Early Career Funding Opportunities

Early Career Funding Opportunities updated 3/29/2016

Deadline Title Sponsor Duration Limitations

NIH Standard Dates NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00) NIH 5 years Check RFA and IC Standard Dates, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award NIH 5 years Must have expires January 8, (Parent K01) doctoral degree, 2017 no major NIH funding Standard Dates, Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02) NIH 5 years Have research expires January 8, support at time of 2017 award Standard Dates, Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career NIH 5 years Protected time for expires January 8, Development Award (Parent K08) MDs to gain 2017 research experience LOI: August 12, 2016; NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5) NIH 5 years Within one year of Full: September 12, doctoral 2016 degree/med residency

Standard Dates, NIAID Career Transition Award (K22) NIAID 2 years Check expires September 8, announcement 2017 Standard Dates, The NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22) NCI 3 years Check expires November 13, announcement 2017 Standard Dates, Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and NCI 5 years Within 8 years of expires January 8, Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) terminal degree 2018 Standard Dates, NLM Career Development Award in Biomedical NLM 3 years Within 2 years of expires September 8, Informatics (K01) initial position 206 January 11, 2017; HIV/AIDS Vaccine Scholars Program (K01) NIH Terminal degree January 11, 2018 within 10 years, no PI on certain grants June 12, 2016; June NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program NIDA 3-5 years Check 12, 2017 Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction (K12) announcement

Standard Dates, AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition NIDA 2 years New to drug expires September 8, (R03) abuse and 2018 HIV/AIDS research Standard Dates, Early Career Award in Chemistry of Drug Abuse and NIDA 2 years Terminal degree expires September 8, Addiction (ECHEM) within 10 years, no 2016 significant NIH funding Standard Dates, NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award NIDDK 5 years Between 2-5 years expires September 8, (K01) postdoc 2017 June 28, 2016; NIDCD Early Career Research (ECR) Award (R21) NIDCD 3 years Late postdoc/early October 26, 2016; investigator February 28, 2017; June 27, 2017; October 26, 2017; February 27, 2018; June 26, 2018 Standard Dates, NIDCD Research Career Transition Award for Nurturing NIDCD 2 years Recently expires October 3, Clinician-Investigators (K22) appointed clinician 2017 faculty July 20, 2016; Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for NIH 2 years Terminal degree February 23, 2017 New Investigators (R03) within 10 years, other restrictions, see RFA Standard Dates, Transition to Independent Environmental Health NIEHS 3 years Within 3 years of expires May 8, 2017 Research (TIEHR) Career Development Award (K22) first independent faculty appointment February 28, 2017; Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award NIEHS 5 years Hold tenure track February 28, 2018 (R01) position as ASTP Standard Dates, Imaging- Science Track Award for Research Transition NIDA, NIBIB 1 year Independent expires September 8, (I/START) (R03) position, have not 2018 held certain awards as PI March 2, 2017; March International Research Scientist Development Award FIC 3-5 years Advanced 7, 2018 (IRSDA) (K01) postdoc/recent junior faculty December 14, 2016; Emerging Global Leader Award (K43) FIC 5 years LMIC citizen; PhD, December 14, 2017 no major funding; academic junior faculty position

October 15, 2016; Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty NHLBI 5 years Check February 18, 2017; Diversity in Biomedical Research (K01) announcement October 15, 2017 Standard Dates, NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to NCI 5 years Check expires January 8, Promote Diversity (K01) announcement 2018 Standard Dates, NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote NCI 3 years Advanced expires January 8, Diversity (K22) postdoc/new 2018 independent researcher Standard Dates, NINDS Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award NINDS At least 2 yrs expires September 8, to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research (K22) postdoc training, 2018 no more than 5 yrs Standard Dates, NINDS Faculty Development Award to Promote Diversity NINDS 3 years Doctoral degree, expires May 8, 2018 in Neuroscience Research (K01) within first 3 years of faculty position Standard Dates, Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity NIDDK 3 years Terminal degree expires January 8, in Health-Related Research (R21) within 10 years, no 2019 previous R type NIH funding

NSF July 2016 (depends Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) NSF 5 years One on division) proposal/PI/year; participation in no more than 3 competitions

OTHER February 2017 Hollis Brownstein Research Grants Leukemia 1 year New investigator Research (within 7 years), Foundation no “major” federal funding December 31, 2016 Pearson Early Career Grant American No more than 10 Psychological years postdoc Foundation Check back AFOSR: Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Air Force 3 years Received terminal Research degree within last Laboratory 5 years Typically April Young Faculty award DARPA Research on national security issues Check back Early Career Research Program U.S. 5 years Received terminal Department degree within last of Energy, 10 years, Office of untenured science August 1, 2016 Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (in STEM areas, Fulbright Recently received arts, humanities, social sciences) doctoral degree