Eligibility

• Hold a fully independent position as an investigator, faculty member, clinician scientist, or scientific team lead in industry or academia. Applicants must not receive tenure before September 1, 2021 if in a tenure track position. A postdoc is not considered a fully independent position.
• Be early-career scientists who have received their eligible degree within the past 10 years (on or after September 1, 2011).
• Hold an eligible degree (PhD, ScD, EngD, MD, DrPH, or DVM) in the social and behavioral sciences, health sciences and medicine, engineering and physical sciences, earth and life sciences, or interdisciplinary scientific fields relevant to a Gulf Research Program initiative.

Funding Priorities

• The Gulf Research Program’s Early-Career Research Fellowship supports emerging scientific leaders as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations, and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in improving offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems. 

Additional Information

• Funds cannot be used on institutional overhead or indirect charges.
• Applicants may only submit a maximum of two applications to the Early-Career Fellowship program.