation Innovator Awards These $300,000 grants are intended for senior researchers investigating OCD. The goal of these awards is to support research with the potential to revolutionize scientific understanding of OCD, accelerate progress toward new and more effective treatments, and discover ways to prevent OCD from taking hold in the first place. The Innovator Awards are made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor to the IOCDF. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
International OCD Foundation Michael Jenike Young Investigator Awards These grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to early career researchers pursuing projects investigating OCD, BDD, hoarding disorder, or other disorders related to OCD. The Jenike Awards are made possible by thousands of individual donors who contribute to our research fund. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) and the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Trainee Expansion Programme - Trainee Travel Fund Developed by International society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) and the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation (FLRF), the TEP is an international early career expansion program. The TEP is for ISRHML members who are graduate students, recently graduated students, postdoctoral fellows, early career scientists, and clinicians or those who have recently completed professional training to participate in short- and long-term research-related activities in the field of human milk and lactation. |
Applications are continuously accepted and are evaluated twice per year: 6/30 (Fall cycle) and 12/01 (Spring cycle) |
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Macy Faculty Scholars Program Limited Submission The Macy Faculty Scholars Program, now in its second decade, aims to identify and nurture promising early career educators in medicine and nursing. The Program will help develop the next generation of national leaders in medical and nursing education by identifying outstanding educators, physicians, nurses, and role models — individuals who represent the breadth of diversity seen in learners, patient populations, and health care settings around the country. By providing the Scholars with resources — especially protected time, mentorship, and a professional network of colleagues — the Program aims to accelerate Scholars’ careers, to turn their teaching practice into scholarship, and to help them become impactful leaders locally, nationally, and beyond. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter Information on Limited Submission guidelines for this opportunity will be available via InfoReady4.com when the application process is open. |
JDRF Career Development Award 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 to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas. |
Look for updated guidelines in the spring |
Kinship Foundation Searle Scholars Program Limited Submission The program invites applications from selected universities and research institutions. Awards of $100,000 per year for three years support outstanding young scientists pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Candidates should have begun their first appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after July 1 of the year prior to the application year. |
06/30/2022 |
LUNGevity LUNGevity Career Development Awards for Translational Research LUNGevity's Career Development Awards for Translational Research program was created to support future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas. Applicants must be within the first five years of their faculty appointment, and a mentoring plan is part of the required submission. Career Development Awards may be for a maximum of $300,000 ($100,000 per year for 3 years). |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Lupus Foundation of America Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Award The Career Development Award will provide two awards of up to $70,000 to a 2nd or 3rd year rheumatology, nephrology and dermatology fellow. One award will be granted for a study focused on pediatric research lupus research and a second award will be granted for a study focused on adult lupus research. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Lymphoma Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Career Development Award The Clinical Investigator Career Development Award (CDA) provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology. The purpose of this research grant is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
MAP Fund (Multi-Arts Fund) Performing Arts Grants The MAP Fund welcomes applications from artists, ensembles, producers and presenters of a high artistic standard, whose work in the disciplines of contemporary performance embodies a spirit of exploration and deep inquiry. MAP is particularly interested in supporting work that examines notions of cultural difference or "the other," be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award The Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Awards provide grant support to early career investigators conducting high-impact, high-risk cancer research. This award is intended to support highly promising projects for which other sources of funding are not readily available or for a separate innovative endeavor that will allow the applicant to pursue a distinct and novel research direction. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
McKnight Foundation McKnight Scholar Award The McKnight Scholar Awards support young scientists who: hold an M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree; have completed formal postdoctoral training; and demonstrate a commitment to neuroscience. The Endowment Fund especially seeks applicants working on problems that, if solved at the basic level, would have immediate and significant impact on clinically relevant issues. |
Look for updated guidelines in the fall |
Melanoma Research Foundation Young Investigator Award Since its founding in 2007, the Melanoma Research Alliance has become the largest non-profit funder of melanoma research worldwide. Through 380 awards, MRA has directly invested more than $131 million, and leveraged an additional $415 million in collaborative and follow-on funding towards its mission. MRA is catalyzing strategic, collaborative, and accountable research efforts that have moved the field forward and given patients and their loved ones better treatment options and renewed hope. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research The Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research recognizes a new generation of leaders in cancer research who are making significant contributions to the understanding of cancer or are improving the treatment of the disease through basic or clinical research. The prize is intended to encourage young investigators who have a unique opportunity to help shape the future of cancer research. The prize is awarded to up to three investigators every other year. Nominees are required to be age 45 or younger on the date of the submission deadline. Recipients are selected by a panel of senior investigators from leading research institutions. The winners present their work at a scientific symposium at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each receives a medal and they share a cash award of $150,000. |
