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
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation: 2025 Beckman Scholars Program (BSP) Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, STEM, Education, Training 06/14/2024
CDC/NIOSH 75D301-24-R-72911: 2024 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - University Health and Safety Research for the Mining Industry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 04/09/2024
DOS SFOP0010308: 2024 American Music Mentorship Program (AMMP) United States Department of State (DOS) Arts & Humanities 05/29/2024
ED 89 FR 18607: 2024 Title V Part B: Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) United States Department of Education (ED) STEM, Education, Training 05/13/2024
NSF 21-536: 2024 National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT) - Track 1 National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, STEM, Education, Training 09/06/2024
ODNI ODNI-FOA-24-01: 2024 Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) Intelligence Community (IC) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Defense, Security 05/13/2024
DOE DE-FOA-0003207: 2024 Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) United States Department of Energy (DOE) Physical Sciences & Engineering 07/16/2024
DOS SFOP0010328: 2024 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program United States Department of State (DOS) Social Science & Law 06/03/2024
HRSA HRSA-24-004: 2024 Rural Health Research Center Program Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 05/23/2024
NIH ARPA-H-SOL-24-101: 2024 ARPA-H Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue (PRINT) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 05/28/2024

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