Research funding

New investigator

104 open programsCatalog updated

This hub is narrower than it looks, on purpose. It lists open programs whose titles actually say new investigator or young investigator, rather than every program a new investigator could apply for. The early career hub has the wider pool.

The distinction matters because a program named this way is usually a society's designated entry point. It has its own review pool, so you compete against other new investigators rather than against established labs. That is the biggest advantage available at this stage and it does not show up in the award size.

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The median is $10,000 and most sit between $5,000 and $50,000. The sponsors are societies and disease-specific foundations: the Netherlands Respiratory Society, the Leukemia Research Foundation, the Oncology Nursing Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society.

Definitions of new vary and the catalog does not normalize them. Some mean within five years of a terminal degree, some within three years of a first faculty appointment, and some mean anyone who has not held an award from that sponsor before. That last one is the easiest to miss.

Open programs 104

  1. IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award

    The IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award recognizes an individual’s outstanding technical contributions to photonics made before age 35 and provides a certificate and honorarium.

    OtherPhotonics

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  2. Victoria Mock New Investigator Award

    The Oncology Nursing Society, through the Oncology Nursing Foundation’s Distinguished Nurse Researcher Fund, offers the Victoria Mock New Investigator Award to recognize emerging investigators who advance the scientific foundation of oncology nursing practice.

    OtherOncology Nursing

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  3. Young Investigator Award - Honoring Excellence in Pediatric Research

    The Society for Pediatric Research offers the annual Young Investigator Award to recognize outstanding early-career scientists and physician-scientists conducting discovery-based research on pediatric diseases or development.

    OtherPediatric research

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  4. New Investigator Award

    The Pediatric Endocrine Society offers the New Investigator Award to recognize physician-scientists conducting innovative clinical, basic, or translational research that advances pediatric endocrinology.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  5. CurePSP New Investigator Award (2026)

    CurePSP, a foundation dedicated to PSP/CBD research, offers grants to early-career investigators with fresh perspectives.

    Research ProjectNeuroscience

    Deadline
    Amount
    $100,000

  6. OREF New Investigator Grant

    The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) offers a $50,000 New Investigator Grant to provide seed and start-up funding for clinically relevant orthopaedic research and advance the training of emerging orthopaedic clinician-scientists.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $50,000

  7. AADOCR/CADR Joseph Lister Award for New Investigators

    Supported by Kenvue and administered by the American Association for Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Research (AADOCR), the Joseph Lister Award for New Investigators recognizes original research in oral disease prevention or oral health promotion by emerging investigators in the American and Canadian IADR divisions.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $20,000

  8. ESPID Young Investigator Award

    The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) offers up to two annual Young Investigator Awards—one for clinical research and one for basic research—to recognize outstanding early-career investigators in paediatric infectious diseases.

    FellowshipPaediatric infectious diseases

    Deadline
    Amount
    $5,000

  9. ISCTM New Investigator Award / Young Investigators Travel Awards — 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting (Feb 23–25, 2027)

    The International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) is offering New Investigator and Young Investigators/Travel Awards to support early-career investigators’ participation in the ISCTM 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting (23–25 February 2027, Washington, DC).

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  10. New Investigator Award – ISCTM 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting

    The International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) offers New Investigator Awards and travel support to promote the next generation of leaders in CNS clinical trial design and drug development.

    OtherClinical trials and methodology in CNS drug development

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  11. Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award

    The SIR Foundation's Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award recognizes excellence in early-career academic research in interventional radiology by honoring the author of the most outstanding clinical science paper published in JVIR with a $3,000 honorarium plus complimentary registration, transportation, and lodging to the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $3,000

  12. Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award

    The SIR Foundation’s Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding clinical science research by early-career interventional radiologists and promotes academic careers.

    OtherInterventional Radiology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $3,000

  13. ASHRAE New Investigator Award

    ASHRAE’s New Investigator Award provides up to $125,000 (base $50k/year for two years plus a $25k third‑year match) to support early‑career university faculty developing HVAC&R research and educational programs; at most one award is made annually.

