Early Investigator Opportunities

This page lists funding opportunities for early career investigators that have been hand-curated by RDS. As with all funding lists and search engines, it is critical to review the primary source to confirm the organization’s definition of "early career", deadlines, and description. To assist with this, the award titles are hyperlinked to the opportunity's home page or guidelines. Find more opportunities using Search Engines, Databases and Tools such as Pivot, which are provided to UA faculty and staff free of cost. In Pivot, select “Individuals: Early Career and Emerging in Field” under “Applicant Type”, or go to the Pivot search results for New Faculty/New Investigator.

Updates occur approximately once-per-quarter, check back regularly for new listings.

Search tips: the table below defaults to the submission deadline, be sure to check the bottom of the table to search for opportunities that are open year round or for opportunities that have passed for the current year that have anticipated release and due dates for the following year. A program is listed as "anticipated" if the program has a multi-year history of funding. Dates for anticipated announcements are best estimates and while we try to keep these posts up-to-date it's always good practice to check the homepage of the opportunity that you are interested in for full details. You can also search by Program Title by clicking on the "Program Title" column heading. To revert back to sorting by submission deadline, click the back arrow on your browser.

Early Investigators Opportunities

 
Program Title Sponsor Research Category Funding Type External Deadline Notes
Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) 2024 Exceptional Project Grants Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 03/31/2024 (LOI) - 07/19/2024 ( Full proposal)
Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) 2024 Young Investigator Grants Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 03/31/2024 (LOI) - 07/19/2024 ( Full proposal)
DOE DE-FOA-0003155: 2024 Critical Materials Accelerator United States Department of Energy (DOE) Physical Sciences & Engineering 03/22/2024
DOE DE-FOA-0003231: 2024 Bioimaging Research Approaches for the Bioeconomy & the Environment United States Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 03/05/2024
DOS SFOP0010162 : 2024 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program United States Department of State (DOS) All 03/11/2024
NSF NSF23-604 : 2024 National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL), Quantum Science and Technology Demonstrations (QSTD): I. Pilot Phase Up to one (1) QSTD Pilot proposal may be submitted per Lead Organization. Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 04/09/2024 ( LOI) - 06/11/2024 ( Proposal)
DOE DE-FOA-0003258: 2024 Energy Frontier Research Centers United States Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 02/28/2024 ( Prep-proposal) - 05/08/2024 (Proposal)
2024 C. Peter Magrath & W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards W.K. Kellogg Foundation STEM, Education, Training 05/03/2024
American Skin Association (ASA): 2024 La Roche-Posay Research Grant Melanoma and Skin Cancer American Skin Association (ASA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 03/31/2024
EPA EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04: 2024 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Sciences 11/21/2024*

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