Look for updated guidelines in the winter |
Microsoft Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship program recognizes innovative, promising new faculty members, from a number of research institutions, whose exceptional talent for research and innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their fields. Each fellowship award includes $200,000; Fellows also have access to Microsoft resources. |
Look for updated guidelines in the spring |
National Ataxia Foundation Young Investigator Award The Young Investigator Award encourages young clinical and scientific investigators to pursue a career in the field of ataxia research. Applicants must have attained an MD or PhD degree, and have an appointment as a junior faculty member, senior post-doc or clinical fellow. One-year Young Investigator grants of $35,000 will be awarded to encourage young investigators to pursue a career in the field of any form of Ataxia research. One-year Young Investigator-SCA grants of $50,000 will be awarded to encourage young investigators to pursue a career in the field of Spinocerebellar ataxia research. |
Look for updated guidelines in the summer |
National Kidney Foundation Young Investigator Grant Program Young investigators are junior faculty who have been in their position for under four years at the time the grant begins. Applicants must have an MD degree and subsequent nephrology training. |
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society Clinician Scientist Development Award Physician scientists (scientists with MDs, versus PhDs) are vital to research involving persons with MS. The National MS Society and American Brain Foundation have joined to support training for young clinicians committed to careers in academic medicine with an emphasis on MS clinical research. The NMSS-ABF MS Clinician-Scientist Development Award supports 3 years of research training in an environment where talented young clinicians address problems in MS with the most current scientific tools. |
08/10/2022 |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Awards Supports candidates who have begun academic careers as independent investigators in an area of the neurosciences related to multiple sclerosis. Maximum funding is $30,000 in the first year, increasing to $40,000 by the last year of the five-year award. |
08/10/2022 |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowships With the increasing number of new therapies being developed for use in MS, there is a need for physicians trained in conducting clinical trials. To this end, the Society established the Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Program, named in honor of its founder. Clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of therapies for multiple sclerosis are highly complex and require special expertise and knowledge to monitor this highly variable disease. This program provides the individual with an MD or equivalent medical degree with up to 3 years of formal training, under the tutelage of an established investigator, in key elements associated with conducting clinical trials in MS. Residents who have or will have received training in neurology or physiatry in the United States, and who are in the PGY3 or PGY4 stage or beyond, are eligible to apply. |
08/10/2022 |
New York Stem Cell Foundation Innovator Awards for Stem Cell Research NYSCF is soliciting applications from early career investigators for Innovator Awards to be used for exploring the basic biology and translational potential of stem cells. The goal of this initiative is to foster bold and innovative scientists with the potential to transform the field of stem cell research, and advance understanding and use of stem cells in the development of treatments for human disease. In addition to providing funding, NYSCF partners with investigators to advance and translate their research. |
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One Mind Rising Star Awards One Mind, in collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Kaiser Permanente, the Gifford Foundation, and Bettina Bryant, is offering up to 5 Rising Star Research Awards in 2019. In collaboration with Inscopix, One Mind is also offering up to 3 supplemental technology grants, each in support of one Rising Star Research Award. The goal of the Rising Star Research Awards is to recognize and fund promising, early career investigators through a competitive grants process to accelerate research on major neuropsychiatric disorders. |
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Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Early Career Investigator Grants Launched in December 2000, the Early Career Investigator Grant is for junior faculty (Assistant Professor level) with a strong commitment to an investigative career in ovarian cancer research. Each grantee will receive a three-year grant of $150,000 per year. |
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Pew Charitable Trusts Pew Biomedical Scholars Limited Submission The program invites one nomination from selected institutions. The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. The current grant level is $300,000; $75,000 per year for a four-year period. |
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Pew Charitable Trusts Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Limited Submission The Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. The award provides $300,000 in flexible support—$75,000 per year for a four-year period. In line with The Stewart Trust’s mission to invest in innovative, cutting-edge cancer research that may accelerate and advance progress toward a cure for cancer, applications are invited from nominees conducting cancer research. This program is distinct from the Pew Scholars Program, and it follows a different, but parallel set of guidelines and procedures for nominating an applicant whose research is related to cancer. |
