Funding Opportunities for Early Career Faculty
Early Career Faculty are encouraged to explore and apply to funding opportunities. Contact the Research Development Office to learn more about opportunities, proposal management, and more.
Organization/Grant Opportunity |
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Letters of Intent - Anticipated December 2021 |
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Was due January 1, 2020. Check back for January 2021 deadline |
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Letter of Intent was due January 3, 2020. Check back for January 2021 deadline |
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The 2020 call for applications has been suspended |
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Whitehall Foundation - Currently interested in basic research in neurobiology |
Letter of Intent January 15, April 15 and October 1 |
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Ted and Elaine Welp Enhanced Career Development Awards |
Various Awards - LOIs usually due in Nov/Dec; Applications usually due Jan/Feb |
LOI was due in November, check back for 2023. |
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National Kidney Foundation, Young Investigator Grant Program |
Deadline was February 10, 2020. Check back for 2021. |
Deadline: September 13, 2022. |
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grants |
Deadline: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 11:59 PM Eastern |
Human Frontier Science Program, Young Investigators' Research Grants |
Initiation of Letter of Intent Deadline: March 19th 2020 |
Sontag Foundation, Distinguished Scientist Award – Brain Cancer |
Application deadline: 3/16/20 |
April 1 and October 15 annually |
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LOI deadlines: February 1 - March 15 annually |
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Health Effects Institute, Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award – Health effects of air pollution |
Preliminary Application Due: March 24, 2020 |
William T. Grant Scholars Program, William T. Grant Foundation |
Application deadline: July 6, 2022 |
Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award |
Deadline: May 19, 2022 |
Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award |
Deadline: May 19, 2022 |
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Early Investigators Award |
Deadline: Thursday, July 14, 2022 |
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences |
Deadline: May 18, 2022 |
Deadline: deadline July 6, 2022 |
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Career Development Award |
Deadline: June 21 2022 |
2020 program suspended. Anticipated LOI was June – July 2020 |
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March of Dimes, Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award |
Anticipated Letter of Intent/ Nomination July 2020 |
American Heart Association, National Scientist Development Grant Program |
Anticipated October 2020 |
Various - late September and early October 2020 deadlines |
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Awards |
Pre-Application & Full Application due: August 19 & August 26, 2020 |
Program suspended |
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Burroughs Wellcome, Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease |
Deadline: July 14, 2022 |
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Research Starter Grants |
Deadline was: February 1, 2020 (Translational Medicine/Therapeutics & Health Outcomes) |
Lymphoma Research Foundation of America, Early Career Grants |
Deadline: May 17 2022 |
Deadline: July 15 2022 |
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Annual deadline: September 15 |
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Nominations anticipated to be accepted through September 30, 2020 **Limited Submission |
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LOI must be received by 5 p.m. EST, March 19, 2020 |
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Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Young Investigator Award |
September 24, 2020 |
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigator Program |
Deadline: August 1 2022 |
September 30, 2020 |
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LOI: February 1 - March 15 |
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Letter of Intent due: |
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Cycle opens July 2022 |
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American Association for Cancer Research, Career Development Awards |
Deadline: June 28 2022 |
No open funding at this time. | |
A.P. Giannini Family Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program |
Deadline: November 3 2022 |
Young Investigator Grants, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention |
Varies by award, check individual dates on website |
Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) KL2, Career Development Award |
2020 Guidelines not yet available, Contact: CTRI-education@ucsd.edu |
2020 Guidelines not yet available |
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2022 applications open August 1st |
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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) Program |
Watch for new RFPs throughout the year. |
Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program, Early Career Investigator Award |
Deadline: November 30 2022 |
Varies by area, see calendar on their website |
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Varies by area |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, Research Grant for New Investigators |
Next competition opens in 2023 |
Prostate Cancer Foundation, Human Capital Initiative - Young Investigator Awards |
Deadline: June 20 2022 |
Invitation-only grant application process; Contact: Philanthrophy@dupont.com |
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The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, Clinical Research Scholars Program |
TBD - Effective Monday, March 23, 2020, only mission-critical functions within NIH research laboratories will be supported. |
Society of Nuclear Medicine, Pilot Research Grants in Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging |
Varies by program |
Funder is currently not accepting applications |
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Emailed one page summary accepted at any time. |
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The Princess Grace Foundation – Production Grants and Scholarships |
Varies by award, check individual dates on website |
Federal Grant Opportunities |
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Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program |
Various based on Program Officer - 2020 deadlines not yet available |
See BAA solicitation for more information and programs | |
Various, see program page for more information | |
Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Program | LOS Required, must contact Research Development office to apply |
Preproposals were due Jan 7, 2020. Check back for 2021 deadline |
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(this is a campus limited submission based on internal nomination by dept. leadership)