Funder: Beckman Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Full application) | July 2027 (Letter of Intent)
Funding Amounts: Approximately $600,000 over four years ($150,000 annually); no overhead or indirect costs
Summary: Supports early-career faculty pursuing innovative, high-risk chemistry and life sciences research that opens new avenues of scientific inquiry.
Key Information: Applicants must meet early-career limits and have no more than $225,000 in annualized direct external funding.
Description
The Beckman Young Investigator Program, run by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, supports promising faculty in the early stages of their academic careers in chemistry and the life sciences. It funds innovative, high-risk research with potential for significant scientific advances, particularly the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that enable new research.
Projects should depart from current research directions rather than extend or expand existing programs. Work crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries is encouraged, and inventions opening new avenues in chemistry and life sciences receive additional consideration. The program targets scientists who have not yet received a major award from another organization and does not consider projects already receiving substantial funding.
