| Federal Agencies Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy NASA National Institutes of Health National Science Foundation Nonprofit Agencies |
| Department of Agriculture |
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| New Investigator Grants, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Deadline: Varies by program area Synopsis: Investigators or co-investigators who are beginning their research careers, do not have an extensive research publication record, and have less than five years postgraduate, career-track research experience are eligible. Funding is in these program areas: natural resources and the environment; nutrition, food safety, and health; animals; pest biology and management; plants; markets, trade, and rural development; enhancing value and the use of agricultural and forest products; and agricultural systems research. |
| Department of Defense |
| Young Investigator Program, Office of Naval Research Deadline: Early January Synopsis: The Young Investigator Program makes awards up to $100,000 per year for three years to attract outstanding new faculty members at institutions of higher education, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. 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. Proposals addressing the research areas of interest for the Air Force Research Laboratory will be considered. |
| New Investigator Awards, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Deadline: Varies by program Synopsis: Funding programs include: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Program, Breast Cancer Research Program, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Research Program, Defense Health Research Program, Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research Program, National Prion Research Program, Neurofibromatosis Research Program, Ovarian Cancer Research Program, Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program, Prostate Cancer Research Program, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program. Some of these program areas, such as the Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Neurofibraomatosis, and Prostate Cancer, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Programs have included New Investigator Awards. |
| 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 throughout the physical and life sciences and will not exceed $50,000 per year for three years. See Research Area 10 in the Broad Agency Announcement. |
| Young Faculty Award ,
DARPA Microsystems Technology Office Deadline: December Synopsis: MTO is pioneering research in five areas: electronics, photonics, micro-electro-mechanical systems, architectures, and algorithms. Non-tenured assistant professors are eligible. |
| Department of Energy |
| Outstanding Junior Investigator Program, Office of High Energy Physics Deadline: December Synopsis: Applications should be from tenure-track faculty investigators 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 for letter of intent, November 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 Development Program, Fusion Energy Sciences Program Deadline: September Synopsis: Applications from junior faculty involved in any area of basic plasma physics research, not only magnetic fusion, are welcomed. Emphasis is to be placed on the fundamental plasma physics elements of the research 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 (also see NIH Resources for New Investigators) |
| Career Development Awards, NIH Deadline: Various Synopsis: This is an index of awards that provide funding for researchers at various levels in their careers. Most applicable to new and young investigators is the Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01), which provides funding for a three, four, or five-year period of supervised research. Also notable is the Career Transition Award (K22), designed to fund individual postdoctoral fellows in transition to a faculty position. |
| Scientist Development Award for New Minority Faculty, National Institute of Mental Health Deadline: February 1, June 1, and October 1 Synopsis: Funding is provided to enable new, non-tenured minority faculty members to initiate a program of mentored mental health research. Up to five years of support is provided. |
| Small Grant Program for New Investigators, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal-Skin Diseases Deadlines: February 24 in 2006 Synopsis: Funds are available for pilot research into areas supported by the NIAMS that is likely to lead to a subsequent individual research project grant. Supports direct costs in $25,000 modules, up to a total direct cost request of $250,000 per year for up to three years. |
| Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START), National Institute on Drug Abuse Deadline: February 1, June 1, October 1 Synopsis: Supports researchers seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. Applicant must be independent of a mentor at the time of award and be at the beginning stages of her/his research career. |
| National Science Foundation |
| Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, National Science Foundation Deadline: Mid July Synopsis: The intent of this foundation-wide program is to provide stable support in all NSF-supported disciplines to enable awardees to develop careers as outstanding teacher-scholars. The minimum CAREER award, including indirect costs, will total $300,000. |
| Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology (RIG CAA BP), NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences Deadline: Second Monday in January Synopsis: Research Initiation Grants are awarded to new investigators, usually in the first academic or research appointment, for biological science activities that will lead to formulation of competitive grant applications. Awards are limited to a maximum of $150,000 for 24 months with a possible addition of up to $25,000 for equipment. |
| Nonprofit 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: Offers start-up grants of up to $30,000 annually for up to two years for new scientists at the end of their fellowship training or early in their research career. Proposals should be in pediatric cancer research. |
| Young Investigators Award, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Deadline: August for grant abstract Synopsis: Provides up to $500,000 over three years to tenure-track Assistant Professors within five years of their initial appointment to this rank for research aimed at furthering the development of gene therapy approaches to the treatment of cancer. |
| New Investigator Research Grants, Alzheimer's Association Deadline: December 1 Synopsis: Grants are available for preliminary or pilot research directed towards prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer's disease. Each award is limited to $100,000 for up to two years for investigators who are no more than ten years past their doctoral degree. |
| Career Development Awards, American Association for Cancer Research Deadline: December 1 Synopsis: Two-year grants of $50,000 per year for direct research expenses for cancer researchers in the first, second, or third year of their first full-time appointment after completing postdoctoral studies. |
| Arthur C. Cope Young Scholar Awards, American Chemical Society Deadline: November 1 Synopsis: A $40,000 unrestricted research grant for scholars age thirty-five and younger to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry. |
