| Federal Agencies Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy NASA National Institutes of Health National Science Foundation Nonfederal Agencies |
| Department of Agriculture |
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| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Deadline: varies by program area Synopsis: The Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants component of this program includes funding for new investigators. A new investigator is defined as an individual who is beginning his/her career, does not have an extensive scientific publication record, and has less than five years postgraduate, career-track experience. The new investigator may not have received competitively awarded Federal research funds with the exception of pre- or postdoctoral research grants or USDA NRI or AFRI Seed Grants. |
| Department of Defense |
| Young Investigator Program, Office of Naval Research Deadline: early January Synopsis: The program supports academic scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years. The objectives are to attract outstanding faculty members to the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. Proposals may request up to $170,000 per year for three years. ONR research areas are available here. |
| Young Investigator Program, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Deadline: July Synopsis: This program supports scientists and engineers in Air Force relevant disciplines and is designed to promote innovative research in science and engineering. The awards foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities to recognize Air Force mission and challenges in science and engineering. |
| New Investigator Awards, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Deadline: varies by program Synopsis: Funding program areas vary and may include: Food Allergies, Lung Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Peer Reviewed Cancer, Orthopaedic, Spinal Cord Injury, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Autism, Bone Marrow Failure, Breast Cancer, Deployment Related Medical, Gulf War Illness, Minority & Underserved Populations, Neurofibromatosis, Ovarian Cancer, Peer Reviewed Medical, Prostate Cancer, Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Some of these program areas, such as Peer Reviewed Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Traumatic Brain Injury have included New Investigator Awards. |
| ARO Young Investigator Program, Army Research Office Deadline: April Synopsis: ARO's Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. Proposals may request up to $100,000 per year for three years. This program is in addition to a YIP Program described in the open ARO BAA. |
| Broad Agency Announcement - Young Investigator Program, Army Research Office Deadline: open Synopsis: This program is designed to attract to Army research outstanding young university faculty members who have held their graduate degrees for fewer than five years, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. Grants are made in disciplines in the physical and life sciences and will not exceed $50,000 per year for three years. See Research Area 10 in the ARO Broad Agency Announcement, or Research Area 16 in the ARO/ARL Broad Agency Announcement. |
| Young Faculty Award ,
DARPA Deadline: January Synopsis: DARPA solicits ground-breaking single-investigator proposals from junior faculty for research and development in the areas of Physical Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Biology, Information and Social Sciences of interest to DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, Microsystems Technology Office, and Information Innovation Office. |
| Department of Energy |
| Early Career Research Program, Office of Science Deadline: September Synopsis: Supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research careers in the disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Science: Advanced Scientific Computing Research; Biological and Environmental Research; Basic Energy Sciences, Fusion Energy Sciences; High Energy Physics, and Nuclear Physics. Applicants must be no more than ten years beyond the Ph.D. at the deadline for the application. |
| Outstanding Junior Investigator Program, Office of High Energy Physics Deadline: November Synopsis: Applications should be from tenure-track faculty investigators or junior scientists in equivalent positions in national laboratories who are currently involved in experimental or theoretical high energy physics or accelerator physics research. |
| Outstanding Junior Investigator Program, Office of Nuclear Physics Deadline: September or October for letter of intent, November or December for application Synopsis: Applications should be from tenure-track faculty who are currently involved in experimental or theoretical nuclear physics research, the U.S. Nuclear Data Program or accelerator physics research related to nuclear physics projects. Applicants must be no more than ten years beyond the Ph.D. at the deadline for the application. |
| Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program, Fusion Energy Sciences Program Deadline: August or September (program cancelled for FY 2009) Synopsis: Applications in any area of basic plasma physics research are welcomed and encouraged. The proposed research must focus on fundamental plasma physics issues, as opposed to applications of plasma physics. |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| New Investigator Program in Earth Science, NASA Deadline: varies - applications are solicited approximately every eighteen months Synopsis: This program funds research to promote and increase the use of Earth remote sensing. Grants are from $80,000-$120,000 per year for a period of up to three years for scientists and engineers at the early stage of their professional careers. |
