Early-Career-Researchers
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NAAF Early Career Award 2026: Up to $150,000 for Worldwide Alopecia Areata Researchers
The National Alopecia Areata Foundation offers a two-year, non-renewable research award of up to $150,000 to early-career MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent investigators worldwide, with applications due September 17, 2026.
New Zealand Transition Research Fund 2027: Up to NZ$84.8 Million a Year Replacing Marsden and Endeavour, With Programme Registrations Closing 9 December 2026
MBIE's 2027 Transition Research Fund consolidates the contestable funding that would have run through future Marsden and Endeavour rounds into a single investigator-led fund worth up to NZ$84.8 million a year, with Programmes registrations opening 30 September 2026 and closing 9 December 2026.
Newnham College Research Fellowships 2027: Three-Year Stipendiary Posts at Cambridge for Early-Career Women Researchers
Newnham College, Cambridge is inviting applications from women with doctorates for three-year stipendiary Research Fellowships starting 1 October 2027, paying Point 42 on the University Scale (£38,784 for 2025-26) plus a £10,000 research-event award, with September 2026 closing dates.
NSF Engineering Research Initiation 2026: Up to $200,000 for New Engineering Investigators at Non-R1 Institutions
The National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Initiation program supports new engineering investigators at eligible non-R1 U.S. colleges and universities with two-year research awards of up to $200,000.
Paul Mellon New Narratives Early Career Fellowship 2027: £35,000–£70,000 for British Art Research
The Paul Mellon Centre New Narratives Early Career Fellowship supports international postdoctoral-level researchers undertaking a major British art project with £35,000 for one year or £70,000 for two years.
Royal Astronomical Society Fellowships 2027: Up to Three Years of Salary Support and £5,000 Annual Research Costs
The Royal Astronomical Society's 2027 fellowship call supports early-career researchers at UK host institutions with salary funding on UCU points 30–36, employer contributions, and up to £5,000 a year for research-related costs.
Whitehall Foundation Research Grants: Up to $100,000 a Year for Three Years of Basic Neurobiology by US Assistant Professors, With Letters of Intent Closing 1 October 2026
The Whitehall Foundation funds basic vertebrate and invertebrate neurobiology in the United States, awarding research grants of up to $100,000 per year for two or three years and one-year Grants-in-Aid of up to $30,000, restricted exclusively to independent Assistant Professors with no more than $200,000 a year in extramural direct funding.