    Research ProjectEngineering (HVAC&R)

    Deadline
    Amount
    $125,000

  14. Christensen Young Investigators Award

    The Pediatric Pharmacy Association offers the $500 Christensen Young Investigators Award to recognize innovative, high-quality pediatric pharmacy research by early-career practitioners.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  15. Christensen Young Investigators Award

    The Pediatric Pharmacy Association sponsors the Christensen Young Investigators Award, a $500 prize recognizing innovative research by early-career pediatric pharmacists (licensed five years or less, including residency) across clinical, quality improvement, education, and practice innovation areas.

    OtherPediatric Pharmacy

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  16. SREI Fellow's Young Investigator Research Award

    The Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI), in partnership with the ASRM Research Institute and supported by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, offers two $10,000 Young Investigator Research Awards for new or ongoing research in reproductive medicine.

    Research ProjectReproductive Medicine

    Deadline
    Amount
    $10,000

  17. SREI Fellow's Young Investigator Research Award

    The Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI), in partnership with the ASRM Research Institute and supported by an educational grant from Ferring Pharmaceuticals, offers two $10,000 awards for new or ongoing research in reproductive medicine.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $10,000

  18. Beckman Young Investigator Program

    The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Beckman Young Investigator Program supports promising early-career faculty in the chemical and life sciences.

    Research ProjectChemical and life sciences

    Deadline
    Amount
    $600,000

  19. CSS Postdoctoral Researcher and Young Investigator Award

    The Carcinogenesis Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology offers one $1,000 award and plaque for the best abstract submitted by a postdoctoral researcher or young investigator in carcinogenesis.

    Post-doctoralHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  20. Global Oncology Young Investigator Award

    Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, offers the one-year, $50,000 Global Oncology Young Investigator Award to support mentored research addressing cancer-related needs in low-resource settings, high-resource settings focused on resource-limited environments, or collaborative global oncology questions.

    Research ProjectOncology and global health

    Deadline
    Amount
    $50,000

  21. High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division J. Bruce Wagner, Jr. Young Investigator Award

    The Electrochemical Society’s High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division offers the J. Bruce Wagner, Jr. Young Investigator Award to recognize an ECS member demonstrating exceptional promise in high-temperature energy, materials, and processes.

    OtherHigh-temperature energy, materials, and processes

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  22. IADR Basil G. Bibby Young Investigator Award

    The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Cariology Group offers the Basil G. Bibby Young Investigator Award to promote and recognize excellence in dental caries research and related fields.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,500

  23. IADR Centennial Travel Award for New Investigators

    The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) offers the Centennial Travel Award for New Investigators, providing a $2,000 travel grant to support attendance and research presentation at the 2027 IADR General Session & Exhibition.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  24. IADR IRG Young Investigator Prize for Student Research

    The IADR Implantology Research Group offers the Young Investigator Prize for Student Research to recognize outstanding student research in implantology, providing a $500 prize and certificate.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  25. IADR Joseph Lister Award for New Investigators

    The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR), with support from Kenvue, offers the Joseph Lister Award for New Investigators for original research in oral disease prevention or oral health promotion.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $21,000

  26. IADR MTG Outstanding Young Investigator Award for Student Research

    The IADR Mineralized Tissue Research Group offers the Outstanding Young Investigator Award for Student Research to recognize exceptional early-career researchers and support travel to the IADR General Session & Exhibition.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  27. IADR Oral Health Research Young Investigators Travel Award

    The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Oral Health Research Group offers the Young Investigators Travel Award to support emerging researchers presenting oral health research at the 2027 IADR meeting.

    TravelOral health research and dental science

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  28. IADR Pediatric Oral Health Research Group Young Investigator Award

    The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Pediatric Oral Health Research Group offers this award to recognize and promote excellence in research on the oral health of children and adolescents.

    OtherPediatric Oral Health Research

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  29. Young Investigator Award

    Sigma Xi offers the annual Young Investigator Award to recognize outstanding early-career research, providing a certificate, a $5,000 honorarium, and an invitation to lecture at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting.

    OtherPhysical sciences, engineering, mathematics, life sciences, and social sciences

    Deadline
    Amount
    $5,000

  30. ACS Young Investigator Symposium Awards - Division of Inorganic Chemistry

    The ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) invites nominations for its Young Investigator Symposium at the Fall ACS meeting, recognizing emerging inorganic chemists with a 30-minute presentation, $1,000 honorarium, and commemorative plaque.

