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| Late September - Every other year | HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars A new program supporting outstanding early career faculty who are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in science. |
First five year's of applicant's tenure-track appointment |
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| Early October - Also early February | NIH/NIGMS MIRA for Early Stage Investigators MIRA provides support for research in an investigator's laboratory that falls within the mission of NIGMS. The goal is to increase stability and flexibility of funding to enhance scientific productivity and increase the chance of important breakthroughs. |
Applicants must be Early Stage Investigators (ESI) | ||
| Mid October | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's Inventor Fellowship** Supports scientist-inventors who create new tools and technologies with a high potential to accelerate progress in scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and patient care. |
Faculty who are no more than ten years past receiving their terminal degree | ||
| Mid January | McKnight Scholar Awards Given to exceptional young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent laboratory and research career that will have an important impact on the study of the brain. |
First five years of applicant's tenure-track appointment |
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| Mid February | Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering** Provides support for highly creative investigators early in their careers who are engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering. |
First three year's of applicant's tenure-track appointment | ||
| Early May | Pew Biomedical Scholars** Provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. |
First four year's of applicant's tenure-track appointment |
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| Early June | Mallinckrodt Grants** Funds are designed to provide early-stage biomedical investigators who are engaged in basic and translational research with start-up support to move the project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained. |
Applicant (1) is in the first four years of his/her tenure-track appointment and (2) has not received an NIH R01. | ||
| Mid July | Burroughts Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for accomplished investigators to study what happens at the point where the systems of humans and potentially infectious agents connect. |
Assistant professors | ||
| Late July | NSF CAREER Award Supports early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. |
Assistant professors |
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| Late July | Searle Scholars** Supports the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry. |
First year of applicant's tenure-track appointment |
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| Early August | Beckman Young Investigator Provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. |
First four year's of applicant's tenure-track appointment |
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| Mid August | Rita Allen Scholars** Funds basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology, and neuroscience. |
Assistant professors | ||
| Mid August | NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) Supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences within the NIH mission. |
Applicants must be Early Stage Investigators (ESI) |
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** = Limited Opportunity (deadlines given are for the internal submission at University of Chicago)
The BSD Office of Faculty Affairs has an extensive list of Early Career Investigator Opportunities as well.