Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Schmidt Science Polymaths 2023
OBJECTIVES: The key goal of the Schmidt Science Polymath program (“the program”) is to encourage the best “polymath” scientists to expand their research portfolio by exploring new lines of research that are substantively different from their ongoing and proven research activities. The program will offer long-term research support to recently-tenured professors (within the past 3 years) with remarkable track records and highly promising futures. These grants are intended for the exploration of new ideas across disciplines that use new technologies and insights that are generally too new or risky to garner regular support. They are not intended to relieve the researcher of pursuing other grants to continue their mainstream work, nor be large enough to fully support a modern lab.
The program will identify and support innovative scientific researchers at this pivotal moment (and potentially the most productive time of their careers) by providing the resources that allow them to substantively explore new lines of research. Instead of focusing on specific research ideas, the goal for the program is to bet on people, their special talents, and their teams aligning with Schmidt Futures’ overall people-focused approach.
FUNDING INFORMATION: $500,000 per year for up to 5 years to support part of a research group.
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
- Have achieved tenure (or equivalent status) within the past 3 years (2020 or after)
- Have a remarkable record of accomplishment in area(s) of science and engineering
- Have a demonstrated history of pursuing and publishing results in more than one field
- Demonstrate a need for additional funding to enable new experiments, explorations, or shifts in research directions
- Institutions may nominate up to 2 total candidates
SELECTION PROCESS: Interested BUMC faculty should submit the following materials listed below via InfoReady Review by Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. If you are a BMC investigator and wish to apply for this opportunity, please contact Jess Howard, Associate Director of Foundation Relations and Government Grants at Jessica.Howard@bmc.org by Monday, July 17, 2023.
- Questions outlined in InfoReady Review application
- A brief statement (up to 2 pages) by the candidate describing their scientific achievements and proposed project highlighting the different fields in which the candidate has published/worked
- Up-to-date CV or biosketch
A faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review internal proposals and select nominees.
DEADLINES: Internal Materials Due: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 ⃒ Sponsor Nomination Deadline: Friday, Sept. 1, 2023
In requesting to be considered for this limited submission funding opportunity, you are making a commitment, if selected, to submit your proposal to the sponsor in a timely manner and to Sponsored Programs in accordance with the Proposal Submission Policy.