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
2025 Mallinckrodt Grants Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 08/01/2025
NEH 2024o806-CHC: 2024 Graduate Education in the Humanities: A National Convening National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Arts & Humanities, Social Science & Law 08/06/2024
NSF NSF23-518: 2024 Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research - Category I, Capacity Resources National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 10/29/2024
2024 Nationwide Foundation Grants Nationwide Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Social Science & Law 09/01/2024
APS Foundation: 2024 STEM Education Grants - Fall Cycle APS Foundation STEM, Education, Training 08/01/2024
HRSA HRSA-25-085: 2024 New Access Points Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 08/15/2024
HSRA HRSA-24-098: 2024 Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, STEM, Education, Training 07/15/2024*
NIH PAR-24-061: 2024 Nursing Research Education Program in Firearm Injury Prevention Research: Short Courses (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - September Deadline National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, STEM, Education, Training 09/25/2024
NSF 22-622: 2024 Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) National Science Foundation (NSF) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 10/22/2024
SBA SB-OVVB-24-001: 2024 Veterans Business Outreach Center United States Small Business Administration (SBA) Research Commercialization, Social Science & Law 07/19/2024

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