Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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Who can apply: Your PhD must be in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics or engineering, and your proposal must draw on that quantitative background to address a biological question. You need at least 12 months and no more than 60 months of postdoctoral research experience at the letter-of-intent deadline… What is funded: USD 560,000 over five years, structured to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. The award is portable and follows the holder into their first faculty appointment. Deadline: 14 August 2026, 3:00 pm EDT (letter of intent). Round: 2026 cycle. The letter of intent is the binding stage: invitations to submit a full proposal go out on 13 November 2026 and the 11 January 2027 full application is open only to invited applicants..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Burroughs Wellcome Fund, official page.
Who can apply
- Your PhD must be in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics or engineering, and your proposal must draw on that quantitative background to address a biological question. You need at least 12 months and no more than 60 months of postdoctoral research experience at the letter-of-intent deadline, and at least one first-author publication that is published or in press. You must be based at a non-profit institution (501(c)(3) or equivalent) in the United States or Canada, so this is not open to applicants working elsewhere. Within that requirement there is no citizenship test: United States and Canadian citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents holding a valid visa are all eligible, though BWF will not intervene if a visa does not permit the full stay. You are not eligible if you hold or have accepted a tenure-track faculty appointment, verbally or in writing. Letters of intent are not accepted from federal facilities, except from eligible postdoctoral fellows at the NIH.
Stage dates
Letter of intent, 3 p.m. EDT. This is the only entry point; miss it and the January full application is closed to you.14 August 2026
Full application, 3 p.m. EST, by invitation only. Interviews 20 to 21 April 2027, notice of award 1 June 2027, award start 1 July 2027.11 January 2027
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.