Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering

Upper $875,000USD 20 recipients will receive individual grants of $875,000 distributed over five years. Of the $175,000 paid each year, $17,500 is available to the university as compensation for administrative costs.

Candidates must be faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering and must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. Disciplines that will be considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. Candidates engaged in research in the social sciences will not be considered. Candidates must be faculty members in the first three years of their faculty careers, that is, whose initial faculty appointments began no earlier than May 31, 2018, and no later than May 31, 2021. Invited Institutions: Arizona State University Brown University California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University New York University Northwestern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Princeton University Purdue University Rice University Stanford University Texas A&M University The State University of New Jersey – Rutgers University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado, Boulder University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland, College Park University of Michigan University of Minnesota – Twin Cities University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Southern California University of Texas at Austin University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center University of Utah University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin – Madison Washington University in St. Louis Yale University

The Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering program invests in future leaders who have the freedom to take risks, explore new frontiers in their fields of study, and follow uncharted paths that may lead to groundbreaking discoveries. The Fellowship Program provides support for highly creative researchers early in their careers; faculty members who are well established and well-funded are less likely to receive the award. Packard Fellows are inquisitive, passionate scientists and engineers who take a creative approach to their research, dare to think big, and follow new ideas wherever they lead. The Foundation emphasizes support for innovative individual research that involves the Fellows, their students, and junior colleagues, rather than extensions or components of large-scale, ongoing research programs. Eligibility Candidates must be faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering and must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. Disciplines that will be considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. Candidates engaged in research in the social sciences will not be considered. Candidates must be faculty members in the first three years of their faculty careers, that is, whose initial faculty appointments began no earlier than May 31, 2018, and no later than May 31, 2021. Invited Institutions: Arizona State University Brown University California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University New York University Northwestern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Princeton University Purdue University Rice University Stanford University Texas A&M University The State University of New Jersey – Rutgers University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado, Boulder University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland, College Park University of Michigan University of Minnesota – Twin Cities University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Southern California University of Texas at Austin University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center University of Utah University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin – Madison Washington University in St. Louis Yale University