William T. Grant Scholars Program, Early-Career Researchers
Posted: 3/18/2019 (Funding)
Sponsor: William T. Grant Foundation
Program: William T. Grant Scholars Program 2019
http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/william-t-grant-scholars-program
http://wtgrantfoundation.org/library/uploads/2018/12/2019-Scholars-Guide.pdf
Award amount: $350,000
Number of applications UW can put forward: 1 per major division (e.g. College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine)
OR internal deadline: 4/25/19
OSP deadline: 6/24/19
Sponsor deadline: 7/2/19
Program Description
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.
Applicants should have a track record of conducting high-quality research and an interest in pursuing a significant shift in their trajectories as researchers. We recognize that early-career researchers are rarely given incentives or support to take measured risks in their work, so this award includes a mentoring component, as well as a supportive academic community.
Awards are based on applicants’ potential to become influential researchers, as well as their plans to expand their expertise in new and significant ways. The application should make a cohesive argument for how the applicant will expand his or her expertise. The research plan should evolve in conjunction with the development of new expertise, and the mentoring plan should describe how the proposed mentors will support applicants in acquiring that expertise. Proposed research plans must address questions that are relevant to policy and practice in the Foundation’s focus areas.
Pre-proposal instructions
Please submit:
- a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
- CV (not NIH format) of the PI
- A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally
to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday April 25, 2019. Proposals are due to the sponsor 7/2/19, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 6/24/19 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee. Other open limited submissions opportunities, as well as the internal proposal review committee review and selection process outline, are here: http://www.uw.edu/research/funding/limited-submissions/. Please feel free to email us at research@uw.edu with questions or information on any limited submission opportunities that should be but are not already listed on that page.
Deadline: 04/25/2019
Location: William T. Grant Foundation