| National Institutes of Health |
| New and Early Stage Investigator Policies, NIH In order to address both the duration of training and to protect the flux of new investigators, the NIH announced a new policy in fiscal year 2009 involving the identification of Early Stage Investigators. ESIs are New Investigators who are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or within 10 years of completing their medical residency at the time they apply for R01 grants. The NIH New and Early Stage Investigator page includes:
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| National Science Foundation |
| Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, NSF Deadline: July Synopsis: The intent of the program is to provide stable support at a sufficient level and duration to enable awardees to develop careers as outstanding researchers and educators who effectively integrate teaching, learning and discovery. The minimum CAREER award size is $400,000 for a five-year period for all directorates except BIO. For proposals submitted to the BIO directorate, the minimum award size is $500,000 over five years. |
| Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology (RIG BP), NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences Deadline: second Monday in January Synopsis: These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive BIO funding to initiate research programs early in their careers. Currently, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are under-represented in biology. |
| Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE), NSF Directorate for Engineering Deadline: January Synopsis: ENG offers this BRIGE funding opportunity to all beginning engineers with the intent of increasing the diversity of researchers in the engineering disciplines. BRIGE aims to support innovative research and diversity plans that contribute to recruiting and retaining a broad representation of engineering researchers especially those from groups that are underrepresented in the engineering population. |
| Nonfederal Agencies |
| ABMRF Grants, ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research Deadline: February 1 and September 1 Synopsis: The Foundation accepts applications for grants to conduct research on important aspects of alcohol consumption and its effects. Highest priority is given to young investigators, new to the field or trained in the field, to start a new line of independent research. |
| Young Investigator Awards, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Deadline: December Synopsis: Grants are designed as start-up funds for new physician-scientists at the end of their fellowship training or early in their post-fellowship career. Proposals should be in pediatric cancer research. |
| Young Investigators Award, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Deadline: August for abstract Synopsis: The Fund for Discovery awards up to $500,000 over three years to Young Investigators (tenure track assistant professors) conducting innovative exploratory research. |
| New Investigator Research Grants, Alzheimer's Association Deadline: December 1 Synopsis: Grants provide new investigators with funding that will allow them to develop preliminary or pilot data, to test procedures and to develop hypotheses. Each award is limited to $100,000 for up to two years. Eligibility is restricted to investigators who have less than 10 years of research experience after receipt of their terminal degree. |
| Career Development Awards, American Association for Cancer Research Deadline: varies by program Synopsis: Open to junior faculty who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships no more than three years prior to the start of the grant term. Awards provide two-year grants of $50,000 per year. |
| Research Scholar Grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical, and Epidemiology Research, American Cancer Society Deadline: April 1 and October 15 Synopsis: Grants provide support for independent, self-directed researchers in the first six years of their independent research careers to conduct basic, preclinical, clinical, and epidemiology research projects. |
| Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grants (DNI), American Chemical Society Deadline: early fall, mid-winter, and late spring Synopsis: Award of $100,000 over two years for scientists and engineers who are within the first three years of their first academic appointment. |
| Fellowships, American Council of Learned Societies Deadline: September or October Synopsis: 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 $35,000 for assistant professor-level investigators for six to twelve months of research. |
| Junior Faculty Award, Career Development Award , American Diabetes Association Deadline: mid January and mid July Synopsis: Junior Faculty support new investigators who are establishing their independence in diabetes research; applicants can have any level of faculty appointment up through assistant professor. Career Development Awards are designed to assist outstanding assistant professor level faculty investigators in conducting diabetes-related research. |
| AFAR Research Grants, American Federation for Aging Research Deadline: December Synopsis: 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. Applicants must be in the first four years of a junior faculty appointment. Awards are up to $75,000 for one or two years. |
