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
NEA NEAPS2401: 2024 Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance Program National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts & Humanities 01/18/2024
NIH RFA-DA-25-027: 2024 National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (UG1 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 03/14/2024
NOAA NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2024-200800: 2023 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Competition United States Department of Commerce (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Sciences 11/21/2023
NOAA NOAA-NOS-OCM-2024-2008212: 2024 National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Collaborative Science Program United States Department of Commerce (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Sciences, STEM, Education, Training 12/01/2023
NSF NSF 22-611: 2024 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE): Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) National Science Foundation (NSF) Honors & Awards, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, STEM, Education, Training
NSF NSF 23-521: 2024 Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 01/18/2024
USDA 2024 Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grants United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Environmental Sciences 04/01/2024
USDA USDA-NIFA-ARPA-010473: 2023 Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships (ARME) Competitive Grants Program United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Environmental Sciences 01/15/2023
USDA USDA-NIFA-BFR-010413: 2024 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Environmental Sciences 04/04/2024
USDA USDA-NIFA-VSGP-010340: 2024 Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Environmental Sciences 03/21/2024

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