Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities
In today's increasingly competitive funding environment, leveraging research opportunities geared for early career investigators is even more essential for a productive research career. Click on the discipline categories below to find early career research opportunities with deadlines upcoming in the next quarter. Please be sure to review the opportunity-specific sponsor sites for eligibility details, guidelines and relevance/fit for your research.
If an opportunity is a limited submission, please visit the UMD Limited Submission and Seed Grant Portal to find the competition and for application information or contact Hana Kabashi (hkabashi@umd.edu).
To learn more, or to discuss with someone from the Research Development Office, please reach out to us at VPR@umd.edu.
- Air Force Young Investigator Program 5/1/2023
- National Research Council Research Associateship Programs -- National Energy Technology Laboratory 5/1/2023
- National Research Council Research Associateship Programs -- U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) 5/1/2023
- Cottrell Scholar Award 7/1/2023
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program 7/7/2023
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (Includes the description of NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)) 7/26/2023
- Beckman Young Investigator Program 8/1/2023
- NSF/FDA Scholar-in-Residence at FDA No formal dates
- The Clare Boothe Luce Program–Multiple Awards Multiple Dates
- NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication 4/19/2023
- Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program No formal dates
- NIJ Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes 4/19/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings 4/20/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons 4/24/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism 4/24/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women 4/26/2023
- NIJ Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan 4/26/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon 4/26/2023
- NIJ National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced By Young Adults 4/28/2023
- Research Associateship Programs -- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 5/1/2023
- NIJ/Department of Justice Research and Evaluation on Jails 5/4/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on School Safety 5/8/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes 5/16/2023
- NIJ Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants 5/16/2023
- NIJ Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing 5/16/2023
- NIJ Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support 5/22/2023
- William T. Grant Scholars Award 6/14/2023
- Early Career Psychology Research Awards (multiple dates)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (Includes the description of NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)) 7/26/2023
- Child Neurology Foundation PERF Shields Research Grant 4/15/2023
- Child Neurology Foundation PERF Elterman Research Grant 4/15/2023
- American Society of Hematology ASH Scholar Award -- Scholar Award for Junior Faculty 5/1/2023
- Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Emerging Leader Award 5/1/2023
- Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation/NASPGHAN IBD Young Investigator Award 5/5/2023
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Career Development Awards 5/5/2023
- Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of American Research Fellowship Awards 5/5/2023
- NIDA, NIMH, and NINDS Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) 5/5/2023
- National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) 5/7/2023
- K99/R00: NIH Pathway to Independence Award 5/7/2023
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society Career Transition Fellowship 5/10/2023
- Alex's Lemonade Stand ‘A’ Award Grant 5/12/2023
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/NIH/DHHS NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Research Education Grants Programs (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 5/12/2023–Limited Submission
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional) 5/16/2023
- Pew Biomedical Scholars 5/17/2023
- National Institutes of Health/DHHS RFA-TR-22-013 -- Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative- New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 5/22/2023
- Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 5/26/2023
- Lung Cancer Research Foundation Minority Career Development Award (CDA) in Lung Cancer 5/31/2023
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to NIAMS-funded T32 Training Grants to Better Incorporate Pain Related Research in Rheumatic, Skin and Musculoskeletal Diseases Workforce Development 6/6/2023
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) 6/8/2023
- K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K series) 6/12/2023
- K01: Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (Clinical Trial Required) 6/12/2023
- K01: Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 6/12/2023
- K01: Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award (Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) 6/12/2023
- K02: Independent Research Scientist Development Award 6/12/2023
- K07: Academic Career Development Award 6/12/2023
- K08: Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development 6/12/2023
- K22: Career Transition Award 6/12/2023
- K23: Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award 6/12/2023
- K25: Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award 6/12/2023
- William T. Grant Scholars Award 6/14/2023
- Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Awards 6/15/2023
- American Association of Endodontists Foundation Endodontic Educator Fellowship Award 5/15/2023
- National Institutes of Health/DHHS Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) 6/16/2023
- Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) 6/16/2022
- National Institutes of Health/DHHS Early Stage Investigator Research Using Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 6/16/2023
- NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) 6/20/2023
- Incyte Ingenuity Awards: GVHD 6/24/2023
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS Competitive Revision Supplements to Existing AHRQ Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Enhance Workforce Diversity in Health Services Research 6/26/2023
- NIDCD Early Career Research(ECR) Award (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) 6/29/2023
- Searle Scholars Program (invited institutional nomination sent) 7/1/2023–Limited Submission
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (Includes the description of NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)) 7/26/2023
- National Eczema Association Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant 7/31/2023
- National Eczema Association Catalyst Research Grants 7/31/2023
- Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation 8/1/2023
- Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance Postdoctoral Research Award 8/15/2023
- Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance General Research Grants 8/15/2023
- K01 Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K series) (NICHD, NIMH) 6/12/2023
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (Includes the description of NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)) 7/26/2023
- Fulbright Award (Award-Dependent--Check with Fulbright Office)