| Young Investigator Grants, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Deadline: December 1 and June 15 Synopsis: Grants support studies that aim to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or to test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. Grants of up to $85,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower, with an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator. |
| National Scientist Development Grant Program, American Heart Association Deadline: January Synopsis: AHA funds research broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke. Applicants should be initiating independent research careers, usually no more than four years since an applicant's first faculty/staff appointment at the assistant professor level or its equivalent and must not be currently funded (extramurally) for more than one year at a level greater than $95,000 per year in direct costs. |
| Western States Affiliate Beginning Grant-in-Aid Program, American Heart Association Deadline: January Synopsis: Supports research projects in the cardiovascular or stroke area. Applicants must have no more than seven years of active faculty appointment prior to award activation and no more than $100,000 of all extramural grant support per year, excluding principal investigator and collaborating investigator salaries, fringe benefits and intramural funding. |
| Liver Scholar Award, American Liver Foundation Deadline: October Synopsis: 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. |
| Centennial Fellowships, American Mathematical Association Deadline: December 1 Synopsis: One-year fellowships awarded for excellence in mathematical research. The stipend for 2009-2010 is expected to be $75,000, with an additional expense allowance of about $7,500. Recipients shall have held the doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than twelve years at the inception of the award. |
| Congressional Fellowship Program for Political Scientists, American Political Science Association Deadline: December Synopsis: Gives early- to mid-career political scientists an opportunity to learn more about Congress and the legislative process through direct participation. Fellows work as full-time legislative aides in the House of Representatives or Senate. Applicants must have completed a Ph.D in the past 15 years. Fellowships include a stipend of $38,000 for nine months. |
| Research Awards, American Society for Mass Spectrometry Deadline: November 30 Synopsis: Academic scientists within four years of joining tenure-track faculty are eligible for awards of $25,000 for research in mass spectrometry. |
| Research Grant for New Investigators, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Deadline: varies Synopsis: New scientists earning their latest degree in communication sciences within the last five years are eligible to compete for $5,000 grants to pursue research in audiology or speech-language pathology. |
| New Investigator Grant For Arthritis Health Professionals, Arthritis Foundation Deadline: February Synopsis: Career Development Awards are intended to provide the support for young investigators at a critical point in their development toward independent research in a variety of arthritis related areas. This is for PhDs or equivalent committed to arthritis related research questions. Not for laboratory research. MDs are not eligible. The award amount is $50,000 per year. |
| Early Career Investigator Award, Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program Deadline: November for letter of intent Synopsis: 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 US$100,000 annually for two years. |
| Beckman Young Investigator Program, Beckman (Arnold and Mabel) Foundation Deadline: October for letter of intent Synopsis: This program supports young faculty in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. Grants may be in the range of $750,000 over four years. |
| Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Awards, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Deadline: October or November for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: This award funds talented young faculty in the chemical sciences, stressing teaching, mentorship, and the nominees' accomplishments in research and teaching. Awards are $75,000 for one year. |
| New Scholars Program in Aging, Ellison Medical Foundation Deadline; December for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: Applications are solicited by invitation only. Awards are intended for investigators who are in the first three years of their research career following their post-doctoral fellowship experience. |
| Career Development Awards, Foundation Fighting Blindness Deadline: March Synopsis: The award is for junior investigators to pursue research to find the therapies and cures for inherited retinal degenerative diseases. In general, each five-year award will be for a total of $325,000. Clinical scientists possessing an M.D., D.O., or equivalent foreign degree and who are in their first, second, or third year of a junior faculty appointment are eligible. |
| Young Scholars Program,
Foundation for Child Development Deadline: early November Synopsis: Supports both basic and policy-relevant research about the early education, health and well-being of children living in immigrant families from birth to age ten, particularly those who are living in low-income families. Eligible researchers will have earned their doctoral degrees within the last 15 years, and be full-time faculty members. Three to four fellowships of up to $150,000 for use over one to three years will be awarded. |
| William T. Grant Scholars Program, William T. Grant Foundation Deadline: May for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: The award is intended to facilitate the professional development of early career scholars.The Foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the U.S. Awards are for $350,000 over 5 years. |
| Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics Deadline: September for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: This career development award enables outstanding junior faculty members to carry out original research that will help resolve important policy and clinical dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. |
| Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, Health Effects Institute Deadline: December Synopsis: The award provides three years of funding for a small research project on the health effects of air pollution to a new investigator at the assistant professor or equivalent level. |
| New Investigator Award, Hope for Vision Deadline: October, every two years Synopsis: Supports scientists in the early phase of their career who have an interest in studying retinal degenerative diseases including retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome, Stargardt’s disease and macular degeneration. Awards range from $75,000 to $150,000 per year, generally for a period of two years. |
| Young Investigators' Research Grants, Human Frontier Science Program Deadline: March Synopsis: 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). |
| Young Investigator Awards, Infectious Diseases Society of America Deadline: February Synopsis: The IDSA Education and Research Foundation and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases have joined forces to offer the IDSA ERF/NFID Joint Research Awards to support needed research by promising young researchers who may not otherwise find funding as federal and other institutional research support becomes more difficult to obtain. Awards are for junior faculty members only. Candidates should not be more than four years out of a training program. Three awards are available: Association of Subspecialty Professors Young Investigator Award in Geriatrics, Astellas Young Investigator Awards, and Wyeth Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development. |
| Future Leader Awards, International Life Sciences Institute North America Deadline: June Synopsis: Grants support new investigators in the areas of experimental nutrition, nutrition and food safety, and nutrition and food science. Provides $15,000 per year for two years. |
| Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund Deadline: January Synopsis: Supports a young investigator in tenure track academic rank engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of epilepsy. The award of $150,000 is payable over a three-year period. |
| Research Fellowships, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Deadline: June for preproposal Synopsis: Supports early career scholars engaged in critical research relevant to the recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and retention of high quality mathematics and science teachers. The award is $110,000, typically $55,000 per year for two years. |
| New Investigator Research Grants, Leukemia Research Foundation Deadline: February Synopsis: The goal of the Hollis Brownstein Research Grants Program is to support new investigators; preference will be given to applicants demonstrating new lines of investigation. Grants are for a period of one year for up to $100,000. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships, Lymphoma Research Foundation of America Deadline: September Synopsis: Research may be laboratory or clinic based, but relevant to the treatment, diagnosis, or prevention of Hodgkin and/or non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Applicants must have completed two years of their fellowship, or not more than two years as a junior faculty instructor or assistant professor at the start of the award period. |
| Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes Deadline: March for letter of nomination Synopsis: Supports young scientists holding recent faculty appointments. Funds research aimed at preventing birth defects and infant mortality, including basic research into life processes, such as genetics and development; clinical research applied to prevention and treatment of specific birth defects and prematurity; the study of environmental hazards; and relevant research in social and behavioral sciences. Applicants may not be recipients of a major grant (e.g. an R01, or other grant exceeding $200,000 a year) at the time of the application. |
| Brain Cancer Research, James S. McDonnell Foundation Deadline: March Synopsis: The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting novel research that will generate new knowledge leading to increased rates of survival and improve functional recovery for individuals with brain cancer. Proposals from junior faculty are encouraged. |
| McKnight Scholar Awards, McKnight Foundation Deadline: January Synopsis: Supports neuroscientists in the early stages of their careers to focus on disorders of learning and memory. 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. Awards are $75,000 per year for three years. |
| Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program Deadline: September for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research in novel directions with the potential for high impact on the state of the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field. Each fellowship award includes $200,000; Fellows also have access to Microsoft resources. |
| Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Deadline: January Synopsis: Offers up to $30,000 per year for up to two years to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported; research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. |
