Young Investigator/Junior Faculty
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Research to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability
Young Investigator grants in the various funding categories (availability varies)
www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/FOAs.htm
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Basic and applied research and development projects for DoD; pursues research and technology where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions
Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (ITMANET)
Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks for Young Investigators (ITMANETYI), SOL RA06-38
www.darpa.mil/ipto/programs/itmanet/index.htm
Microsystems Technology Office
Young Faculty Award (Due December)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10908&mode=VIEW
Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
Agriculture, life sciences and rural economics
National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program: New Investigator Awards
www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1606
Dept. of Defense (DOD)
Science, technology, mathematics and engineering related to defense needs
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Young Investigator Program (YIP) (due July)
www.afosr.af.mil/research.htm
Army Research Office
Young Investigator Program
(Section 10.2 of BAA)
www.arl.army.mil/main/...research/AROBAA1102.doc
Office of Naval Research
Young Investigator Program (due January)
www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/3t/corporate/yip.asp
National Security Agency
Mathematical Sciences Program
Young Investigators Grant
This award is available to promising investigators within ten years after beginning an academic career
http://www.nsa.gov/msp/msp00002.cfm
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
New Investigator Awards
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Neurofibromatosis
- Prostate Cancer
cdmrp.org/Program_Announcements_and_Forms/index.cfm
Dept. of Energy (DOE)
Science, technology, mathematics and engineering related to energy
Division of Nuclear Physics (November)
Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
www.sc.doe.gov/production/henp/np/program/oji.html
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and High-Performance Networks
Early Career Principal Investigator Program
www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN05-25.html
High Energy Physics (December)
Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN05-26.html
Plasma Physics, Fusion Energy (September)
Junior Faculty Development Program
www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-18.html
Office of Science Early Career Research Program (LOI encouraged August 3, 2009, Full Proposal Deadline is September 1 2009)
http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/FAPN09-26.html
Library of Congress
Humanistic and social science research
Kluge Center Fellowships
www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/kluge-fellowships.html
Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice (DOJ, NIJ)
Knowledge of the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts
W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13450&mode=VIEW
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Science, technology, mathematics and engineering related to the global environment and exploration of space
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
www.ostp.gov/html/pecase2002.html
Earth Science
New Investigator Program (approx. every 18 months)
science.hq.nasa.gov/education/catalog/programs/Programs61.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Life sciences, behavioral and social sciences, technology, mathematics, and engineering related to health and development
Career Development Awards
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
- Independent Scientist Award
- Academic Career Award
- Career Transition Award (K22)
- Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award
grants.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm
Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01)
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-007.html
Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-133.html
Small Grants (R03)
grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r03.htm
Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21)
grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r21.htm
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Scientist Development Award for New Minority Faculty
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-99-169.html
National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal-Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Small Grant Program for New Investigators
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-111.html
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Research, education and informal education re: science, technology, mathematics and engineering
Faculty Early Career Development Program
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5262
International Research Fellowship Program
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05599/nsf05599.htm
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (mid-July annually)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05579
Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards in the Biological Sciences (January and July annually)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=10676
National Security Agency (NSA)
Mathematics, statistics and cryptology
Mathematical Sciences Program
Grants for Research in Mathematics and Cryptology - Young Investigators Grant
www.nsa.gov/msp/msp00002.cfm
US Embassy, US - Egypt Joint Science & Technology Fund
Science and technology
Junior Scientist Development Visit Grants
cairo.usembassy.gov/usegypt/jrgrants.htm
NON-PROFIT AGENCIES
Active Living Policy and Environmental Studies
Research that will identify environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity
New Investigator Awards
www.activelivingresearch.org/index.php/New_Investigators/296
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy
Basic and clinical research re: the development of gene therapy approaches to cancer
Young Investigators Award
acgtfoundation.org/research.html
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
Biological and behavioral aspects of alcohol consumption and its effects
ABMRF Grants
www.abmrf.org/grants.htm
Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Support for childhood cancer research designed to fill the critical gaps in funding as identified by doctors and researchers across the country
Young Investigator Awards
www.alexslemonade.org/about_grants.php
American Association for Cancer Research
Basic, translational, clinical, and prevention research re: cancer
Career Development Awards
www.aacr.org/home/scientists/.../career-development-awards.aspx
AACR-Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award
www.aacr.org/home/scientists/.../elion-award.aspx
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund
Fundamental research in the petroleum field
ACS PRF Type G Grants
www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=prf\prfgrant.html#typeg
American College of Sports Medicine
Support for basic, applied, clinical, and behavioral research re: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports-related injuries and the advancement of the science of exercise
- Paffenbarger-Blair Fund for Epidemiological Research on Physical Activity
- Research Endowment
www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Procedures
American Council of Learned Societies
All disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, using the foreign language collection of the Library of Congress
Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies
www.acls.org/locguide.htm
American Diabetes Foundation
Basic and clinical research to prevent, treat, and cure diabetes
ADA-ASP Young Investigator Innovation Award in Geriatric Endocrinology
www.diabetes.org/.../nationwide-research-awards.jsp#ada-asp
- Career Development Awards
- Junior Faculty Awards
www.diabetes.org/.../development-awards.jsp#junior
American Federation for Aging Research
Mechanisms of aging, incl. age-related diseases and common geriatric functional disorders; Inter- relationships between aging and immunity
2007 Fannie E. Rippel Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards on Gender Differences in Aging
www.afar.org/rippel.html
AFAR Research Grants
www.afar.org/afar99.html
2007 Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease
www.afar.org/Gilbert.html
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Young Investigator Grant
Supports research on suicide from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, sociology, nursing, health services administration and many others.