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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA) Research Starter Grants Research Starter Grants support individuals in academia who do not have other substantial sources of research funding. Applicants will be judged on the scientific merit of the proposed research, and on the degree of financial need. The “starter” aspect of the program strives to assist individuals who are establishing careers as independent investigators. The program is not offered as a means to augment an ongoing research effort. Funds must be used to conduct the proposed research. This program provides a research grant of $100,000 for one year. |
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Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Awards The Young Investigator Awards offer career and project support for young (generally 35 and younger) proven investigators who have achieved junior faculty positions and are committing their lives to the field of prostate cancer. Award will provide $75,000 per year in duration of 3 years. |
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Research Corporation for Science Advancement Cottrell Scholar Awards Awards are made to U.S. universities to further the teaching and research of faculty members in departments of astronomy, biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, or physics. Eligibility is limited to faculty in the third year after their first tenure-track appointment. Awards are in the amount of $75,000. |
07/01/2022 |
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Program Limited Submission Rita Allen Foundation Scholars have gone on to make transformative contributions to their fields of study, and have won recognition including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine, and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Today, Rita Allen Foundation Scholars receive up to $110,000 per year for a maximum of five years. |
Look for updated guidelines in the spring Information on Limited Submission guidelines for this opportunity will be available via InfoReady4.com when the application process is open. |
Rita Allen Foundation Seed Grants For this submission period, the Foundation is seeking letters proposing innovative, early-stage work that advances civic science approaches and knowledge. Inquiries may address issues and challenges such as emerging science on contentious issues, inclusive public engagement to inform science, projects highlighting the role of intermediaries and new alliances, pilots that mitigate the influence of misinformation related to science in public decision-making, and evidence-based initiatives to advance more diverse, inclusive, and equitable engagement. |
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Russell Sage Foundation Research Grants (Core Programs and Special Initiatives) The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has long supported social science research with the aim of improving social and living conditions in the United States. In response to the crises of 2020, the foundation is dedicating its next funding cycle exclusively to research that seeks to improve our understanding of these extraordinary times. The severe consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, including its economic disruptions, and the recent mass protests to combat systemic racial inequality in policing and other institutions have reaffirmed the importance of social science research examining economic, political, racial, ethnic, generational, and social inequalities relevant to public policy and social change. |
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Scleroderma Foundation New Investigator Grant The Scleroderma Foundation seeks applications from promising new investigators who hold faculty or equivalent positions and who wish to pursue a career in research related to systemic sclerosis. This grant supports promising research that is likely to lead to individual research project grants. Applicants may request up to $50,000 for up to three years. |
09/15/2022 |
Scoliosis Research Society New Investigator Research Grant This grant is specifically targeted to new investigators. The maximum award is $25,000 for up to two years. Extensive list of research focus areas can be viewed on the website. |
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Simons Foundation Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Limited Submission 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. |
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Smith Richardson Foundation Strategy & Policy Fellows Program The Smith Richardson Foundation sponsors an annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. |
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Society for Conservation Biology David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program The focus of fellows’ research and activities should be characterized by cutting-edge research in conservation biology; defining frontiers and leading the future of conservation biology; building coalitions of organizations and partnerships to support conservation biology; and supporting and encouraging high-potential individuals to accept risk as a component of change and leadership and thus make significant change in the world. |
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Society for Neuroscience Jacob P. Waletzky Award The Jacob P. Waletzky Award is given to a young scientist (within 15 years of his/her Ph.D. or MD degree) whose independent research has led to significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of drug addiction. Both basic and clinical researchers are eligible for the award. Future plans to continue to make significant contributions to addiction research and treatment is one of the selection criteria. This award is endowed by the Waletzky Award Prize Fund and the Waletzky Family. |
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Society for Neuroscience Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation International Research Award The Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, supported by The Gruber Foundation, recognizes two young neuroscientists for outstanding research and educational pursuit in an international setting. |
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Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award The Young Investigator Award, supported by AstraZeneca, recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions by a young neuroscientist who has demonstrated scholarly independence. Recipients receive a $15,000 award and complimentary registration, transportation (economy air or ground), and two nights hotel accommodations for the SfN annual meeting. The SfN president presents the prize at a lecture at the meeting. |
