Early Career Funding Opportunities

The following early career development opportunities are accepting applications on a rolling basis. To learn more about early career development, contact the UNC Office of Foundation Relations and Industry Engagement at frie@unc.edu or 919-962-3428.Some opportunities are limited submission grants or awards, meaning the University may forward a limited number of candidates for competitive selection. Limited submissions are handled by the UNC Office of Research Development.

Learn more about limited submission grants and awards.

Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI)

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) bridges advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty…

Beckman Young Investigator Program

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Beckman Young Investigator Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the e…

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program

The Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides support for high-caliber scholarship that applies fresh perspectives from t…

Pew Biomedical Scholars

The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science releva…

Sloan Research Fellowships

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding p…

Searle Scholars Program

The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in…