Pew Biomedical Scholars Award

Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts
Internal Deadline: 04/03/2025
Institutional Submission Limit: 1
Sponsor Deadline: 09/03/2025
Program Website

USC can nominate one assistant professor in the area of biomedical sciences who meets the criteria outlined below to compete for funding in the 2026 Pew Biomedical Scholars Program.  This award provides $300,000 in flexible support for the selected recipient to use over four years ($75,000 per year) to conduct biomedical research.

Candidates should demonstrate outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health. Strong proposals will incorporate particularly creative and pioneering approaches to basic, translational, and applied biomedical research. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles but who bring in concepts and theories from more diverse fields are encouraged to apply. Ideas with the potential to produce an unusually high impact are encouraged. This program does not fund clinical trials research.

Eligibility:
-Applicants must hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field.
-As of September 3, 2025, they must hold a full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor.
-They also must not have been appointed as an assistant professor at any institution prior to June 11, 2021, whether or not such an appointment was on a tenure-track. Time spent in clinical internships, residencies, in work toward board certification, or on parental leave does not count as part of this four-year limit (but the reasons for this must be noted in the internal LOI)

Please see the program website for complete details.
For questions, please contact Chris Segars in Corporate and Foundation Relations at chris.segars@sc.edu.

 

Submission Process

Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.

If interested in applying for this opportunity, please combine the following items into a single PDF and email to Chris Segars at chris.segars@sc.edu by 5pm on the INTERNAL DEADLINE above

• a three-page project abstract addressing key components/criteria for this specific grant program
• a National Institutes of Health (NIH) bio sketch
• One letter of recommendation from the applicant’s department chair or center director