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Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences

Pew Biomedical Scholars Portal

New Requirement: All applications for this internal competition must be submitted via InfoReady. You can sign in using your Net-ID and your @stonybrook.edu email address. Please allow sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the portal prior to submitting your pre-application. Pre-application requirements are listed in the announcement below.

The Office for Research and Innovation invites applications for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The program supports young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. Stony Brook University can nominate ONE candidate for the 2026 funding cycle.

Please see below for details. If you are interested in applying, you must submit a pre-application via the Pew Biomedical Scholars Portal in InfoReady by Monday, April 28, 2025 at 9 am.  Pre-applications for internal review and selection must be uploaded to the portal as a single PDF document. 

WHAT DOES IT FUND: 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. 

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must meet all of the following eligibility requirements:

    • Hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field, including engineering or the physical sciences. 
    • As of Sept. 3, 2025, run an independent lab and hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor. (Appointments such as research assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, assistant professor research track, visiting professor, or instructor are not eligible).
    • Must not have been appointed as an assistant professor and run an independent lab 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. 
    • May apply to the program a maximum of two times. All applicants must be nominated by their institution and must complete the 2026 online application.
    • If applicants have appointments at more than one eligible nominating institution or affiliate, they may not reapply in a subsequent year from a different nominating entity.
    • Applicant may not be nominated for the Pew Scholars Program and the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research in the same year.

AWARD: $75,000 per year for a four-year period

SPONSOR DEADLINE: Nomination due May 14, 2025. Application due September 3, 2025.

A complete pre-application should comprise of the following:

    • Research project summary (2 pages)
    • Curriculum vitae
    • Letter of support from department chair