Upcoming Deadlines for all Scholar Awards
Recent Updates . . .
Please check back frequently to assure that you have both the correct internal deadline date and agency deadline date. Internal application dates and agency deadline dates and program information are each subject to change. |
| Internal Deadline | Agency Name / Program Title | Program Information |
| Apr 12, 2010 | William T. Grant Foundation 2010-2011 William T. Grant Scholars Program |
$70,000 per year for 5 years. ($350,000) For junior scholars, not yet tenured, whose research is focused on youth development; programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people ages 8-25. No citizenship restrictions. Agency deadline: July 7, 2010. |
| May 21, 2010 | Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research | $300,000 to be used over a period of 3 years.
($300,000) Awards support promising young scientists engaged in new and innovative basic research in all areas of biomedical science. Candidates must be full-time independent investigators who have completed not more than 2 years of an independent junior faculty appointment and will have been appointed between July 1, 2008 and December 1, 2010. Anticipated agency deadline: September 9, 2010*. |
| May 21, 2010 | Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences | $60,000 per year for 4 years. ($240,000) For individuals who will hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor by November 1, 2010, but who will not have been in such an appointment form more than 3 years as of July 1, 2011. Support is for basic and clinical investigations relevant to the advancement of human health. Strong preference for innovative approaches; risk-taking is encouraged. Anticipated agency deadline: November 2, 2010*. |
| May 21, 2010 | Searle Scholars Program | $100,000 per year for 3 years. ($300,000) Assistant professors who began their first appointment on or after July 1, 2009. Applicants must be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, or related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Anticipated agency deadline: September 25, 2010*. |
| deadline passed Oct 2, 2009 |
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics |
Awards provide 50% salary support and
benefits for 3 years. 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. This research will also put Faculty Scholars in a position
to help set public policy and standards of clinical practice. Priority
will be given to applicants who are below the rank of associate professor,
who have not received a comparable career development award, and whose
work will have an impact on public policy or clinical practice. Agency deadline for preliminary applications: November 20, 2009 |
| deadline passed Oct 2, 2009 |
Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program |
$100,000 per year for 2 years. ($200,000) For faculty in the first, second, or third year of the first tenure-track faculty appointment to conduct research involving novel approaches with "computing at the heart of the research." Agency deadline: November 16, 2009. |
| deadline passed Oct 2, 2009 |
Jose Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation E.D. Thomas Fellowship |
$50,000 per year for 3 years. ($150,000) For investigators with the MD or PhD who have completed at least 3 years of postdoctoral training and are less than 10 years beyond receipt of the first doctoral degree at commencement of the award period. Proposed research must be conducted under the sponsorship of a leading senior scientist. No citizenship restrictions. Agency deadline: November 2, 2009. |
| deadline passed Nov 2, 2009 |
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award |
$135,000 per year for three years ($405,000) For assistant professors with the MD or MD/PhD working in ANY disease area as they begin their careers as independent clinical researchers. Candidates must be have been appointed to their first full-time faculty level position between January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2010. At least 75% of professional time must be devoted to research, overall. (Not open to candidates who have served as PIs on an R01, or P01 or P50 research project.) Note: Experiments that utilize animals or primary tissues derived from animals will not be supported. Agency deadline for formal applications: December 22, 2009. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation 2010 Fellowships in ADHD |
$30,000 per year for 2 years. ($60,000) To support young clinical and basic researchers as they gather pilot data, serving as a bridge to secure financial support for potentially larger projects involving federal funding and/or other national research awards (such as a K or R01 award from NIMH). Eligibility is open to candidates who by commencement of the award will be associate research scientists, instructors, or in the beginning years of an assistant professorship. This is not a postdoctoral fellowship. Agency deadline for pre-proposals: January 15, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Pfizer Medical & Academic Partnerships Pfizer (Postdoctoral) Fellowships in Clinical Practice 2010 |
$65,000 per year for 2 years. ($130,000) To contribute to the career development of nurses, pharmacists, or physicians who have completed their training and have elected to specialize as clinicians and/or academicians.. Agency deadline: January 31, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Pfizer Medical & Academic
Partnerships Pfizer (Faculty) Fellowships in Public Health 2010 |
$65,000 per year for 2 years. ($130,000) For junior faculty with a doctoral degree who are employed by a school or division of Public Health. Interdisciplinary and translational research proposals are encouraged. Candidates must have relevant research experience and be able to devote 75% of professional time to research. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required. Agency deadline: January 31, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Rita Allen Foundation Rita Allen Foundation Scholars |
$100,000 per year for up to 5 years. ($500,000) For junior faculty who are fully independent and show extraordinary promise in basic science research in cancer, immunology, neuroscience, and pain. Agency deadline: February 1, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Innovative Translational Cancer Research |
