image: HFSP Research Grants: Call for Letters of Intent 2025 is now open
Credit: HFSP
STRASBOURG, France, 16 January 2024 — Research Grants supported by the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) pioneer new frontiers in the life sciences by tackling fundamental issues in basic research and involving global scientific collaboration. The application window for the 2025 cycle is now open.
Interested applicants must establish an account through the ProposalCentral web portal by the 19 of January 2024; Letter of Intent must be submitted by 28 March 2024. Prospective applicants are urged to carefully review the guidelines.
“HFSP is different than other funding opportunities,” said Almut Kelber, HFSP Director of Research Grants. “We are looking for novel, bold ideas where there are no preliminary results. We want to see scientists push the frontiers of life science knowledge.”
Since 1990, more than 8,500 researchers from more than 70 countries have been supported, and of these, 29 awardees have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.
Applicants are expected to explore new paths of research that open new areas of knowledge, emphasizing the involvement of scientists from diverse fields like chemistry, engineering, physics, mathematics, or nanoscience in life science projects. Successful applications will embrace risk, forge innovative research directions distinct from the applicants' current endeavors, and involve internationally collaborative teams of researchers.
HFSP Research Grants span three years and are granted to international teams of two to four members who have not previously worked together. HFSP supports two categories of grants: Research Grants – Early Career and Research Grants – Program.
- Research Grants – Early Career are designed for researchers within five years of establishing an independent lab and within 10 years of obtaining their PhDs.
- Research Grants – Program are open to scientists at all career stages with a strong encouragement for early career scientists to join Program Grant teams.
In both cases, the total funding amount depends on team size, reaching up to $500,000 per year for a team of four. The principal applicant must be based in one of the HFSP Member countries; co-investigators may be from any country. For more information, visit www.hfps.org.
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HFSPO was established by the G7 countries at the initiative of former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan at the 1987 Venice Summit. Open to scientists of every nation, HFSPO is supported by 17 Members, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Commission. The mission of HFSPO is to foster bold, basic, frontier research in the life sciences and interdisciplinary collaborations around the world. Since 1990, more than 8,500 researchers from more than 70 countries have been supported. Of these, 29 HFSP awardees have gone on to win the Nobel Prize.