Programs for Junior Faculty
Grant Programs for New Investigators/Junior Faculty
Federal
Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program: Standard Strengthening Research Project Awards
New Investigator Awards (click "application guide" and search for "new investigator")
Dept. of Defense (DOD)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
Army Research Laboratory
Young Investigator Program
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Neurofibromatosis Research Program – Young Investigator Award
Prostate Cancer Research Program – Young Investigator
Office of Naval Research
Young Investigator Program
Dept. of Energy (DOE)
Science, technology, mathematics and engineering related to energy
Office of Nuclear Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
Early Career Principal Investigator Program in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and High-Performance Networks
High Energy Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Urban development and housing topics, including homeownership, housing market conditions, equal opportunity and access to housing, homelessness, faith- based and community-based partnerships, assisted housing programs
Urban Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
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
Library of Congress
Humanistic and social science research
Kluge Center Fellowships
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers New Investigator Program in Earth Science
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH Pathways to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
- Independent Scientist Award (K02)
- Academic Career Award (K07)
- Career Transition Award (K22)
- Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K27)
- Small grant (R03) to stimulate and facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into research on arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases and injuries
Small Grants (R03) Academic Research
Enhancement Award (AREA) (R15)
National Research Council (NRC)
Collaborative research in human and social dynamics or the science of learning that links individual U.S. scientists with their counterparts in one or more countries of Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS).
New Investigators Twinning Program
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Faculty Early Career Development Program
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)
Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology (RIG BP)
National Security Agency (NSA)
Mathematics, statistics and cryptology
Mathematical Sciences Program Grants for Research in mathematics and Cryptology
US Embassy, US - Egypt Joint Science & Technology Fund
Science and technology
Junior Scientist Development Visit Grants
Other
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
Biological and behavioral aspects of alcohol consumption and its effects
ABMRF Grants
American Academy in Rome
One of the leading American overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the fine arts and the humanities.
Rome Prize
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Stimulate and support research conducted by scholars and practitioners who show promise of becoming leaders in their field, especially those who work on multidisciplinary topics.
Visiting Scholars Program
American Association for Cancer Research
Basic, translational, clinical, and prevention research
Career Development Awards
AACR-Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award
American Association of University Women
Promotes education and equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change
American Fellowships
Career Development Grants
Community Action Grants
International Fellowships
Selected Professions Felloships
University Scholar-in-Residence
American Cancer Society
Basic, preclinical, clinical, and epidemiological projects
Novel ideas or targeted to urgent problems with immediate human benefit
Research Scholar Grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical and Epidemiology Research
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund
Fundamental research in the petroleum field
ACS PRF Type G Grants
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
American Diabetes Foundation
Basic and clinical research to, prevent, treat and cure diabetes
ADA-ASP Young Investigator Innovation Award in Geriatric Endocrinology
Career Development Awards
Junior Faculty Awards
American Federation for Aging Research
Basic mechanisms of aging, incl. age-related diseases and common geriatric functional disorders
Inter-relationships between aging and immunity
- AFAR Research Grants
- AFAR/Pfizer Research Grants
American Health Assistance Foundation
Basic research related to these diseases related to aging: macular degeneration, glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease
Macular Degeneration Research
National Glaucoma Research
Alzheimer’s Disease Research - Pilot Project Awards
American Heart Association
Reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology
Sandra Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension Epidemiology
The Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators
The Trudy Bush Fellowships for Cardiovascular Research in Women's Health
Scientific Sessions 2005 Early Career Development Program
American Historical Association
American, European, African or Asian History
J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History
Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants Program
American Institute of Indian Studies
Assist scholars in their study of all aspects of Indian history, culture and contemporary life
Fellowship Programs
American Library Association
To promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information
The W.Y. Boyd Literary Award
American Lung Association
Health services research, behavioral research, epidemiology, pharmacology and medical ethics
Pathogenic mechanisms, lung biology, Lung disease, Interstitial lung disease
- Clinical Research Grant
- Research Grant
- Career Investigator Award
- Dalsemar Research Grant
American Mathematical Society
Mathematics
Centennial Research Fellowships
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
American Philosophical Society
All areas of knowledge
Franklin Research Grants
American Physiological Society
Animal and human physiology
- Research Career Enhancement Awards
- Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology
- APS Teaching Career Enhancement Awards
- Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award
- Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award
American Psychological Foundation
Psychophysiological and behavioral research to explicate the concept of the human mind
Frank Joseph McGuigan Young Investigator Prize
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Research and teaching plan in ASHRAE’s areas of interest
ASHRAE New Investigator Award
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Communication sciences and disorders
- New Investigator Research Grants
- Research Grant in Speech Science
American Youth Policy Forum
Significant issues in youth policy, practice, research or program evaluation focusing particularly on disadvantaged youth
Harold Howe II Youth Policy Fellowship
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
Cause, means of prevention and possible cure of ALS; clinical management, incl. speech/ communication, mobility/daily living, and mental health/psychosocial issues