$100,000 over 2 years. ($100,000) For junior and senior faculty conducting innovative translational research in ovarian, uterine, breast or cervical cancer. Translational research is broadly defined as research that will provide a scientific link between laboratory research and the clinic. Ultimately, such research would lead to improvement in diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment of the cancer. U.S. citizenship/permanent resident status is not required. Time required to be devoted to research: Not restricted. Agency deadline: February 12, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging 2010 |
$100,000 per year for 4 years. ($400,000) For support of new investigators of outstanding promise in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The Foundation supports biomedical research (including basic biology, basic biomedicine, and epidemiology) on aging. Agency deadline: February 25, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation 2010 Fellowships in Childhood & Adolescent Depression |
$30,000 per year for 2 years. ($60,000) To support young clinical and basic researchers as they gather pilot data, serving as a bridge to secure financial support for potentially larger projects involving federal funding and/or other national research awards (such as a K or R01 award from NIMH). Eligibility is open to candidates who by commencement of the award will be associate research scientists, instructors, or in the beginning years of an assistant professorship. This is not a postdoctoral fellowship. Agency deadline for pre-proposals: January 15, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
The Lalor Foundation, Inc. Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
$35,000 per year for 1 year. ($35,000) For postdoctoral investigators with the MD or PhD to conduct basic research in mammalian reproductive biology related to the regulation of fertility. No citizenship requirements. Agency deadline: January 15, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Pfizer Medical & Academic Partnerships Pfizer (Postdoctoral) Fellowships in Health Disparities 2010 |
$65,000 per year for 2 years. ($130,000) For postdoctoral investigators with the doctoral degree and at least one year of relevant postdoctoral training or experience who wish to pursue scientific research in health disparities. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required. Agency deadline: January 31, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Pfizer Medical & Academic Partnerships Pfizer (Faculty) Fellowships Grants in Health Policy 2010 |
$65,000 per year for 2 years. ($130,000) For junior faculty clinician-scientists who are within the first two years of their appointment as instructor, assistant professor, or of equivalent rank, who have research interests in health policy. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required. Agency deadline: January 31, 2010. |
| deadline passed Nov 30, 2009 |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award |
$450,000 over 3 years + up to $100,000
medical school loan repayment. ($450,000 +) $300,000 awardee stipend + $150,000 research allowance -- for use over 3 years, plus up to $100,000 in medical school loan repayment. U.S. citizenship or permanent legal resident status is required. Applicants must be board eligible. Applicants may apply during the final year of the subspecialty training or within the first four years of their assistant professorship appointment. Applicants must commit a minimum of 80% of professional time to the program of clinical research and research career development outlined in the application. Agency deadline: March 1, 2010. |
| deadline passed Jan 11, 2010 |
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships in Science & Engineering |
$875,000 over 5 years. ($875,000) For faculty members in the first 3 years of their appointment who have demonstrated unusual creative ability in their research work. Candidates must be engaged in research in physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, or any branch of engineering. Funds are directed to less generously supported fields. Anticipated agency deadline: April 19, 2010*. |
| deadline passed Jan 11, 2010 |
The Dana Foundation Program in Brain & Immuno-imaging: Using Brain and Immune System Imaging Innovations to Improve Human Health |
Up to $200,000 over 3 years. ($200,000) For conventional imaging (anatomical imaging of white or gray matter and me0asures of physiological functioning) or cellular and molecular imaging of biochemical actions of specific brain cells, or their interactions with immune cells. Awards are for candidates without the first R01 or who have received only one R01 at time of application. Awards are designed to support pilot testing of promising but high-risk innovative ideas that have direct clinical application. No citizenship restrictions. Support is aimed at researchers at the Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor levels. Agency deadline: January 19, 2010. |
| deadline passed Jan 11, 2010 |
The Dana Foundation Program in the Neuroimmunology of Brain Infections and Cancers |
$200,000 over 3 years. ($200,000) The Dana Foundation has redesigned it Neuroimmunology program to focus on brain infections and cancers. The program invites studies of (1) immune-based therapies for primary brain tumors, and for metastases to the brain of other cancers; (2) immune responses to infections in the brain, including but not limited to viral encephalitis, meningitis, cerebral malaria, and prion diseases;and (3) how immune functions are carried out and modified in the brain. Support is aimed at researchers at the Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor levels. Established researchers -- defined as late Associate Professors or more senior -- may apply ONLY if they are seeking support to embark upon a PIONEERING research direction. Agency deadline: January 19, 2010. |
| deadline passed Feb 24, 2010 for PhDs deadline passed Feb 26, 2010 for MDs and MD/PhDs |
Yale University School of Medicine James Hudson Brown - Alexander Brown Coxe Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Medical Sciences 2010 |
$37,368 stipend plus health fee for 1 year.
