Dean’s Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship
Deadline: March 9, 2021 by 5:00PM
Award Amount: Up to $50,000

The Dean’s Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship is a targeted program that provides funding in the following categories:

1. Bridge funding, to allow faculty to continue work on previously funded research, scholarship, or creative activity that does not currently have external funding. Faculty who...

Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP)
FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: March 19, 2021
Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: March 26, 2021
Award Amount: Typical awards are $510,000 over a 36-month period of performance. Applicants may request up to $170,000 for each 12-month interval to cover any reasonable costs related to conducting the proposed research, for example, salary for the investigator, graduate...

Breakthrough Prizes - Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics
Nomination Deadline: April 1, 2021
Review by Harvard OSP not required
Prize Amount: varies; see below

The public nomination period for the 2022 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics is now open. Nominations can be submitted to recognize major achievements in the following categories:

1. Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics...

Harvard Brain Science Initiative Bipolar Disorder Seed Grants
Letter of Intent Deadline: March 5, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: April 2, 2021
Award Amount: $100,000 for one year

The Harvard Brain Science Initiative (HBI) Bipolar Disorder Seed Grant Program supports research relevant to the basic understanding and eventual treatment of bipolar disorder. This program funds innovative, visionary projects with new ideas and approaches that may not attract...