The Global Health Security Early Career Investigator Awards aim to support and enable investigators at the outset of their careers to undertake and explore innovative and impactful research projects that address critical challenges in global health security. This award program is designed to nurture bold and transformative ideas or projects that would be considered too “high-risk” for early investigators and is meant to support data generation that would lead to sustained funding from other funding sources. With a program duration of two to three years, recipients will receive flexible funding with relatively light reporting requirements. Award recipients will also have access to a larger network of investigators, stakeholders, and resources that will nurture their career growth and help establish them as influential research leaders in global health security.

Research area: projects should align with global health security priorities, addressing issues such as infectious disease outbreaks, bioterrorism, antimicrobial resistance, and health system resilience. A wide range of disciplines (immunology, microbiology, virology, material science, market research, etc.) are in scope.

Funding Amount: Up to $750,000 in total costs over two or three years.

Next opportunity to apply is January 1, 2025.