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

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

Research Funding

The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation

For innovative proposals in the life sciences which have a published proof of concept and may not be fundable at the federal level.  

Areas of interest include:
immunology
microbiome
structural biology
cellular physiology
cancer biology
genetics
genomics
microbiology and infectious diseases
stem cell biology
neuroscience

Dartmouth may nominate three candidates.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@Dartmouth.edu by September 2:
one-page document summarizing experimental aims, proof of concept, collaborators, and funding request
current CV
use "Mathers research grant" as the email subject line

Deadlines:

September 2: internal application
September 19: online registration by selected nominees and Corporate and Foundation Relations representative
October 3: letter of inquiry
December 12: invited full proposals
There are spring and fall application cycles.

Research Grants

Retirement Research Foundation

For research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. Preference for projects aimed at generating practical knowledge and guidance that can be used by advocates, policy-makers, providers, and the aging network.
Areas of interest:
Interventional trials; translational studies; and health services and policy research
Projects that build on the investigator’s past studies
Proposals that include robust dissemination plans, if appropriate, to assure that findings reach audiences positioned to act on them
Recent research grants have ranged from $50,000 to $300,000.

There are three annual deadlines for letters of inquiry: March 1, June 1, and November 15.

Dartmouth may submit one application. To be considered for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu with the subject “Retirement Research Foundation”:
one-page description of your project
current CV

Deadlines:

Sept. 02, 2025 Internal Application Deadline

Nov. 11, 2025  Sponsor Deadline

HIV/AIDS research

The Campbell Foundation

For novel research relevant to HIV/AIDS.
Letters of inquiry are accepted in January, April, July, and October.

Dartmouth may submit one application every 12 months. To be considered for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu with the subject “The Campbell Foundation”:

• one-page document with description of your project, one-year funding request, collaborating research teams, how it is novel research, and an explanation of the relevancy to the HIV community at large within five to seven years from date of completion
• current CV

Deadlines:

Sept. 02, 2025 Internal Application Deadline

Rolling Deadline

Andrew Carnegie Fellows

Carnegie Corporation of New York

For exploring the ways political polarization in the United States manifests itself in society and providing possible means to alleviate the problems. Studies of polarization in other countries will be welcomed providing they offer lessons that can be applied to the United States. Projects based in the social sciences and humanities are welcomed.  
Not for support of dissertations, debt repayments, lobbying efforts, the purchase of equipment, or rent. Fellowships may be used for expenses as salary, fringe benefits, project-related travel, research assistants, data collection, and surveys. Awardees cannot accept a different fellowship of equal caliber or at a comparable level of funding that overlaps the Carnegie fellowship, especially awards that have specific time requirements.

Nominees must be U.S. citizens or have permanent U.S. residency status.

Nominees from the past two years are ineligible this year.

Email corporate.and.foundation.relations@dartmouth.edu with questions.

Dartmouth may nominate one untenured candidate and one tenured candidate.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page description of your project idea; include confirmation that you were not nominated in 2023 or 2024
current CV
Use "Carnegie Fellows - untenured" or "Carnegie Fellows - tenured" as the email subject line.

Deadlines: 

Sept. 09, 2025 Internal Application Deadline

Nov. 07, 2025  Sponsor Deadline

Breast Cancer Research Fellowship

Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation

For clinical and pre-clinical fellowships in high impact, breast cancer therapeutic research areas. The aim is to support PhD, MD/PhD and MD physician scientists at earlier stages of their careers to enable them to develop independent programs and compelling careers in breast cancer research. All relevant disciplines; basic, preclinical, clinical research and clinical care.

Applicants are expected to submit a research plan, pre-approved by their mentor or an organization-based board, to the foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee. The applicant's organization must specifically confirm review of the proposal in the "Supporting Materials" section of the application.

To apply internally for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:

current CV
one-page description of your research proposal
Use "Brodeur" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal deadline: Sep 12, 2025

Deadline: November 21, 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

Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

New York Academy of Sciences

For research by tenured or tenure-track faculty born in or after 1984, in these three categories:
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Chemistry

One award will be made in each category. Age-limit exceptions considered in exceptional circumstances. The Academy strongly encourages the nomination of women and members of other historically underrepresented groups in science and engineering.

Dartmouth may nominate one person in each category. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page document addressing the quality, impact, novelty, and promise of your work (see evaluation criteria on the web site for more details), description of your past and current research, and its impact on the field
current CV
Use "Blavatnik" as the email subject line

Important Dates:

Sept. 16, 2025 - internal application deadline
Dec. 03, 2025- deadline for invited full proposal

Seed Grant Program

Brain Research Foundation

For new, unfunded research projects in neuroscience that will likely lead to funding from the National Institutes of Health or other outside sources. Must be full-time Assistant or Associate Professor working in the field of brain function. This includes molecular and clinical neuroscience as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral and emotional functioning in health and disease. Assistant professors must propose a new research project. Associate professors must propose a new research direction. Proposed projects cannot have received funding from other sources. This grant cannot be used as bridge funding.

Dartmouth (including Geisel) may submit one letter of inquiry for this program.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea, addressing the newness of the project or research direction; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Brain Research Foundation - Seed Grant" as the email subject line.

Important Dates:

September 16: internal application deadline
October 23: external letter of intent deadline
March 5, 2026: invited full proposal deadline

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