    Workshop/ConferenceChemistry

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,000

  31. Sophysa Young Investigator Award

    The CNS Foundation, in collaboration with Sophysa USA, offers the Sophysa Young Investigator Award to support early-career neurosurgeons pursuing research and patient-care advances in traumatic brain injury and/or neurocritical care.

    OtherNeurosurgery, traumatic brain injury, and neurocritical care

    Deadline
    Amount
    $7,500

  32. Dr. John Gusdon Memorial New Investigator Award

    The American Society for Reproductive Immunology offers the Dr. John Gusdon Memorial New Investigator Award to recognize outstanding research presented at its annual meeting, with separate $700 awards for basic and clinical science, an engraved plaque, and Awards Ceremony recognition.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,400

  33. Matt Suffness Young Investigator Award

    The American Society of Pharmacognosy offers the Matt Suffness Young Investigator Award to recognize emerging natural product scientists and provide a forum to present research at the Society’s annual meeting.

    OtherNatural products science and pharmacognosy

    Deadline
    Amount
    $2,000

  34. ISSFAL New Investigator Awards

    The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) offers New Investigator Awards in conjunction with its biennial congresses to recognize excellence in oral and poster presentations and support early-career researchers’ attendance through a monetary prize for registration and travel expenses.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  35. Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Research Grant Program

    The Leukemia Research Foundation offers New Investigator Research Grants of up to $150,000 over two years for projects focused on leukemia, including myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $150,000

  36. New Investigator Research Grant Program

    The Leukemia Research Foundation offers New Investigator Research Grants of up to $150,000 over two years for projects likely to advance leukemia research; proposals focused on myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are also eligible.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $150,000

  37. Richard Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grants

    The Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s Richard S. Materson Education Research Fund offers $10,000 short-term seed grants for research related to physical medicine and rehabilitation.

    Research ProjectPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    Deadline
    Amount
    $10,000

  38. John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award

    The Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) offers the annual John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award to recognize early-career researchers whose peer-reviewed original research advances neurosurgical anesthesia, critical care, or care of neurologically impaired patients.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  39. Nanocarbons Division SES Research Young Investigator Award

    The Electrochemical Society’s Nanocarbons Division, with support from SES Research, offers an award recognizing outstanding young researchers whose work advances fullerene, carbon nanotube, or related nanostructure science.

    OtherNanocarbon science and nanotechnology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $500

  40. AMP Young Investigator Award

    The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Young Investigator Award recognizes three trainee members who submit outstanding abstracts describing original basic or applied molecular pathology research and present it as a poster at the AMP Annual Meeting & Expo.

    OtherMolecular Pathology

    Deadline
    Amount
    Not listed

  41. Richard J. Bing Award for Young Investigators

    The International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) offers the Richard J. Bing Award for Young Investigators to recognize outstanding cardiovascular biology research by early‑career investigators and encourage continued biomedical careers; the winner receives US$1,500 and a plaque, three runner‑ups receive US$1,000 and plaques, and ISHR will cover World Congress registration for finalists.

    FellowshipHealth

    Deadline
    Amount
    $1,500

  42. 2019 IOCDF Research Grant Program (Young Investigator, Breakthrough, Innovator Awards)

    The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is offering research grants to support scientific studies in OCD and related disorders through Young Investigator, Innovator, and Breakthrough Awards.

    Research ProjectMental Health

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $500,000

  43. 2026 NKF Young Investigator Research Grant Application

    The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) funds the Young Investigator Research Grant to support early-career researchers conducting kidney-related basic, translational, or clinical studies.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  44. AAI Outreach Program — support for member-organized immunology meetings and young investigator awards

    The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Outreach Program provides grants to support career-development activities at volunteer-organized immunology meetings, including podium and poster presentation awards, student workshops, and career panels that benefit students and postdoctoral fellows.

    Workshop/ConferenceImmunology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  45. AAS Travel Awards — Mentored Research, T35, and New Investigator

    The American Auditory Society (AAS) is offering Travel Awards to support attendance and presentation at the AAS annual meeting, including NIDCD‑funded Mentored Research Poster Presentation Awards ($1,000) for doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees, T35 Student Awards ($800) for AuD students who participated in NIDCD T35‑funded research at their institution, and an AAS‑funded New Investigator Travel Award (amount unspecified).

