Beckman Young Investigator Program

About this program

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Beckman Young Investigator Program supports promising early-career faculty in the chemical and life sciences. Awards fund innovative research focused particularly on developing methods, instruments, and materials that open new avenues of scientific inquiry. Applicants should be young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers whose research aligns with these fields and objectives. Letters of intent for the 2027 program are due July 31, 2026, at 5 p.m.