http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?page_id=0535FDA2-FA7D-AAE8-D7A9A6BCFFE3574B
American Geriatrics Society
Pfizer Scholars Grants in Public Health for Junior Faculty
NIH Minority Supplement Award for Junior Minority Faculty
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/funding/sig_funding.shtml#pfizer
American Health Assistance Foundation
Basic research related to diseases related to aging: macular degeneration, glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease
Macular Degeneration Research
www.ahaf.org/macular/research/mdgreq.htm
American Heart Association
Scientific research related to cardiovascular disease and stroke
National Scientist Development Grant
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3004142
Northeast Affiliate Scientist Development Grant
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2402
American Historical Association
American History European, African or Asian History
AHA Research Grants
www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htm
American Liver Foundation
Research programs into the cause, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts
Liver Scholar Award
www.liverfoundation.org/db/grants/113
American Lung Association
Health services research, behavioral research, epidemiology, pharmacology, medical ethics; pathogenic mechanisms, lung biology, lung disease
- Biomedical Research Grants
- Social-Behavioral Research Grant
www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=934453
American Mathematical Society
Mathematics
Centennial Research Fellowships
www.ams.org/employment/centflyer.html
American Museum of Natural History
Ornithology (neontological and paleontological); marine zoology; wildlife conservation or natural history related to the activities of the American Museum; study any of the scientific collections at the American Museum
Grants
research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html
American Philosophical Society
Research leading to useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities
Franklin Research Grants
www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm
Philips Fund Grant for Native American Research
www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm
American Physiological Society
Animal and human physiology
Psychological Foundation
Psychophysiological and behavioral research to explicate the concept of the human mind
Frank Joseph McGuigan Young Investigator Prize
www.apa.org/science/mcguigan.html
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Research and teaching plan in ASHRAE’s areas of interest
ASHRAE New Investigator Award
xp20.ashrae.org/RESEARCH/newinvest.htm
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Communication sciences and disorders
Research Grant for New Investigators
www.ashfoundation.org/...New-Investigators.htm
Research Grant in Speech Science
www.ashfoundation.org/...Speech-Science.htm
American Thyroid Association
Research into better ways to diagnose and treat thyroid diseases
Research Grants
www.thyroid.org/professionals/education/grants.html
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
Cause, means of prevention and possible cure of ALS; clinical management, incl. speech/ communication, mobility/daily living, and mental health
Scientific Research Grant Program - Starter Grants
www.alsa.org/research/process.cfm
Archaeological Institute of America
Support for travel and study of archaeology
- Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
- Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship
www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10346
Arthritis Foundation
Arthritis Investigator Awards
www.arthritis.org/research/ProposalCentral.asp#grants
Association for the Sociology of Religion
Women and religion, gender issues, and feminist perspectives on religion
Fichter Research Grant Competition
www.sociologyofreligion.com/FICHEXLP2004.html
Beckman (Arnold and Mabel) Foundation
Chemistry and the life sciences
Beckman Young Investigator Program
www.beckman-foundation.com/byi.html
Burroughs Welcome Fund
Research, including genetic and immunological approaches, the explores the interaction of pathogens with human hosts
Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
www.bwfund.org/programs/infectious_disease/pathogenesis_main.html
Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award
www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#wang
Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award
www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#mandel
CDS International
International practical training opportunities for young professionals, students, educators, as well as labor, business and government representatives
Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
