The Simons Foundation grantmaking efforts focus on mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, neuroscience and autism research. The following funding opportunities are currently open:
Scientific Software Research Faculty Award
Amount: 50% salary support plus $50,000 yearly allowance
Deadline: Letter of Intent due December 8, 2023
The Simons Foundation invites applications for funding to support new research professor positions in existing academic departments (the “host institutions”) to be filled by scientific software-focused researchers. The SSRF Award will support researchers who have a strong track record of leadership in scientific software development. The aim of this program is to stimulate the development and maintenance of core scientific software infrastructure in academic environments through creating a new, long-term, faculty-level career path.
Simons Foundation for Autism Research (SFARI) Bridge to Independence Award Program
Amount: Postdoc award: Annual $85,000 salary plus $10,000 annual allowance;
Faculty Research Award: $600,000 over three years
Deadline: January 10, 2024
SFARI is invested in supporting the next generation of top autism researchers. This award engages talented early-career scientists to pursue autism research by facilitating their transition to research independence and providing grant funding at the start of their faculty positions at a U.S. or Canadian research institution.
Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain Transition to Independence Award
Amount: $85,000 salary support and $10,000 allowance for two years, followed by a $600,000 commitment over 3 years with assumption of tenure track professorship
Deadline: January 10, 2024
This award engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in systems and computational neuroscience and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S.
Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) Transition to Independence Award
Amount: $85,000 salary support and $10,000 allowance for two years, followed by a $600,000 commitment over 3 years with assumption of tenure track professorship
Deadline: January 10, 2024
This award aims to facilitate the transition of the next generation of outstanding scientists from historically underrepresented groups to research independence in the field of cognitive aging.
Travel Support for Mathematicians
Amount: Up to $8,400 in the form of a gift will be provided per year for up to five years
Deadline: January 31, 2024
The goal of the program is to stimulate collaboration in the mathematics field primarily through the funding of travel and related expenditures.
Please contact Lynn Wong if you are interested in applying to these opportunities.