Candidates should not have more than 2 years of postdoctoral research experience
as of July 1, 2010. No citizenship requirements. Non-binding letter of intent due: February 16, 2010 for PhDs and February 18, 2010 for MDs and MD/PhDs. |
| Program Suspended | Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation Beckman Young Investigator Program |
$300,000 over 3 years. ($300,000) For tenure-track faculty or comparable independent researchers in the first 3 years of their appointment. To promote research in chemistry and the life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. Research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged. Anticipated agency deadline: program suspended. |
| Program Suspended | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists |
$700,000 over 5 years. ($700,000) For medical trained scientists who will have completed at least 2 years, but not more than 120 months of postdoctoral research training by October 1, 2009. Awards provide bridging support for 1-2 years of advanced postdoctoral training and the initial 3-4 years as faculty. Anticipated agency deadline: program suspended. |
| Program Suspended | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface |
$500,000 over 5 years. ($500,000) To foster early career development of researchers with backgrounds in physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to pursuing careers in academic research. Awards provide support for 1-2 years of postdoctoral research followed by the first 3 years of a faculty appointment. Candidates must have not less than 12 nor more than 48 months of postdoctoral experience at the time of application. Anticipated agency deadline: program suspended. |
| Program Suspended | The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research |
$750,000 to be used over a period of 5 years.
($750,000) Awards foster the development, productivity, and mentoring capacity of established independent physician-scientists who will strengthen translational research -- the two-way transfer between work at the laboratory bench and treatment of patients. Nominees must be academic investigators at the late assistant professor or associate professor level, holding a tenure-track or equivalent position at the time of application. Agency deadline: program suspended. |
| Program Suspended | The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease |
$100,000 per year for 5 years. ($500,000) To provide new opportunities for accomplished investigators still early in their careers to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and pathogen biology. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application. Anticipated agency deadline: program suspended. |
| Program Suspended |
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award |
$1.5 million over at least 5 years ($1.5
million) For translational clinical research in ANY disease area and to support and mentor junior translational researchers working in the awardee's laboratory. Nominees must hold the MD or MD/PhD. Nominees must have a full-time faculty appointment at the level of associate professor or above by January 1, 2010. Candidates cannot have received their first full-time faculty appointment prior to January 1, 1995. Note: Experiments that utilize animals or primary tissues derived from animalswill not be supported. Agency deadline for preliminary proposals: program suspended. |
| Program Suspended |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation RWJ Physician Faculty Scholars Program 2010 |
Up to $300,000 over 3 years. ($300,000) For salary and research support of junior faculty interested in health policy, epidemiology, health services, or community-based research. Candidates with the MD or DO and must be faculty members (in any department) in their first five years of appointment at the rank of instructor or assistant professor in a tenure line or the equivalent. U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status required. Agency deadline: program suspended. |
| last update: 03-05-2010 |
Please check back frequently to assure that you have both the correct internal deadline date and agency deadline date. Internal application dates and agency deadline dates and program information are each subject to change. |
