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McKnight Scholar Awards 2027: $225,000 Over Three Years for Up to Ten Early-Career US Neuroscientists, Closing 3 November 2026
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience will select up to ten Scholars to receive $225,000 over three years starting 1 June 2027, with applications from US assistant professors in their first five years due 5 PM Central on 3 November 2026 and reference letters due 24 November 2026.
National Academies Biotechnology Regulatory Fellowship 2027: $70,000 Stipend for Early-Career U.S. Professionals
The National Academies Biotechnology Regulatory Fellowship is a six-month, full-time, in-person Washington, D.C. program offering a $70,000 stipend to U.S. citizens with an advanced degree and three to five years of relevant experience.
National Academy of Sciences 2027 Awards: Sixteen Prizes From $15,000 to $200,000 — Including the $200,000 Arctowski Medal, the $100,000 Held Prize, and Two $75,000 Troland Awards — Nominations Close 5 October 2026
The National Academy of Sciences is accepting nominations for sixteen 2027 awards in fields from solar physics and microbiology to food and agriculture, experimental psychology, and combinatorial optimization, with prizes ranging from $15,000 to $200,000 and a single deadline of 5 October 2026.
National Geographic Society Level I Explorer Grant 2026 — Historical Reference: No Current Funding Opportunity
This page is a historical reference for the 2026 National Geographic Society Level I Explorer Grant record. The Society's current Grants and Investments page says that no grants or Explorer investments are available at this time, and it does not announce a successor Level I cycle.
NIH Director’s Early Independence Award 2027: Up to $350,000 a Year for New Independent Researchers
NIH’s FY 2027 Early Independence Award will fund exceptional newly trained scientists to launch independent U.S.-based research programs, with applications due September 10, 2026.
NSF 24-528: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program – EPSCoR Research Fellows
NSF’s EPSCoR Research Fellows program supports early- to mid-career investigators in EPSCoR jurisdictions to build research capacity through hosted collaborations with major institutions, with annual competition cycles and recurring April deadlines.
NWO Rubicon Round 2026-3: A 12–24 Month Mobility Grant Paying €84,000 a Year Plus Research and Travel Costs for Newly Graduated Dutch PhDs, Closing 1 December 2026
The third and final 2026 round of the Dutch Research Council's Rubicon programme offers €3,145,000 for researchers who obtained their PhD in the year before 1 December 2026 to spend 12 to 24 months at a research institute outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering 2026: $875,000 in Unrestricted Research Funding for Early-Career Faculty, by University Nomination Only
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation awards 20 Packard Fellowships in 2026, each worth $875,000 over five years, to early-career science and engineering faculty nominated by 50 invited universities.
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences: 2026 Class and Program Reference
The Pew Charitable Trusts' nomination-based program supports outstanding early-career biomedical investigators at the assistant-professor level with four years of funding. Pew announced the 2026 class on June 16, 2026; no 2027 application deadline is currently published.
Princeton Arts Fellowship 2027–2029: Two Paid Years at Princeton for Early-Career Artists With a $93,000 Annual Stipend
The Princeton Arts Fellowship gives early-career artists two consecutive academic years at Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts with a $93,000 annual stipend, research and classroom allowances, and a light teaching load, with applications for the 2027–2029 term opening July 1, 2026 and closing September 8, 2026.