| Young Investigator Award, National Ataxia Foundation Deadline: August for letter of intent, September for application Synopsis: The Award encourages young clinical and scientific investigators to pursue a career in the field of ataxia research. Applicants must have a junior faculty appointment. Provides a one-year $35,000-$50,000 award. |
| Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Awards, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Deadline: August Synopsis: 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. |
| Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Deadline: February for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: The program invites up to two nominations from selected institutions. The program supports the innovative research efforts of young faculty members in the natural and physical sciences or engineering. Awards provide $875,000 over five years. |
| Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences Deadline: September for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: The program invites one nomination from selected institutions. The program supports basic and clinical research relevant to the advancement of human health, carried out by investigators with full-time appointments at the rank of assistant professor. Awards provide $70,000 per year for four years. |
| Fellowships in Public Health, Fellowships in Health Policy, Fellowships in Health Disparities, Pfizer, Inc. Deadline: February Synopsis: Grants support junior faculty and junior researchers. Awardss are $130,000 paid over two years. |
| Research Starter Grants, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation Deadline: September 1 for Informatics and Pharmacology/Toxicology; October 1 for Health Outcomes and Pharmaceutics Synopsis: Grants provide funding for individuals at the rank of instructor or assistant professor. |
| Cottrell Scholar Awards, Research Corporation Deadline: April Synopsis: 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. |
| Innovation Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Deadline: June Synopsis: 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. |
| Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics, Russell Sage Foundation Deadline: Open Synopsis: Applicants must be advanced doctoral students or junior (non-tenured) faculty members who have been out of graduate school for two or fewer years. The maximum budget is $5,000. |
| New Investigator Grant, Scleroderma Foundation Deadline: September Synopsis: Supports new investigators who hold faculty or equivalent positions and who wish to pursue a career in research related to systemic sclerosis. Applicants may request up to $50,000 for up to three years. |
| New Investigator Grant, Scoliosis Research Society Deadline: April 1 and October 1 Synopsis: This grant is specifically targeted to new investigators. The maximum award is $25,000 for up to two years. |
| Searle Scholars Program Deadline: July or August for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: The program invites applications from selected universities and research institutions. Awards of $100,00 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. |
| Sloan Research Fellowships, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Deadline: September Synopsis: 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 $50,000 for two years. |
| International Junior Faculty Research Grant Program, Smith Richardson Foundation Deadline: June Synopsis: Supports junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. Research grants of $60,000 support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. |
| Pilot Research Grants in Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging, Society of Nuclear Medicine Deadline: February Synopsis: Provides awards of up to $25,000 to basic and clinical scientists in the early stages of their careers in nuclear medicine/molecular imaging. |
| External Faculty Fellowships, Stanford Humanities Center Deadline: October Synopsis: Junior fellowships are for scholars who will be at least three and no more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. by the start of the fellowship year. Fellowships are for one full academic year, and require the fellow to be in residence. Fellows are awarded stipends of up to $60,000 and a housing and moving allowance of up to $15,000. |
| Research Grants, UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Deadline: December Synopsis: The Committee’s objectives are to use its funds to provide seed money for innovative approaches to the cancer problem and to encourage the research of Assistant Professors early in their careers at the University of California. |
| New Investigator Awards, UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Deadline: January Synopsis: The mission of TRDRP is to support research that focuses on the prevention, causes, and treatment of tobacco-related disease and the reduction of the human and economic costs of tobacco use in California. This award mechanism is specifically designed to enable new investigators to initiate an independent research program in a tobacco-related field. |
| Start-Up Grant Program, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation Deadline: November Synopsis: Projects must have a strong element of cooperation between an Israeli and an American scientist(s), and fall within the areas of research supported in that year by the BSF. In addition, at least one of the principal investigators should have attained his/her Ph.D., M.D. degree or equivalent, no more than seven years prior to submitting the proposal. |
| Grants-in-Aid, Whitehall Foundation Deadline: January 15, April 15, and October 1 for letter of intent Synopsis: Funds researchers at the assistant professor level in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology. |