Limited Funding Opportunities

UCI is among a select number of institutions invited to nominate a candidate for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.  The award supports independent young investigators of outstanding promise in basic and clinical sciences relevant to the advancement of human health.  It is intended to provide assured support for successful applicants as they […]

The mission of the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation (EMJF) is to support early stage, highly promising investigators (in the first to fourth year of a tenure-track position) engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease.   EMJF grants provide $60,000 per year for a period

UCI has the opportunity to nominate two candidates for the Searle Scholars Program, which recognizes outstanding new faculty with the potential to make innovative and high-impact contributions to research in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine and the biological sciences. To be eligible, the candidate’s first appointment to

The Brain Research Foundation has invited UC Irvine to nominate a senior faculty member for the Scientific Innovations Award (SIA), which provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This program is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators. The objective

Call for Concept Papers: Moore Foundation I am pleased to invite you to submit brief concept papers for consideration for discussion with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. While the Moore Foundation does not anticipate any open calls for proposals through 2015, they have indicated a willingness to review selected concepts on an ad hoc

The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development of bold, new, potentially transformative, and scalable models for STEM graduate training that ensure that graduate students develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The NRT program initially has one priority research theme – Data-Enabled Science

The National Science Foundation is inviting grant applications for collaborative research and education in scalable nanomanufacturing, including the long-term societal implications of large-scale implementations of nanomanufacturing innovations. Although many nanofabrication techniques have been able to produce relatively small quantities of nanomaterials and devices for characterization and evaluation purposes, this program emphasizes research to overcome the

The National Endowment for the Humanities is inviting applications for Challenge Grants, capacity-building grants that are intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources.   Challenge Grants provide matching funds that may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds (that is, funds

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases is inviting grant applications for Diabetes Research Centers, which will serve as a key component of the NIDDK-supported research effort to develop new therapies and improve the health of Americans with, or at risk for, diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic disorders.  The Centers promote

The Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering supports unusually creative researchers in the natural and physical sciences or engineering, who are within the first three years of their faculty careers. Eligible disciplines include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. Candidates engaged in social science research