Scientific Research Grant Program - Starter Grants
Arthritis Foundation
Research in arthritis-related fields
- Training Awards
- Career Development Awards
Association for the Sociology of Religion
Women and religion, gender issues, and feminist perspectives on religion
Fichter Research Grant Competition
Beckman (Arnold and Mabel) Foundation
Chemistry and the life sciences
Beckman Young Investigator Program
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
Studies people of African descent using the methods of history, sociology, psychology, economics, political science, and the arts
Fellowships and Grants
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Spinal cord regeneration and recovery
Research Grants
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Foster international scholarly exchange primarily through sponsership of fellowship programs which allow pre-doctoral and senior scholars to pursue independent re search important to the increase of knowledge and to our understanding of foreign cultures
Fellowships
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America
Etiology, pathogenesis, therapy and prevention of inflammatory bowel diseases
Career Development Awards
Cure Autism Now
Basic to clinical studies to increase knowledge in critical areas of autism
- Young Investigator Awards
- Pilot Research Awards
Dreyfus (Camille & Henry) Foundation
Chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry
New Faculty Awards Program
Epilepsy Foundation
Basic mechanisms, new therapeutic approaches, behavioral and psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
Research Grants Program
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
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
Scholarly works with the potential for significant contributions to understanding of ancient Mesoamerican cultures and continuities among indigenous cultures in modern Mesoamerica
Foundation Grants
Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Scientific sexuality research in areas not likely to receive support from other sources
Grants-in-Aid
Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace
Promote peaceful relations among adversary nations through cooperation on programs of mutual benefit and interest
Grant Program
French (John Douglas) Alzheimer’s Foundation
Research to significantly delay the onset or find a cure for Alzheimer's disease
French Foundation Fellowship
Greenwall Foundation
Bioethics
Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics
Honda of America
Novel concepts in science and technology related to personal mobility and transportation
Honda Initiation Grant
Human Frontier Science Program
Basic research focused on complex mechanisms of living organisms using tools from biology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering
Young Investigators' Grants
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Support needed research in infectious diseases by promising young researchers who may not otherwise find funding as federal and other institutional research support becomes more difficult to obtain.
Young Investigator Awards
Jurassic Foundation
Dinosaur biology: anatomy, biogeography, ecology, evolution, taxonomy, etc.
Research Grants
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Type 1 diabetes and its complications
Career Development Award
Keats-Shelley Association of America
Research in the field of British Romanticism
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Research Grants
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Basic and clinical science of testicular cancer
Young Investigator Research Awards
March of Dimes
Basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, reproductive health, environmental toxicology, social and behavioral studies
Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Marine biology, biomedical and life sciences, environmental science, microscopy
Summer Research Fellowships
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 (nomination by provost required)
Mineralogical Society of America
Crystallography
MSA Grant for Research in Crystallography
Morris Animal Foundation
Companion animal and wildlife research
First Award Grant Program
National Academy of Education
Improvement of education in all its forms
Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Brain and behavior disorders
Young Investigator Award
National Hemophilia Foundation
Gene therapy and other experimental strategies to understand and cure the hemophiliac
Career Development Awards
National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2006 through May 2007
Fellowships
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Neurosciences related to MS
Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholarships
The New York Public Library
Open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library – including academics, independent scholars, journalists, novelists, other creative writers, and scientists and lawyers engaged with the humanities.
Fellowships
NIH Office of Extramural Research
Compliation of funding opportunities
Funding Opportunities for Junior Faculty
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Alternate years: Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology OR French language or literature
Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship
PhRMA Foundation
Health outcomes; informatics
Health Outcomes Research Starter Grants
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study-Harvard University
Create an academic community where individuals can oursue advanced work in any of the academic disciplines, proffesions, or creative arts
Fellowship Program
Russell Sage Foundation
Behavioral economics
Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
Science Careers
Career advice and funding links for new faculty
Funding Links for New Faculty
Scleroderma Foundation
New research and new ideas to find the cause and cure of scleroderma
New Investigators Grants
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
Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation
Chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience, related interdisciplinary fields
Sloan Research Fellowships
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
International Security and Foreign Policy Program’s Junior Faculty Research Grant Program
Society for the Humanities at Cornell University
To support research and encourage imaginative teaching in the humanities
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
Society of Nuclear Medicine Education and Research Foundation
Basic and clinical research in nuclear medicine
Pilot Research Grants
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
Spencer Foundation
Education
Small Grants
University of California, Berkley
Comprehensive listing of funding opportunities for junior faculty compiled by UC Berkeley, sorted by funding agency
Funding Opportunities for Junior Faculty
UCSD Department of Literature
Compilation of funding opportunities for junior faculty (and others) in the humanities.
Funding Opportunities for Junior Faculty
Welch Foundation
Supports fundamental chemical research at universities, colleges or other educational institutions within the state of Texas
William T. Grant Foundation
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early career researchers from diverse disciplines.
William T. Grant Scholars Program for Early Career Researchers in Various Disciplines
NSF CAREER Seminar
