Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards

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Life Sciences Home Life Sciences Funding LOI Deadline

January 23, 2025 LOI Notification

April 1, 2025 Full Proposal Deadline (Finalists Only)

May 1, 2025 Award Notification

June 1, 2025 Award Start Date

July 1, 2025 Inquiries:

lifegrants@simonsfoundation.org Technical assistance:

samsupport@simonsfoundation.org Office Hours:

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Office Closures: November 27 - 29, 2024, December 24, 2024 - January 1, 2025 and January 20, 2025

Microbes inhabit and sustain all habitats on Earth. In both marine and freshwater systems, microbes capture solar energy, catalyze biogeochemical transformations of important elements, produce and consume greenhouse gases, and provide the base of the food web.

The purpose of these awards was to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators in the fields of microbial ecology, microbial biogeochemistry and/or microbial evolution in marine or natural freshwater systems, who would advance our understanding through field work, experiments, modeling or theory. Investigators were required to be active in basic research addressing fundamental questions in these fields and focus a large fraction of their lab’s effort in one of these areas. Research focused on the microbiomes of animals or plants, symbioses of microbes with animals, coral biology, paleoceanography, geobiology or aquatic pollution was out of scope for this program. LOI Deadline

January 23, 2025 LOI Notification

April 1, 2025 Full Proposal Deadline (Finalists Only)

May 1, 2025 Award Notification

June 1, 2025 Award Start Date

July 1, 2025 Inquiries:

lifegrants@simonsfoundation.org Technical assistance:

samsupport@simonsfoundation.org Office Hours:

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Office Closures: November 27 - 29, 2024, December 24, 2024 - January 1, 2025 and January 20, 2025

The submission deadline for LOIs is January 23, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern time. Please plan carefully with your institution and references to meet this deadline.

Applications must be submitted via the Simons Award Manager (SAM). Please click on the Funding Opportunities icon and navigate to the Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution call. Click the Create Application button to begin. Applications should be started and submitted under the applicant’s own account in SAM. Informational videos on submitting applications in SAM can be found here.

Please note that in the event of budgetary or other considerations The Simons Foundation, Inc. reserves the right to refer an application to The Simons Foundation International, Ltd. (SFI) for consideration and funding, in which case SFI’s grant policies would apply.

LETTER OF INTENT (LOI) SUBMISSION: Proposal Tab: Complete all fields in this section. Note that you are required to use the provided template for the LOI Narrative. Please download by clicking the link in the field instructions, then upload the completed document using the Upload button. Please enter the descriptive title from the LOI Narrative. Contacts & Personnel Tab:…

Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health, General and Cross-cutting R&D, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards is administered by Simons Foundation (Simons), listed via Simons Foundation.