www.cdsintl.org/fromusa/bosch.htm
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Support to promote research on retirement issues, to transmit new findings to the policy community, to train new scholars, and to broaden access to valuable data sources
Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for Junior Scholars in Retirement Research
www.bc.edu/centers/crr/sandellguidelines.shtml
Concern Foundation
Cancer research, esp. cancer genetics, cell biology, and immunology
www.concernfoundation.org/grants.php
Cure Autism Now
Basic to clinical studies to increase knowledge in critical areas of autism
Young Investigator Awards
www.cureautismnow.org/site/c.bhLOK2PILuF/b.1192107/k.77E7/Young_Investigator_Awards.htm
Dreyfus (Camille & Henry) Foundation
Chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry
New Faculty Awards Program
www.dreyfus.org/nf.shtml
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
Supports research that will lead to effective treatments and ultimately a cure for dystonia, neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions Fahn Award
www.dystonia-foundation.org/research/other.asp?id=1
Epilepsy Foundation
Basic mechanisms, new therapeutic approaches, behavioral and psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
Research Grants Program
www.epilepsyfoundation.org/research/grants.cfm
Fight for Sight
Projects relating to clinically important eye diseases
Grants-in-Aid
www.fightforsight.com/Grant-IGP.php
Foundation for Child Development
Fundamental and policy-relevant research re: the development of immigrant children from birth to age ten
Young Scholars Program: Changing Faces of America’s Children
www.ffcd.org/ourwork/y-how.html
Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
Research and public education in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of digestive diseases
- Bridging Grants
- Designated Research Award in Geriatric Gastroenterology
- Designated Research Award in Research Related to Pancreatitis
- Pilot Research Awards
- Research Symposia
- TAP Endowed Designated Research Award in Acid-Related Diseases
- Research Scholar Awards
www.fdhn.org/html/awards/elect_app.html#New
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
Scholarly works with the potential for significant contributions to the understanding of ancient Mesoamerican cultures and continuities thereof among the indigenous cultures in modern Mesoamerica
Foundation Grants
www.famsi.org/grants/
Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Scientific sexuality research in areas not likely to receive support from other sources
Grants-in-Aid
www.sexscience.org/awards/index.php?category_id=432
French (John Douglas) Alzheimer’s Foundation
Research to significantly delay the onset or find a cure for Alzheimer's disease
French Foundation Fellowship
www.jdfaf.org/research_funding.htm
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
Scientifically well founded projects with the greatest impact on both the horse industry and the problem re: equine health being studied
Storm Cat Research Career Advancement Award Program
www.grayson-jockeyclub.org/grantsDisplay.asp?section=10
Greenwall Foundation
Bioethics
Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
medicine.ucsf.edu/greenwall/
Human Frontier Science Program
Basic research focused on complex mechanisms of living organisms using tools from biology, physics, math, chemistry, computer science, engineering
Young Investigators' Grants
www.hfsp.org/about/AboutProg.php?group=About
Jurassic Foundation
Dinosaur biology: anatomy, biogeography, ecology, evolution, taxonomy, etc.
Research Grants
jurassicfoundation.org/grants.html
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Type 1 diabetes and its complications
Career Development Award
www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207
Keats-Shelley Association of America
Research in the field of British Romanticism
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Research Grants
www.rc.umd.edu/ksaa/pfzgrant.html
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
Support for early career scholars engaged in critical research in education
Young Scholars Fellowship Program
www.kstf.org/research_fellowships/
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Basic and clinical science of testicular cancer
Young Investigator Research Awards
www.livestrong.org/site/c.jvKZLbMRIsG/b.739079/k.9EDA/Research_Grants.htm
March of Dimes
Basic biological processes: development, genetics, clinical studies, reproductive health, environmental toxicology, social and behavioral studies
Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/691_1452.asp
Materials Research Society
To recognize outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist or engineer.
