In recent years there has been an increase in the number of programs designed for new investigators, including the NIH New Investigators initiative. The selected opportunities below are especially relevant to our faculty and researchers.
Basic Science - General
National Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists Blavatnik Family Foundation/NY Academy of Sciences
Career Awards at the Scientific Interface Burroughs Wellcome Foundation
Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Trusts Research Awards
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program NSF
Alan T. Waterman Award NSF
Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences Pew Charitable Trusts
Searle Scholars Program Kinship Foundation
Scholars Award Alexandrine and Alexander L Sinsheimer Fund
Sloan Research Fellowships Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Basic Science - Specific research areas/disorders
Scholars Award Program Rita Allen Foundation
New Investigator Research Grant Alzheimer's Association
Scholar Award American Asthma Foundation
Pathway Awards American Diabetes Association
Career Development Award American Heart Association
Liver Scholar Award American Liver Foundation
Scholar Awards American Society of Hematology
New Investigator Awards Arthritis Foundation
Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Burroughs Wellcome Foundation
Career Development Awards Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
*Program in Brain and Immuno-imaging Dana Foundation
Career Development Awards Dermatology Foundation
*New Scholar Program in Aging Ellison Medical Foundation
Young Investigator Grant Human Frontier Science Program
Brian D. Novis Junior Research Awards International Myeloma Foundation
Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc
Career Catalyst Research Grants Susan G. Komen foundation
Career Development Program Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
New Investigator Research Grants Leukemia Research Foundation
McKnight Scholar Award McKnight Foundation
NIH Director's Early Independence Awards (DP5) NIH
NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) NIH
NIDCR Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) NIH
NARSAD Young Investigator Award Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD)
Young Investigator Grant Program National Kidney Foundation
*Neuroscience Investigator Awards New York Stem Cell Foundation
*Stem Cell Investigator Awards New York Stem Cell Foundation
Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Pew Charitable Trusts
Innovation Award Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
New Investigator Grant Scleroderma Foundation
Clinical/Translational Research
Clinician Scientist Development Award American Academy of Neurology Foundation
Mentored Research Scholar Grant American Cancer Society
Research Scholar Award American Gastroenterological Association
Career Development Award American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation
Young Investigator Award American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation
Career Awards for Medical Scientists Burroughs Wellcome Foundation
*Clinical Scientist Development Award Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Career Catalyst Research Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Career Development Awards for Translational Lung Cancer Research LUNGevity Foundation
Clinical Investigator Career Development Award Lymphoma Research Foundation
Clinical Investigator Award Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program (Si2/R00) NIH
Other Resources
NIH New Investigators Program
NIH/NIAID Grant Support for New and Early-Stage Investigators
Grant Writing Tools
Grant Seeking Resources
Community of Science/Pivot
Funding Database (In-house)
Johns Hopkins University Early Career Funding Opportunities
University of Michigan Medical School Mentored Research Academy - R01 Boot Camp
*Contact Development Office for these programs
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