Research Grants – Early Career
The HFSP Research Grants – Early Career fund international teams of new independent investigators for bold, interdisciplinary basic research on fundamental questions in the life sciences.
Funder: Human Frontier Science Program
Due Dates: March 17, 2026 (LoI initiation) | March 26, 2026 (LoI submission) | September 10, 2026 (Full proposal, invited only)
Funding Amounts: 3-year team grants; $300,000/year (2 members), $400,000/year (3), $500,000/year (4); fixed sum based on team size/composition, not budget.
Summary: Supports international teams of early career independent investigators for bold, interdisciplinary basic research on fundamental biological questions.
Key Information: All team members must be within 10 years of PhD/MD and 5 years of independence at LoI deadline; only new, international, interdisciplinary collaborations are eligible.
Description
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grants – Early Career are designed to support international teams of early career independent investigators who propose innovative, high-risk/high-reward basic research addressing fundamental questions in the life sciences. The program strongly encourages interdisciplinary collaborations, particularly those bridging life sciences with disciplines such as physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and computational biology. Projects must be led exclusively by early career researchers within 10 years of their first doctoral degree and within 5 years of starting their independent position. HFSP prioritizes novel, transformative research that could not be accomplished by individual laboratories or within a single discipline, and does not fund applied, clinical, or incremental research.