    TravelAudiology; Hearing Science; Biomedical Engineering

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000

  46. APA Young Investigator Awards

    The Academic Pediatric Association (APA) offers the Young Investigator Awards (YIA) Funding Path to support one‑year pediatric clinical and public‑health research projects across domains such as health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospital medicine, and developmental/behavioral pediatrics.

    Research ProjectPediatrics

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $10,000

  47. Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’s Award Competition

    The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), supported by the ASE Foundation and a grant from the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE), sponsors investigator award competitions at its annual Scientific Sessions that provide cash prizes, complimentary meeting registration, and presentation opportunities including international invited talks.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,500

  48. ASAB Christopher Barnard Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Investigator

    The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) annually awards the Christopher Barnard Award to an outstanding new investigator in animal behaviour, providing a research grant (stated as a31000) and expecting the recipient to give a keynote/plenary talk at the ASAB Easter Meeting with meeting expenses paid.

    FellowshipAnimal Behaviour

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000

  49. ATS/Alpha-1 Foundation Young Investigator Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

    The ATS and Alpha-1 Foundation offer a grant to foster early-career investigators' research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.

    FellowshipHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $50,000

  50. BBRF Young Investigator Grants

    The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation offers Young Investigator Grants to early-career scientists studying a broad range of mental illnesses, providing up to $35,000 per year for two years ($70,000 total) to generate pilot data and help launch independent careers in neuroscience and psychiatry.

    FellowshipMental Health

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $70,000

  51. BCAN Young Investigator and Patient-Centered Research Awards

    The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) offers Young Investigator Awards to early-career researchers with an interest in bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $100,000

  52. Beckman Young Investigator Letter of Intent Availability

    The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is scheduling reviewer panels for the Beckman Young Investigator Letter of Intent review process, assigning reviewers to two-hour meetings on October 26–30, 2026 (all times Pacific); respondents must indicate all available dates and times though only one meeting will be assigned.

    Research ProjectBiology; Chemistry

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  53. Burkhalter New Investigator Grant for Clinical Research in Hand & Upper Limb Rehabilitation

    The American Hand Therapy Foundation, supported by the Doris Ann Slack Upper Extremity Education and Research Innovation Fund, offers the Burkhalter New Investigator Grant to fund clinical research that expands the scientific evidence, visibility, and quality of hand and upper limb rehabilitation, providing up to $15,000.

    Research ProjectRehabilitation

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $15,000

  54. Cannonball Kids' Cancer Foundation Research Grants (Clinical Trial & Young Investigator)

    Cannonball Kids’ Cancer Foundation (CKc) funds innovative pediatric oncology research, prioritizing clinical trials, projects nearing translation to a clinical trial, and young investigator studies that improve quality of life or symptom relief compared with current treatments.

    Research ProjectPediatric Oncology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $200,000

  55. CSMB New Investigator Award

    The Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) awards the annual New Investigator Award to recognize and support early-career scientists in molecular biosciences (biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics) in Canada, with nominations evaluated using Tri-Council–aligned best practices and DORA principles and scored on research excellence (5 points) and leadership (5 points).

    OtherMolecular Biosciences

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  56. Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award - Sponsored by Harvard Bioscience

    Harvard Bioscience, administered by the American Physiological Society (APS), sponsors the Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award to support postdoctoral scientists or junior faculty conducting in vivo physiological research and establishing independent laboratories by providing a DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit (approx. $70,000) plus reimbursement of the American Physiology Summit early registration fee.

    Post-doctoralPhysiology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $70,000

  57. Division of Biochemical Technology Young Investigator Award

    The Division of Biochemical Technology (BIOT) of the American Chemical Society sponsors the Young Investigator Award to recognize outstanding early-career contributors to biochemical technology; the prize includes $3,000 for an honorarium and travel to the BIOT annual meeting, a commemorative plaque, and a presentation slot at the ACS meeting.

