Searle Scholars Program: Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline

Date: 

Sunday, July 30, 2023 (All day)

Searle Scholars Program
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: July 30, 2023
SEAS/FAS/OSP Deadline: September 22, 2023
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: September 29, 2023
Award Amount: $300,000 over three years

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. 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. 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. Applicants should have begun their appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after May 1, 2022. The appointment must be their first tenure-track position (or its nearest equivalent) at an invited institution. 

To be considered for the Harvard (Cambridge Campus and HSPH) nominations, potential applicants must submit a proposal to an internal competition run by the Office of the Vice Provost of Research (OVPR) via the link above.

Recent recipients include Kara McKinley (SCRB, 2022), Fei Chen (SCRB/Broad, 2021), Nicholas Bellono (MCB, 2019), Doeke Hekstra (MCB, 2018), and Mansi Srivastava (OEB, 2016).