| Petroleum Research Fund Type G Starter Grants, American Chemical Society Deadline: March, August, and November Synopsis: Award of $40,000 over two years for a new faculty member within the first three years of a regular appointment as an assistant professor or the equivalent. |
| Fellowships, American Council of Learned Societies Deadline: September 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 that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. Awards provide up to $30,000 for assistant professor-level investigators for six to twelve months of research. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Wayne F. Placek Award, American Psychological Foundation Deadline: March Synopsis: Provides up to $65,000 to early-career applicants who have completed their doctorates within the previous 7 years. The award is intended to encourage scientific research to increase the general public's understanding of homosexuality and to alleviate the stress that gay men and lesbians experience in this and future civilizations. |
| Research Grant for New Investigators, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Deadline: Annual program, 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. |
| Career Development Award Program, American Diabetes Association Deadline: Mid January and mid July Synopsis: Awards support investigators who are establishing their independence and are poised to make significant contributions to diabetes research. At the time of the award, an applicant must be an assistant professor. Awards are $150,000 per year for up to five years. Additionally, applicants may request a $25,000 stipend the first two years for equipment. |
| Young Investigator Grants, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Deadline: December 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 $60,000 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. |
| Centennial Fellowships, American Mathematical Association Deadline: December 1 Synopsis: One-year fellowships awarded for excellence in mathematical research. The stipend for 2007-08 is expected to be $66,000, with an additional expense allowance of about $3,500. Recipients shall have held the doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than twelve years at the inception of the award. |
| Young Investigator Research Grants, Lance Armstrong Foundation Deadline: April Synopsis: Supports research on improving the quality of life for cancer survivors. Young Investigator Awards provide $50,000 per year for one or two years to faculty within three years of the first appointment. |
| 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 $200,000 over three years. |
| Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Awards, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Deadline: September 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. |
| Young Scholars Program,
Foundation for Child Development Deadline: Early November Synopsis: Fellowships provide up to $150,000 total for up to three years for basic and policy-relevant research about the early education, health and well-being of immigrant children. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or its equivalent in one of the behavioral and social sciences or in an allied professional field. Tenure-equivalent positions are not eligible for the fellowship. |
| Career Development Awards, Foundation Fighting Blindness Deadline: September 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 degree and who are in their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of a junior faculty appointment are eligible. |
| William T. Grant Scholars Program, William T. Grant Foundation Deadline: May for Berkeley campus limited submission application (approximate) Synopsis: The program promotes the development of promising early career researchers from diverse disciplines whose research furthers understanding of the development of adolescents and young adults and the conditions that enable these youth to reach their full potential. Awards are for $300,000 over 5 years. |
| Junior 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: Varies, June in 2007 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: Early December 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. |
| New Investigator Research Grants, Leukemia Research Foundation Deadline: Mid February Synopsis: Supports research related to leukemia, lymphoma, and myelodysplastic syndromes. 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: July 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 salary support of $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 years. Proposals from junior faculty are encouraged. |
| McKnight Scholar Awards, McKnight Foundation Deadline: January Synopsis: Awards encourage neuroscientists in the early stages of their careers to focus on disorders of learning and memory. The foundation especially seeks applicants working on problems that, if solved, would have immediate and significant impact on clinically relevant issues. Awards are $75,000 per year for three years. |
| Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Deadline: July 25 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 Investigator Award, National Ataxia Foundation Deadline: September 1 Synopsis: Provides $50,000 per year for two year for research in the field of Friedreich’s ataxia. Applicants must have a junior faculty appointment. |
| Career Development Award, National Hemophilia Foundation Deadline: November 1 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 junior 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 to candidates who have begun academic careers as independent investigators, in MS and neuroscience research. 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 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 $625,000 over 5 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 $60,000 per year for four 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 (usually $30,000 per year for two years) for individuals at the rank of instructor or assistant professor. |
| Cottrell Scholar Awards, Research Corporation Deadline: September Synopsis: Applicants should be tenure-track beginning faculty members in a Ph.D.-granting department of astronomy, chemistry, or physics. Eligibility is limited to those in the third year of their first tenure-track position during the calendar year of application. |
| Searle Scholarships, Kinship Foundation Searle Scholars Program Deadline: July 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 $80,000 per year for three years. |
| Pilot Research Grants in Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine Deadline: February 1 Synopsis: Provides awards of up to $8,000 for one year to basic and clinical scientists in the early stages of their careers in nuclear medicine. |
| External Faculty Fellowships, Stanford Humanities Center Deadline: Mid October Synopsis: Junior fellowships available for scholars who received the Ph.D between 3 and 10 years ago for research in the humanities. Stipends are up to $55,000. |
| Start-Up Grant Program, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation Deadline: November 15 Synopsis: Supports scientific research projects in exact sciences, physical sciences, energy, environment, ecology, economy and sociology. Projects must involve collaboration between American and Israeli scientists; 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 Synopsis: Funds researchers at the assistant professor level in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology. |