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
AGA Research Scholar Award (RSA) American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 12/05/2025(Anticipated) The objective of the AGA Research Foundation Research Scholar Award (RSA) is to support early-career investigators working toward independent and productive research careers in digestive diseases by ensuring that a major proportion of their time is…
AHA Career Development Award American Heart Association (AHA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 12/06/2025(Anticipated)
Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals ,in the early years of one’s first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training to assure the…
Young Investigator Grants Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 12/11/2025(Anticipated)
These grants are designed to fill the critical need for startup funds for less experienced researchers to pursue promising research ideas. These grants encourage and cultivate the best and brightest researchers of the future and lead…
DARPA Young Faculty Award Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 12/13/2025(Anticipated)
The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions, emphasizing those without prior DARPA funding, and expose them to DoD needs and DARPA’s program…
ROSES 2023: Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowships for Early Career Researchers National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 12/14/2025(Anticipated) The goals of the Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship (RTF) program in astrophysics are to provide early-career researchers the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to lead astrophysics flight instrument development projects, including…
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 12/18/2025(Anticipated)
AFAR provides up to $100,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (M.D.s and Ph.D.s) to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts. AFAR-supported investigators study a broad range of…
Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 12/23/2025(Anticipated) The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist. Applications submitted…
Early Career Research Program United States Department of Energy (DOE) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 01/05/2025 (Anticipated)
DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program, supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research careers in the disciplines supported by DOE OS. DOE…
Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) United States Department of Energy (DOE) Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering 01/05/2025 (Anticipated) The Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) program is designed to support a new cohort of early-career innovators to develop the most disruptive and unconventional ideas into transformative new…
Bridge to Success Award for Early Career Investigators American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences 01/08/2025(Anticipated) The AASM Foundation is committed to developing the careers of sleep and circadian investigators by increasing support for sleep researchers. To meet this goal, the AASM Foundation has established research career development awards (CDA) to assist…

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