    OtherBiotechnology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $3,000

  58. EAS Young Investigator Awards for outstanding publication

    European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) Young Investigator Awards honor outstanding original research publications that advance understanding of atherosclerosis or atherosclerosis with metabolic disturbances; two recipients (one basic science, one clinical) receive €2,000 each and are invited to present at the EAS Congress Opening Ceremony.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $2,000

  59. Emerging Young Investigator Award

    The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) offers the Emerging Young Investigator Award to recognise talented scientists from low- and lower-middle-income countries working in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  60. ESPGHAN Annual Meeting Young Investigator Award (YIA)

    The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) offers Young Investigator Awards of up to EUR 1,000 to help cover travel, visa, accommodation and meeting registration/course fees for young investigators with an abstract accepted for presentation at the ESPGHAN Annual Meeting.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000

  61. Golseth Young Investigator Award

    The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) annually awards the Golseth Young Investigator Award for the best original research paper in neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine presented by a young physician at the AANEM Annual Meeting; the winner receives travel and lodging (airfare up to $500 U.S./$1,000 international, up to 4 nights), $1,000 cash, free meeting registration, recognition, and abstract publication in Muscle & Nerve (runner-up: $500 and registration).

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $2,000

  62. Health and Nutrition Division New Investigator Research Award

    AOCS (American Oil Chemists' Society) offers the Health and Nutrition Division New Investigator Research Award to recognize an early-career scientist for significant original research on the health or nutrition of fats and oils; the recipient receives a plaque, a US$1,000 honorarium, a complimentary Health & Nutrition Division meal ticket, and a chance to present an award lecture at the AOCS Annual Meeting.

    OtherHealth/Nutrition/Food Science

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000

  63. Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Awards

    Health in Aging Foundation’s New Investigator Awards recognize early-career researchers whose original, novel geriatrics research—submitted as an abstract to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Scientific Meeting—offers new and relevant contributions to aging science.

    FellowshipHealth (Geriatrics)

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  64. IASLC Young Investigator Grants Program

    The IASLC Young Investigator Grants Program, offered by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), provides funding to early-career researchers in lung cancer and thoracic malignancies.

    Post-doctoralHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $50,000

  65. IMS Young Investigator Award — travel support for IMS Annual Meeting participation

    The International Myeloma Society (IMS) offers Young Investigator Award travel grants of up to $2,000 USD to help young myeloma researchers cover expenses for participation in the IMS Annual Meeting.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $2,000

  66. ISHR International Poster Award — World Congress poster prize for outstanding young investigators

    The International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) offers International Poster Awards at its triennial World Congress to recognize outstanding poster presentations by young investigators; winners receive a certificate, ribbon and a typical monetary prize of $150.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150

  67. Joe Doupe Young Investigator Award

    The Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI) offers the annual Joe Doupe Young Investigator Award to recognize early‑career clinician investigators and clinician‑scientist trainees, providing a $1,000 cheque, plaque, complimentary one‑year CSCI membership and, if required, return airfare and accommodation to present the Joe Doupe Annual Lecture; the recipient is also required to write an article for Clinical and Investigative Medicine.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000

  68. Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award

    The American Physiological Society's Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award provides a $10,000 honorarium and complimentary early registration to the American Physiology Summit to support an investigator demonstrating outstanding promise in epithelial or renal physiology.

    FellowshipPhysiology (epithelial and renal)

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $10,000

  69. Liliane Striker Young Investigator Award

    Renal Pathology Society’s Liliane Striker Young Investigator Award honors outstanding renal pathology research by early-career investigators, providing a $500 (US) prize and certificate to a recipient selected from abstracts submitted to ASN or USCAP that calendar year.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $500

  70. MRC new investigator research grant (applicant-led)

    The Medical Research Council (MRC) offers the applicant‑led New Investigator Research Grant to support researchers taking the next step towards independent investigator roles for research within the MRC remit.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $800,000

  71. MRF New Investigator Grant

    The Medical Research Foundation (MRF) of Oregon offers New Investigator grants to support promising early-career biomedical researchers based at Oregon colleges or universities, awarding up to $50,000 to help establish projects with potential to secure national funding.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $50,000

  72. NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards

    The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and NCCN Foundation offer Young Investigator Awards to support important oncology research.

    Research ProjectOncology and cancer research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  73. New Investigator Award

    The Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) offers the New Investigator Award to support early-career scientists conducting translational research on Angelman syndrome (AS) or developing relevant technologies to advance AS treatments.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  74. New Investigator Award (Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology)

    The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) annually awards the New Investigator Award to senior graduate students or postdoctoral researchers with a substantive research program, providing an opportunity to present their work in the New Investigator’s Symposium at the SBN Annual Meeting.

