| 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, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 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. |
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DARPA Microsystems Technology Office Deadline: February Synopsis: DARPA solicits single investigator proposals for research and development in the areas of the Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics of interest to the Microsystems Technology Office and Defense Sciences Office. |
| Department of Energy |
| 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. |
| Nonfederal Agencies |
| ABMRF Grants, Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Young Investigator Research Grants, Lance Armstrong Foundation Deadline: March Synopsis: Grants of up to $50,000 per year for one to two years support investigators in the early stages of their careers to carry out research dedicated to the study of cancer survivorship. |
| 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 Investigators Program, Beckman (Arnold and Mabel) Foundation Deadline: August for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: This program supports young faculty in chemistry and the life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. Grants are normally in the range of $300,000 over three 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. |
| 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. |
| Fellowships, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University Deadline: Mid October Synopsis: Academic year fellowships for work in Ancient Greek studies. These include a stipend of up to $26,000, housing, and other benefits. |
| 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. |
| 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 in Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Society of America Deadline: February 15 Synopsis: Awards are for junior faculty members only. Candidates should not be more than three 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. |
| Scholars in Health Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Deadline: October Synopsis: Each year the program selects up to 12 highly qualified individuals for two-year fellowships at one of three nationally prominent universities. The program invites recent graduates of doctoral programs in economics, political science and sociology, including junior faculty, to apply. The program will give preference to applicants who have not previously worked extensively in health or health policy research. |
| 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. |
| Young Scholars Fellowship Program, Janet H. and C. Harry Knowles Foundation Deadline: June for preproposal Synopsis: Supports early career scholars engaged in critical research in education, more specifically, those who can contribute to understanding recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and/or 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’s and/or non-Hodgkin’s 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. Provides $50,000 for the first year and $55,000 for the second year. |
| 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. Awards are up to $450,000 over three to six years. Proposals from junior faculty are encouraged. |
| McKnight Scholar Awards, McKnight Foundation Deadline: January Synopsis:These awards were established to encourage early-career neuroscientists to focus on disorders of learning and memory. Applicants must demonstrate interest in solving important problems in relevant areas of neuroscience, including the translation of basic research to clinical neuroscience. Awards are $75,000 per year for three years. |
| Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program Deadline: September for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: The program identifies, recognizes, and supports exceptional new faculty members engaged in innovative computing research. Fellows are each awarded a $200,000 gift to stimulate creative research in their respective fields. |
| Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Deadline: July Synopsis: One and two year awards up to $30,000 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 schizophrenia, major affective disorders, or other serious mental illnesses. |
| Young Investigators Award, National Ataxia Foundation Deadline: September 1 Synopsis: Provides $50,000 per year for two year for research studies in the field of Friedreich’s ataxia and Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA 3). Applicants must have a junior faculty appointment. |
| Career Development Award, National Hemophilia Foundation Deadline: November for letter of intent Synopsis: Funds studies at the subcellular, cellular, animal, or patient levels contributing to a cure for bleeding disorders. Candidates must hold an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree, with no more than six years of experience since completing doctoral training. |
| Young Investigator Grant Program, National Kidney Foundation Deadline: December Synopsis: Grants support research in the fields of nephrology, urology, or related disciplines. Grants are for up to $50,000 for one year for faculty who are within the first four years of their appointment. Candidates must be dues-paying members of the National Kidney Foundation. |
| Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Awards, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Deadline: September Synopsis: Supports candidates who have begun academic careers as independent investigatorsin 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. |
| Research Grants, National Osteoporosis Foundation Deadline: December 1 for letter of intent Synopsis: Grants of $50,000 for one year support investigators at the beginning or early stages of their faculty careers and within four years of their postdoctoral training period for pilot and supplemental projects in clinical and basic research investigating the epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. |
| 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. |
| Cottrell Scholar Awards, Research Corporation Deadline: September Synopsis: Applicants should be tenure-track beginning faculty members in astronomy, biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, or physics. Eligibility is limited to those in the third year after their first tenure-track appointment. Awards are in the amount of $100,000. |
| 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 (usually $30,000 per year for two years) for individuals at the rank of instructor or assistant professor. |
| Scholars Grants in Public Health, Pfizer, Inc. Deadline: January Synopsis: Grants of $130,000 each, paid over 2 years, support junior faculty within 2 years of appointment as an instructor, an assistant professor, or an equivalent junior faculty rank employed by an accredited school/program of public health. |
| 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: October Synopsis: This grant is specifically targeted to new investigators. The maximum award is $25,000 for up to two years. |
| Searle Scholarships, Kinship Foundation 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. It supports individuals who are in the first or second year of their first appointment at the assistant professor level in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences, providing $100,000 per year for three 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 for one year 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 for research projects in the humanities 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 their prospective fellowship year. Fellows are awarded stipends of up to $60,000 and a housing and moving allowance of up to $15,000, dependent upon need. |
| Seed Funding Award, Tilker Medical Research Foundation Deadline: September Synopsis: Funds research into treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Grants of $25,000 fund junior investigators with no other funding to build preliminary data. |
| 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. |
| 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. The maximum award amount for the 2009-2010 award year will be $50,000. |
| New Investigator Grants, UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Deadline: January Synopsis: Investigators eligible for PI status in the UC System in any scholarly discipline who have not previously served as principal investigators on TSR&TP-supported research or received funding from our Lead Campus programs are invited to submit proposals in response to this call. The program funds new investigators who will pursue novel research that will provide the basis for subsequent applications to extramural funding sources. |
| 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. 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 intent Synopsis: Funds researchers at the assistant professor level in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology. |