Candidates must be faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering and must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. Disciplines that will be considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. Candidates engaged in research in the social sciences will not be considered.
The Fellowship Program provides support for highly creative researchers early in their careers; faculty members who are well established and well-funded are less likely to receive the award. Packard Fellows are inquisitive, passionate scientists and engineers who take a creative approach to their research, dare to think big, and follow new ideas wherever they lead. The Foundation emphasizes support for innovative individual research that involves the Fellows, their students, and junior colleagues, rather than extensions or components of large-scale, ongoing research programs
1. Candidates must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. Specifically, the initial faculty appointment, whether at HMS or another institution before HMS must have begun no earlier than May 31, 2018, and no later than May 31, 2021.
Note: While instructors at HMS are often considered junior faculty and eligible to apply for foundation grants, they may be at a competitive disadvantage in the national selection process. Instructors should only apply if they had demonstrated academic independence and research that is not an extension of a senior mentor. Instructors interested in applying should contact the HMS Foundation Funds Coordinator.
2. Candidates must be engaged in research in the natural sciences or engineering. Disciplines that will be considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. The program does not fund clinical research.
HMS Faculty at the affiliated hospitals must apply through the Foundation funds.
Harvard University is the official nominating institution.
HMS Nominees will move on to the Harvard-wide competition offered through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.