Funder Tool Kits: New and Early Career Faculty

UCF Programs:

• Office of Research Mentoring Program- This program is intended to pair UCF senior researchers and junior researchers in a mentoring relationship that will increase the probability of success for research funding for junior researchers.

  • Office of Research Mentoring Program for Assistant Professors

  • Office of Research Mentoring Program for Associate Professors

• Recognition of Early Career Grant Recipients - Externally funded Early Career Development grant recipients at UCF may apply for $10,000 in support of a doctoral graduate student as recognition of their prestigious award. 

• Visit the Office of Research - Internal Programs website for information on additional opportunities open to UCF faculty. 

External Programs/Resources:

• Pivot database (saved New Faculty search) - Find, track, and share current/anticipated funding opportunities for New Faculty in all disciplines.

• Finding Research Funding: An Overview 

• NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program - From the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR). The goals of the ECR Program are to: (1) Train and educate qualified scientists without prior CSR review experience so that they may develop into critical and well trained reviewers. (2) Help emerging researchers advance their careers by exposing them to a peer review experience that may make them more competitive as applicants. (3) Enrich the existing pool of NIH reviewers by including scientists from less research-intensive institutions as well as those from traditionally research-intensive institutions.

• UC Berkeley List of New Faculty Funding Opportunities - List of programs intended for late postdoctoral investigators and new faculty, usually those at or below the rank of Assistant Professor.

• ASU List of Early Career Grant Funding Opportunities - List of programs for early career researchers. 

New Faculty Workshop Series - Research Development coordinates a series of workshops on each of the Office of Research units that support them with their research, including how to navigate the research process from finding funding to protecting intellectual property.

Meet with Research Development Team - Outreach Services, Proposal Support, Funding Opportunities

Planning & Developing Your Proposal​

Tips for Specific Federal Funding Agencies:

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

• U.S. Department of Education (ED)

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Tips for Private Foundations - Resources, guides, and samples are available.​