Searle Scholars Program: Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline

Searle Scholars Program
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: July 26, 2021
Sponsor Deadline: September 30, 2021
Award Amount: $100,000 per year for three years
Eligible Faculty: Applicants should have begun their appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2020 but not later than September 30, 2021. The appointment must be their first tenure-track position (or its nearest equivalent).

The Searle Scholars Program is a limited submission award program which makes grants to selected academic and research institutions to support the independent research of outstanding early-career scientists who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment. Applicants for the competition are expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. This program does not ordinarily support purely clinical research but has supported research programs that include both clinical and basic components. The Searle Scholars Program Scientific Advisory Board is primarily interested in the potential of applicants to make innovative and high-impact contributions to research over an extended period of time.
 

Harvard University may nominate three candidates for this opportunity. Applicants for the Harvard nomination must be nominated by a department chair or area chair and must submit a proposal to an internal competition run by the Office of the Vice Provost of Research.