| Beckman Foundation
Young Investigators Program |
To provide research support to the most promising young
faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical
and life sciences. |
| Burroughs Wellcome
Career Awards at the Scientific Interface |
To foster the early career development of postdoctoral
scientists with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences
whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to
pursuing a career in academic research. |
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| Dreyfus New Faculty Award Program |
To advance the science of chemistry, chemical engineering and related
sciences as a means of improving human relations and circumstances
around the world...[by providing] funding for new faculty members
at the start of their research and teaching activities. |
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| Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Award Program |
Established to strengthen the teaching and research careers
of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. The Camille
award focuses primarily on individual research accomplishments
and promise. |
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| Merck Scholars Program
in the Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children |
By supporting the most promising basic research into
the processes that impair the lives of the developmentally disabled,
the Fund hopes to foster a better scientific understanding of the
origin of these disabilities and thereby provide the foundation for
more effective approaches to their prevention and treatment. |
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| National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) Summer Stipends |
To contribute to scholarly knowledge, to the conception and substance
of individual courses in the humanities, or to the general public’s
understanding of the humanities. Projects may address broad topics
or consist of study and research in a specialized field. |
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| NSF
Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and
Mentoring for our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) |
Supports projects that position the national
science and engineering community to engage in integrated research
and education activities promoting, leveraging and utilizing
cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services. |
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| NSF
Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) |
Supports fellowships and associated training that enable graduate
students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics disciplines to acquire additional skills that
will broadly prepare them for professional and scientific careers
in the 21st century. |
| NSF
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(IGERT) |
The IGERT program has been developed to meet
the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers
who will pursue careers in research and education, with the
interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines,
and technical, professional, and personal skills to become,
in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. |
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| NSF
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent
Expansion Program (STEP) |
Seeks to increase the number of students
(U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate
or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields
within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). |
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| Packard Foundation Fellowships
for Science and Engineering |
To support outstanding junior faculty as they build productive research
programs and to help attract and retain faculty of the highest quality
for universities. |
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| Searle Scholars Program |
To support newly appointed faculty with research interests in medicine,
chemistry and biological science. |
| USDA/CSREES - International Science
and Education (ISE) Competitive Grants Program |
To support the
internationalization of food, agriculture and related programs
at U.S. universities and colleges. It is intended that ISE
will improve the ability of American students, business people,
and community members to compete more effectively in the global
world of agriculture. |
