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
NSF 24-578: 2024 Hispanic Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education (ETSE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, STEM, Education, Training 09/11/2024
2024 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award University of South Carolina (USC) - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition STEM, Education, Training 06/28/2024
2024 Sloan Research Fellowships Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 09/15/2024
G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation: 2024 Basic & Translational Research Grants - Fall Cycle G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 09/20/2024
NIH PAR-23-114: 2025 Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, STEM, Education, Training 01/17/2025
NSF 24-577: 2024 National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, STEM, Education, Training 08/20/2024
2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Carnegie Corporation of New York Social Science & Law 11/14/2024 ( Anticipated)
MacArthur Foundation: 2024 100&Change - Third Round MacArthur Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Research Commercialization, Social Science & Law 08/15/2024
NSF NSF23-519: 2024 Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development: Track 1, 2, & 3 National Science Foundation (NSF) Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 11/15/2024
Patagonia 2025 Environmental Grants Patagonia Environmental Sciences 05/30/2025

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