Fellows-to-Faculty Award
The Fellows-to-Faculty Award program supports talented early career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions.
Fellows receive funding toward the end of their postdoctoral career and a commitment of a $600,000 USD three-year faculty research grant. Fellows engage in a lively, interdisciplinary scientific community and participate in career development activities.
The Simons Foundation’s Autism & Neuroscience division offers the program to nurture new talent and to broaden the community of scientists contributing to our scientific mission. We drive innovation and collaboration by supporting scientists with a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences. The program is intended for Ph.D. and/or M.D.-holding scientists currently in mentored research training positions who intend to seek tenure-track research faculty positions during the upcoming academic job cycle.
We seek to support scientists whose scientific vision for their future independent laboratory contributes to the mission of either or both of the following scientific areas:
- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)
- Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB)
Fellows are expected to transition to a tenure-track or equivalent faculty position within 24 months of being notified of the award. Learn more about the funding, community and fellows. The request for applications (RFA) opens annually in October.