    FellowshipBehavioral Neuroendocrinology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  75. New Investigator Research Grant Program

    The Leukemia Research Foundation offers grants of up to $150,000 to early-career investigators for highly innovative research projects focused on leukemia.

    Research ProjectLeukemia Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  76. NIDA Young Investigator Travel Award

    Offered through ASAM in partnership with NIDA, the NIDA Young Investigator Travel Award provides early-career investigators (within 5–10 years of earning a PhD, MD, or DO) with a training experience via a fellowship to attend the ASAM Annual Conference.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,300

  77. NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant

    The Netherlands Respiratory Society (NRS) offers the NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant to support young respiratory scientists in attending international symposia or conferences outside the main respiratory field, with the aim of promoting unconventional thinking and innovation in respiratory medicine.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750

  78. NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant

    The Netherlands Respiratory Society (NRS) offers the NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant to support young respiratory scientists who are NRS members in attending international symposia or conferences outside the main respiratory field to foster unconventional thinking and innovation.

    TravelRespiratory Medicine

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750

  79. NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant

    The Netherlands Respiratory Society (NRS) offers the NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant to support young respiratory scientists who are NRS members in attending international symposia or conferences outside the main respiratory field, with the aim of fostering unconventional thinking and innovation in respiratory medicine.

    TravelHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750

  80. NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant

    The Netherlands Respiratory Society offers the NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant to support early-career respiratory scientists who are NRS members in attending international symposia or conferences outside the main respiratory field to promote unconventional thinking and innovation.

    TravelRespiratory Medicine

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750

  81. ORS New Investigator Recognition Awards

    The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) offers the New Investigator Recognition Awards to recognize emerging researchers through podium and poster presentations at the ORS 2027 Annual Meeting, with the final recipient selected based on presentation and abstract quality.

    OtherOrthopaedic research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  82. Philip R. Dodge Young Investigator Award

    The Child Neurology Society offers the Philip R. Dodge Young Investigator Award to support basic science or clinical research by accomplished early-stage investigators in pediatric neurology; funded by a CNS endowment, the award provides $30,000 and an invitation to present a featured lecture at the CNS Annual Meeting.

    Research ProjectNeurology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $30,000

  83. Research Grant Opportunity in Cholangiocarcinoma Young Investigator Award (YIA)

    The Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO, with support from the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, offers a one-year, $50,000 Young Investigator Award for early-career physicians pursuing clinical oncology research, including cholangiocarcinoma.

    Fellowship

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $50,000

  84. Richard S. Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grants

    The Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Foundation for PM&R) offers the Richard S. Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grants — $10,000 short-term seed awards to support research in physical medicine and rehabilitation, with recipients announced at the AAPM&R Annual Assembly.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $10,000

  85. Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award

    The American Physiological Society offers the annual Shih‑Chun Wang Young Investigator Award ($10,000 plus reimbursement of the American Physiological Summit early registration fee) to recognize outstanding promise in physiological sciences research, with historical emphasis on neurophysiology and neuropharmacology.

    Research ProjectPhysiology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $10,000

  86. SSCD Celiac Disease Young Investigator Development Award

    The Society for the Study of Celiac Disease and the Celiac Disease Foundation offer this award to support promising early-career researchers pursuing independent basic, translational, or clinical celiac disease research.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  87. SSCD-CDF Celiac Disease Research Young Investigator Development Award

    The Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (SSCD) and the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) offer the SSCD‑CDF Celiac Disease Research Young Investigator Development Award to support early‑career investigators conducting basic, translational, or clinical research in celiac disease.

    FellowshipHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  88. SSO Clinical Investigator and Young Investigator Awards (2026)

    The Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) is offering four 2026 research awards—the Clinical Investigator and Young Investigator Awards (two awards in each category)—to support patient-focused clinical and translational surgical oncology research and translational or clinical projects that advance innovative cancer care.

    Research ProjectOncology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  89. St. Giles Young Investigator Award

    POSNA, supported by the St. Giles Foundation, offers the St. Giles Young Investigator Award of up to $30,000 for 1–2 year educational research projects, with priority given to studies aligned with POSNA’s Clinical Research Agenda.

