Research Starter Grants
Research Starter Grants Details
The Research Starter Grant is $10,000 and is available for active members in the first eight years after earning their Ph.D. and in the first five years of their first independent career position. These are one-time awards and do not provide indirect costs.
Research Starter Grant Directions
Eligibility
The Research Starter Grant is available for active members in the first eight years after earning their Ph.D. and in the first five years of their first independent career position. Preferentially is given to applicants who have not yet received major external funding.
Formatting Specifics
- Font: Times New Roman
- Font size: 12 point plain for general text and 14 point bold for headings.
- Alignment: Justify text
- Line Spacing: use 1.5 or greater
Application Process
The application form will be comprised of:
The application form requires:
- Research proposal of no more than four double-spaced, typed pages
- Budget
- Statement of investigators current funding.
- A curriculum vitae of the investigator
- Brief letter from a departmental chair or institutional representative should be included, indicating that the applicant has institutional support for the application.
Deadline is February 15th.
Research Starter Grant Recipients
2026 - Richard Tehan and Vikram Shende
2025 - Marc Chevrette
2024 - Christopher Cartmell
2023 - Ben Naman
2022 - Jie Li
2021 - Jonathan Chekan, Eduardo Caro-Diaz
2020 - Joseph Gerdt, Joshua Kellogg
2019 - Stephen Eric Nybo
2018 - Ethan Van Arnam, Lukasz Ciesla
2017 - Matthew Bertin, Laura Sanchez, Katharine Watts, Jaclyn Winter
2016 - Daniel Dias, Tyler Johnson, Suthananda Sunassee, Christine M. Theodore
2015 - Jason Kwan
2014 - Ben Philmus, Michael Bradaric, Becky Wílliams
2013 - Stephen Deyrup, Kevin Tidgewell, Kimberly White
2012 - Bela Peethambaran, Amy Lane, Robert Keyzers
2011 - Brian T. Murphy, Marcy J. Balunas
2010 - Katherine Maloney, Jennifer Anthony
2009 - Angela Calderón, Glenroy (Dean) Martin
2008 - Roger Linington
2007 - Wendy Kelly, Sergei Dzyuba, Robert Cichewicz
2006 - Nikolas Fokialakis
2005 - Todd Barsby, Lyndon West
2004 - Leng Chang, John Berger
2003 - Sylvia Urban, Sergio R. Peraza-Sanchez
2002 - David Rowley
2001 - Yu-Dong Zhou
2000 - Darrick Kim
1999 - Dale Nagle, Gil Belovsky
1998 - R. Gomes de Souza Berlink, Jose L. Giner, Marc Slattery
1997 - Ben Shen, Michael Calter, Kate Graham, Michael Jaspars, Helen Oketch