Brief Description:

Description:

The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. Projects proposed for the BYI program should be truly innovative, high-risk, and show promise for contributing to significant advances in chemistry and the life sciences. They should represent a departure from current research directions rather than an extension or expansion of existing programs. Proposed research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged. Proposals that open up new avenues of research in chemistry and the life sciences by fostering the invention of methods, instruments and materials will be given additional consideration.

Application Information:

Applicants must submit a letter of intent to the Beckman Foundation online here by August 6, 2018 by 8:00PM EST. This is not a limited submission opportunity but letters of intent require endorsement by the Chief Academic Officer (or Authorized Organizational Representative in OSP) and Dean. Applicants from FAS and SEAS must prepare all materials and request the required endorsements no later than July 26, 2018.

The process to obtain the required endorsements is as follows:

Prepare the LOI using the application instructions at the Beckman website. The LOI should be complete before requesting the required institutional endorsements.

For the endorsement of the Chief Academic Officer, applicants should first send an email to Colleen Hutchins, Manager of Grants and Contracts Operations (colleen_hutchins@harvard.edu), who will serve as the authorized signatory. This email should include a PDF of the LOI and a brief note alerting Colleen that an automated email will be forthcoming from the Beckman application portal. The online portal will have a section labeled “Request” where applicants should provide colleen_hutchins@harvard.edu as the recipient address for the Chief Academic Officer’s endorsement.

FAS SCIENCE DIVISION APPLICANTS: To obtain endorsement from Dean Christopher Stubbs, the applicant should first send an email to sciencedean@fas.harvard.edu with a cc to Zoe Fonseca-Kelly (zoefonseca-kelly@fas.harvard.edu), Erin Hale (erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu), Susan Gomes (sgomes@fas.harvard.edu). This email should include a PDF of the LOI and a brief note alerting the Dean’s Office that an automated email will be forthcoming from the Beckman application portal. The online portal will have a section labeled “Request” where applicants should provide sciencedean@fas.harvard.edu as the recipient address to request the Dean’s endorsement.

SEAS APPLICANTS: To obtain endorsement from Dean Frank Doyle, the applicant should first send an email to dean@seas.harvard.edu with a cc to Erin Hale (erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu), Susan Gomes (sgomes@fas.harvard.edu). This email should include a PDF of the LOI and a brief note alerting the Dean’s Office that an automated email will be forthcoming from the Beckman application portal. The online portal will have a section labeled “Request” where applicants should provide
dean@seas.harvard.edu
as the recipient address to request the Dean’s endorsement.

Eligibility Criteria:

The BYI program is open to those within the first three years of a tenure-track position, or an equivalent independent research appointment, in an academic or non-profit institution that conducts research in the chemical and life sciences. Tenure track start date must be after August 15, 2015.
Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States at the time of application. Persons who have applied for permanent residency but have not received their government documentation by the time of application are not eligible.
No individual may apply for a Beckman Young Investigator award more than two times.
Investigators can have no more than $225,000 in direct, annualized external funding grants during any BYI Program Year (Aug-July) at time of application. Start-up funds, department-wide instrumentation grants, and "Transition" grants (such as NIH K99/R00) are not counted toward this total.
Institutions are not limited in the number of applicants who apply at the Letter Of Intent stage.
Institutions with a currently funded BYI are eligible for award consideration.

Additional Information, Related Websites, and Proxy Instructions:

More information can be found at http://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-young-investigators-program-information.

Award recipients from Harvard FAS/SEAS include Kang-Kuen Ni (CCB, 2015), Hopi Hoekstra (OEB, 2006), Xiaowei Zhuang (CCB, 2003), and David Liu (CCB, 2002).

Questions about this opportunity may be directed to Erin Hale (erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-5252) or Susan Gomes (sgomes@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-9448).

Search Filters:

Institution

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Position

Assistant Professor

Type of Competition

External Funding (Not Limited)

Discipline

Basic Science
Engineering
Life Science
Multidisciplinary
Physical Science
Other

Type of Award

Career Development
Early Career
Research