    Research ProjectPediatric Orthopaedics; Medical Education

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $30,000

  90. Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator Grant

    The AOSSM (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) offers the Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator Grant, providing up to $40,000 per grant with a total of up to $80,000 to support clinical and basic science research for early-career orthopaedic surgeons.

    Research ProjectHealth, Orthopaedic Surgery

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $40,000

  91. TAA Young Investigator Award

    The Tourette Association of America offers a Young Investigator Award, providing $150,000 over two years to support research on Tourette Syndrome.

    FellowshipHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  92. TAA Young Investigator Award

    The Tourette Association of America offers the Young Investigator Award to support innovative clinical research that advances understanding, patient care, and therapy development for Tourette Syndrome, funding up to $75,000 per year for two years (total $150,000).

    FellowshipHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $150,000

  93. The John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award

    The Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) offers the John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award to recognize a junior investigator whose peer‑reviewed manuscript advances neurosurgical anesthesia and the care of critically ill neurologically impaired patients.

    OtherHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  94. Vasculitis Foundation Young Investigator Award (2026 cycle)

    The Vasculitis Foundation’s Young Investigator Award funds innovative pilot projects by early-career researchers to advance understanding, diagnosis, and management of vasculitis, providing seed funding to generate preliminary data and support career development.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $50,000

  95. WALTER A. ROSENBLITH NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD

    HEI's Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award (RFA 25-2) is a career-development research grant supporting outstanding early-career investigators to conduct original research on the health effects of air pollution, with priority for projects aligned with HEI’s 2025–2030 Strategic Research Plan (evolving transportation, pollutant mixtures, air toxics); awards provide up to $600,000 total costs for up to 3 years, with indirect costs capped at 30% of direct costs and a required PI commitment of at least 25% effort.

    Other

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $600,000

  96. Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research

    The Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research, offered by the ASBMB Lipid Research Division, recognizes outstanding research contributions in lipids by a young investigator and carries a plaque, $2,000, and travel expenses to present a lecture at the ASBMB annual meeting.

    OtherBiochemistry / Lipid research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $2,000

  97. Young Investigator Award

    The ESPE Young Investigator Award aims to celebrate exceptional scientific contributions by paediatricians.

    OtherPediatrics

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  98. Young Investigator Award (Pediatric Academic Societies)

    The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Young Investigator Award (est.

    FellowshipPediatrics

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  99. Young Investigator Award (YIA) Special Competitions

    The Conquer Cancer Foundation's Young Investigator Award offers $50,000 grants to support physicians transitioning from fellowship to faculty, promoting clinical oncology research.

    FellowshipOncology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $50,000

  100. Young Investigator Awards

    The American College of Cardiology (ACC), supported by the Douglas P. Zipes, MD, MACC Endowment Fund, invites early-career investigators to compete in the Young Investigator Awards at ACC.27, where 15 finalists will present research in Basic & Translational Science, Clinical Investigations, and Outcomes Research.

    OtherCardiology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $2,000

  101. Young Investigator Awards

    The Cancer Research Foundation offers Young Investigator Awards—$100,000 research grants paid in two installments—to support promising early-career scientists pursuing independent cancer research and to help generate preliminary data for competing for larger grants.

    Research ProjectHealth (Oncology)

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $100,000

  102. Young Investigator Awards (Class of 2025) — Prostate Cancer Foundation

    The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) offers Young Investigator Awards (Class of 2025) to provide career-development and project funding to early-career researchers who will advance prostate cancer research.

    FellowshipProstate cancer research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  103. Young Investigator Program

    **Young Investigator Program by CureSearch for Children's Cancer** CureSearch for Children's Cancer offers the Young Investigator Program to support early-career researchers focused on pediatric cancer, aiming to retain talent in the field and advance innovative treatments.

    Research ProjectHealth (Pediatric Cancer Research)

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

  104. Young Investigator’s Award

    The AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section, together with partner organizations (e.g., The Aneurysm and AVM Foundation, Brain Aneurysm Foundation, Bee Foundation, CNS Foundation, NREF, CSNS), offers a portfolio of grants, awards, and fellowships to support basic, translational, clinical, and educational work in cerebrovascular disease, including early‑career research startup funding, project grants, travel fellowships, trainee awards, and student summer research stipends.

    Research ProjectNeurosurgery/Cerebrovascular

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed

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