Funding opportunities for junior faculty
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Deadline: July 23, 2025
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214
U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NSF 24‑597)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/us-national-science-foundation-research-traineeship-program
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Early Stage Investigator
https://grants.nih.gov/policy/early-investigators/index.htm
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Deadline: September
https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator
NIH Programs for Independent Researchers
https://researchtraining.nih.gov/career/early-career
Department of Energy (DOE)
Early Career Research Program
Pre‑applications due: February 18, 2025
Full applications due: April 22, 2025
https://science.osti.gov/early-career
Department of Defense (DOD)
Air Force Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Deadline: June every year
https://community.apan.org/wg/afosr/w/researchareas/12792/young-investigator-program-yip/
DARPA Young Faculty Award
https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/for-universities/young-faculty-award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
New or Early Career Researcher Opportunities
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/solicitations.do?method=open&stack=push
Department of Agriculture (USDA) — NIFA
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
https://nifa.usda.gov/afri-request-applications
Beckman Young Investigator Program
Deadline: August 1, 2025
https://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-young-investigator/
American Society for Mass Spectrometry
https://www.asms.org/about-asms-awards/research-awards
ACS Petroleum Research Fund
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/grants/prf.html