Early Career Opportunities

The Grant Lifecycle

Early career opportunities are research grant funding opportunities that are geared specifically for early career/junior faculty. These grant opportunities tailor their requests for proposals and eligibility criteria to align with the goals of faculty seeking to get their research funded and off the ground. These grants offer a chance to kickstart your career, grow projects over time, and sometimes fund high-risk/high-reward ideas.

Current Opportunities

DeadlineFoundation/ProgramKeywords
8/1/2025Chemical and Life Sciences; high risk-research; new methods, instruments, and materials
9/3/2025Huntington’s Disease; research and therapeutics; brain diseases
9/9/2025Parkinson’s Disease; clinical research; behavioral studies; health services and outcomes research
10/1/2025Life Sciences; under supported, basic, biological research; neurobiology; behavior
10/27/2025Social Sciences research; economic mobility/opportunity access; structural barriers

Additional Early Career Opportunities through Pivot-RP

(over $50k, U.S. sponsors)

To customize this search based on your discipline and preferred filters, click on the "view more details in Pivot-RP" hyperlink in the right corner below. This will take you to Pivot's website. You must create an account/be logged-in to edit and save your own personal search. To create an account, see details here.

Second, select the "view as search" button above the list of opportunities. You will then see all search filters at the top of the page. You may then select the "refine search" option to set your own parameters. Lastly, please save your search edits as a new search.