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
NIH PAR-20-240: 2024 Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, STEM, Education, Training 09/26/2024
NSF 24-537: 2024 General Social Survey (GSS) Competition National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Social Science & Law 06/03/2024 (LOI) - 08/15/2024 ( Full Proposal)
DOS DFOP0013980: 2024 Enhancing IP Frameworks for a Secure Semiconductor Ecosystem United States Department of State (DOS) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 06/21/2024
Google PhD Fellowship Program Google Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences 05/08/2024
NIH PAR-23-248: 2024 Institutional Network Award for Promoting Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Research Training (U2C - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 09/27/2024
NIH RFA-ES-24-002HAZMAT 2024: Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (UH4 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 06/08/2024
NIH RFA-RM-24-005: 2024 Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 09/06/2025
NISG RFA-DK-25-003: 2024 Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 10/23/2024
DOE 2024 Electronics Scrap Recycling Advancement Prize (E-SCRAP) United States Department of Energy (DOE) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 09/04/2024
NASA NNH24ZHA003C-SG25: 2024 Space Grant Opportunities in NASA STEM FY2025-2028 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 07/10/2024

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