Non-Federal Limited Deadlines

Sloan Research Fellowships

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

For early-career scientists and scholars in these or related fields:
chemistry
computer science
Earth system science
economics
mathematics
neuroscience
physics

Must be tenure-track but untenured as of the application deadline. Faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation. Application requires two representative articles from your independent research. While not yet announced, the external sponsor deadline is anticipated to be September 15. For questions about this opportunity and anticipated application materials, please contact corporate.and.foundation.relations@dartmouth.edu. 

Dartmouth may nominate up to three candidates in each area.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea and current CV. Use "Sloan Fellowships" as the email subject line.

Important Dates:

June 20, 2025 - internal application deadline
September 15, 2025- deadline for invited full proposal

Searle Scholars Program

Kinship Foundation

$100,000 per year over three years for first- or second-year assistant professors in:

• biochemistry
• cell biology
• genetics
• immunology
• neuroscience
• pharmacology
• related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences

Not ordinarily for purely clinical research but has supported research programs that include both clinical and basic components. See "Current Scholars" for funded examples.
Applicants should have begun their appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after May 1, 2024. The appointment must be their first tenure-track position (or its nearest equivalent).

Dartmouth may nominate one candidate. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@Dartmouth.Edu:
one-page document addressing the primary Searle criterion: your potential to make innovative and high-impact contributions to research over an extended period of time
current CV.
Use “Searle Scholars” as the email subject line.

Important Dates:

July  7, 2025 - internal application deadline
September 30, 2025- external application deadline

Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

Greenwall Foundation

Release-time funding for bioethics research by early-career faculty. Eligible projects include historical, theological, psychological, sociological, normative, legal, comparative, and policy research--provided they are tightly tied to bioethics.

Requires at least 50 percent of time to be devoted to bioethics research. Award consists of 50 percent of salary plus benefits for three years, up to the NIH salary cap, with 10 percent institutional costs for the salary and benefits. $5,000 per year for project support and travel. 

Priority for applicants who have not yet been considered for tenure and whose work will have an impact on public policy, biomedical research, or clinical practice. 

Dartmouth may submit one application.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu by July 21: 
1. one-page research proposal, including:
    a. how your project idea is innovative and/or addresses emerging topics
    b. the potential impact on clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice
    c. your past involvement in and future prospects for bioethics research
2. current CV
Use "Greenwall Faculty Scholars" as the email subject line.

Important Dates:

July  21, 2025 - internal application deadline
September 15, 2025- external application deadline

INSPIRE Research Challenge

Sponsored by: American Institute for Cancer Research; World Cancer Research Fund

As part of our continued commitment to accelerating progress, World Cancer Research Fund International has launched the INSPIRE Research Challenge, in partnership with American Institute for Cancer Research, World Cancer Research Fund in the UK and [Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds]

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@dartmouth.edu by the internal deadline:

one-page description of your research proposal; include the amount of your funding request
current CV
use the title of this RFP as the subject line
 

Internal deadline: Aug 18, 2025

Sponsor Deadline: Deadline: Oct 31, 2025

Distinguished Scholar Awards - Neuroscience

Warren Alpert Foundation

To enable a postdoctoral researcher in the field of neurosciences to advance to become a full-time faculty member at the assistant professor level or higher and to promote the development of a laboratory program that will lead to independent funding.
Must have completed at least 3 and no more than 6 years of a post-doctoral fellowship by July 1, 2026. Must be nominated by the dean of the medical school or equivalent institutional senior leader.

Dartmouth may nominate one candidate. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
current CV
one-page description of your proposed research project for the fellowship
Use "Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar" as the email subject line.

Internal deadline: Aug 18, 2025

Sponsor Deadline: Deadline: Nov. 1, 2025

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program

Sponsored by: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Unrestricted research grant for early-career faculty in the chemical sciences, including biochemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical engineering. Awarded for advancement of important knowledge in the chemical sciences, and dedication and contributions to undergraduate education in the chemical sciences. Must be full-time tenure-track and within the first six years of independent academic career at the time of submission of the nomination. Requires institutional nomination, and re-nominations are accepted. Publications with undergraduate co-authors required.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@dartmouth.edu by the internal deadline:

Dartmouth may nominate one candidate.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
current CV
one-page description of your contributions to:
important knowledge in the chemical sciences, and
education in the chemical sciences, particularly with respect to undergraduates.
Use "Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar" as the email subject line.

Internal deadline: Sep 15, 2025

Deadline: Feb 01, 2026

Frontiers Planet Prize

Frontiers Research Foundation

Awarded to the author of a peer-reviewed publication reporting a breakthrough with the potential for global deployment to address one or more of these threats to the sustainability of Earth systems:

Stratospheric ozone depletion
Biosphere integrity (e.g., loss of biodiversity)
Novel entities (man-made chemicals entering the environment)
Climate change
Ocean acidification
Fresh-water change
Land-system change
Biogeochemical flows (e.g., nitrogen and phosphorus)
Atmospheric aerosol loading
Eligibility: scientists conducting planetary boundary and earth system research whose papers were accepted for publication between Nov. 1, 2023 and October 31, 2025. 

Translation note: the "National Nominating Body (NNB)" referred to throughout the guidelines means Dartmouth College.

Dartmouth may nominate three candidates.

To apply internally for this opportunity, download and complete this brief application form describing your research paper, and email the form to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu by October 13. Use "Frontiers Planet Prize" as the email subject line.

Register for June 5 webinar.

Important Dates:

October 1, 2025 - internal application deadline
November 1, 2025- deadline for invited full proposal