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Society of Nuclear Medicine Mitzi and William Blahd, MD Pilot Research Grant The Pilot Research Grant is designed to help a basic or clinical scientist in the early stages of their career conduct research that may lead to further funding. This grant may be used for salary support of the principal investigator, as well as direct costs of supplies and equipment. Support is not provided for salaries of other research personnel, or for indirect costs. This grant provides $25,000 for one year. |
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Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award The Distinguished Scientist Award (DSA) seeks to provide career and research support to early career scientists who demonstrate outstanding promise for making scientific and medical breakthroughs in the field of brain cancer research. Recipients of the award are inspired individuals with projects that show potential to generate new knowledge relating to causes, cure or treatment of primary brain tumors/brain cancer. Applicants are carefully considered and selected by The Sontag Foundation and its independent Scientific Advisory Board based on the scientific merit of the proposed project, career trajectory, peer and mentor references and an onsite research facility visit. The award provides up to $600,000 in funding over a four-year period. Over that time, recipients also receive additional support from the Foundation through its vast network of scientists in the field and annual alumni conference. |
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Tau Consortium Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early-Career Scientists This prize is intended to reward outstanding achievements of a scientist either as a first author or senior author on published neurodegenerative disease research findings. This prize aims to support exceptionally productive scientists who are in the early formative stages of their academic career (within 5 years of PI appointment) and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to research aligned with the mission areas of the Rainwater Charitable Foundation. Nominees will be considered through a non-self-nomination process for published, peer-reviewed neurodegenerative disease research. Awardees will be chosen by a committee of international scientific leaders from a wide range of fields and backgrounds. The awardee will be chosen based on their scientific contributions, leadership, mentorship, and overall contributions to the scientific community. This award will consist of a $150K prize provided through a fund started by Richard Rainwater at the North Texas Community Foundation. |
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The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research (Tina's Wish) Rising Star Grant The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research (Tina’s Wish) is an ovarian cancer non-profit organization dedicated to funding groundbreaking scientific research for the prevention and early detection of ovarian cancer. The goal of the Rising Star Grant is to assist and support early career researchers in the ovarian cancer field and encourage them to take risks and develop innovative projects. |
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Theatre Communications Group Program Development and Fellowships Through grants, awards, and other program support, the group aims to strengthen, mature, and promote the professional nonprofit American theatre. Leadership University prepares professionals from all areas of the theatre for greater leadership responsibilities and long-term careers in the theatre. The program makes awards in two different areas: One-on-One grants of $75,000 plus additional support for early-career leaders and Continuing Ed grants of up to $5,000 for mid-career or veteran professionals. |
Varies by award, check individual dates on website |
Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Awards The Fund recognizes that young investigators may find it difficult to remain in pediatric research because of a lack of funding. Therefore, the purpose of this program is to encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The Fund makes approximately 30 awards each year. There are three funding cycles per year for Early Career Award Program grants. Awards may be up to $25,000 in direct costs. |
09/13/2022 |
Tower Cancer Research Foundation Career Development Grant While there are many brilliant scientists in the world conducting cancer research, Tower recognizes that many important breakthroughs come from unexpected directions and differing perspectives. Tower encourages young physician-scientists to explore novel research hypotheses by offering one-year Career Development Grants. |
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Vilcek Foundation Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise were established in 2009 as a complement to the Vilcek Prizes, to encourage and support emerging to mid-career immigrant artists and scientists who have demonstrated exceptional achievements early in their careers. As with the Vilcek Prizes, the Creative Promise Prizes are awarded annually in biomedical science and in a rotating category of the arts. |
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Whitehall Foundation Grants-in-Aid Funds researchers at the assistant professor level in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology. Research grants normally range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year. |
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William T. Grant Foundation William T. Grant Scholars Program The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise. Candidates are nominated by a supporting institution and must submit five-year research plans that demonstrate creativity, intellectual rigor, and a commitment to continued professional development. Every year, four to six William T. Grant Scholars are selected and each receives $350,000 distributed over a five-year period. |
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WM Keck Foundation Keck Research Program Limited Submission Seeks to advance the frontiers of the life sciences by supporting basic research that is high-risk and has the potential to transform its field. Successful projects are distinctive and novel in their approach to problems, push the edge of their field or question the prevailing paradigm. Past grants have been awarded to major research universities, medical schools and independent research institutions to support pioneering biological research, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies. Grants are awarded up to $1,000,000. |
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