Outstanding Young Investigator Award
The annual award consists of a $5,000 cash prize, a presentation trophy, and a certificate.
http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=1799&DID=68719
Microsoft Research
Security, interdisciplinary research, scientific computing, bioinformatics, computational biology, software engineering, and other areas in which computing transforms the discipline and advances the state of the art
Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program
research.microsoft.com/ur/us/nff/
Mineralogical Society of America
Crystallography
MSA Grant for Research in Crystallography
www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Crystallography_Award.html
Morris Animal Foundation
Companion animal and wildlife research
First Award Grant Program
www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/apply/firstaward.asp?section=2,0
NARSAD Mental Health Research Association
Young Investigator Award Program
Supports neurobiological research, basic and/or clinical; must be relevant to schizophrenia, major affective disorders, or other serious mental illnesses.
http://www.narsad.org/research/apply/young/
National Academy of Education
Improvement of education in all its forms
Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships
www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Brain and behavior disorders
Young Investigator Award
www.narsad.org/research/apply/young/guidelines.html
National Hemophilia Foundation
Gene therapy and other experimental strategies to understand and cure the hemophilias
Career Development Awards
www.hemophilia.org/research/cda.htm
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Neurosciences related to MS
Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholarships
www.nationalmssociety.org/Research-jrfaculty.asp
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology OR French language or literature (alternate years)
Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship
staging.pbk.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Sibley_Fellowship
PhRMA Foundation
Health outcomes; informatics; pharmacology/ toxicology, esp. mechanisms of action
Health Outcomes
Research Starter Grants
www.phrmafoundation.org/awards/outcomes/starter.php
Informatics
Research Starter Grants
www.phrmafoundation.org/awards/informatics/starter.php
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Research Starter Grants
www.phrmafoundation.org/awards/pharmacology/starter.php
Research Corporation
Cottrell Scholar Awards (September annually)
Applicants should be tenure-track beginning faculty members whose primary appointment is 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.
http://www.rescorp.org/grants.php#CSA
Russell Sage Foundation
Behavioral economics
Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
www.russellsage.org/programs/other/behavioral/smallgrants
Scleroderma Foundation
New research and new ideas to find the cause and cure of scleroderma
New Investigators Grants
www.scleroderma.org/research/new_invest.shtm
Scleroderma Research Foundation
Research to advance our understanding of the pathogenesis of scleroderma and to promote the design, development and pilot testing of hypothesis-driven innovative therapeutic approaches.
New Faculty Grant
www.srfcure.org/srf/research/guidelines.htm
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
Improve the basic understanding of cancer biology and develop new methods for the prevention and treatment of cancer
Kimmel Scholars Program
www.kimmel.org/About41.html
Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation
Industry Studies Fellowships for junior faculty
www.sloan.org/fellow_announ.shtml
Sloan Research Fellowships
www.sloan.org/programs/fellowship_brochure.shtml
Smith Richardson Foundation
Policy issues re: school reform, child and youth development, income support, non-governmental approaches to social policy, public finance, criminal justice and urban policy, regulatory policy, and the political process
Domestic Public Policy Research Fellowship Program
www.srf.org/grants/Domestic_Public_Policy_Fellowship.php
International Security and Foreign Policy Program’s Junior Faculty Research Grant Program
www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php
Social Science Research Council
Support to innovators within social science fields, and especially to younger researchers whose work and ideas will have longer-term impact on society and scholarship. These programs often target the spaces between disciplines, where new perspectives emerge and struggle for acceptance, thus ensuring the production of knowledge and expertise on key topics, regions, and social challenge
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program
www.ssrc.org/fellowships/japan/JSPS/
Society in Science
Support for scientists, particularly from the life sciences, in their quest to identify, explore and build new avenues in the relationship between science and society
Branco Weiss Fellowship
http://www.society-in-science.ethz.ch/application.htm
Society of Nuclear Medicine Education and Research Foundation
Basic and clinical research in nuclear medicine
interactive.snm.org/index.cfm?PageID=2255&RPID=1083
Sontag Foundation
Causes or cure for brain tumors; improved rates of survival and/or improved functional recovery of individuals with brain tumors
Distinguished Scientist Awards
www.sontagfoundation.com/grant_opps/grant_opps.htm
Whitehall Foundation
The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology.
Grants-in-Aid
Funds researchers at the assistant professor level in the life sciences
http://www.whitehall.org/grants/
Other University websites with information for New Investigators:
University of Notre Dame Office of Research
http://www.nd.edu/~research/funding/NewInv.htm
UC Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office
http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/newfaculty.html
Wake Forest University
Young Investigator Awards for Science Faculty
http://www.wfu.edu/rsp/jrscience.html