Career Development Award
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The Live Like Lou Foundation Career Development Award is a financial grant with an annual payout value of $100,000 per year for up to two years, to be awarded beginning December 2025. Tenure-track junior investigators (assistant professor level or equivalent) within 5 years of starting their own independent group/lab and have not yet received their first R01-level grant are welcome to apply. Click here to view a PDF version of the application. 

Scientific Review Process: Two independent reviewers with relevant expertise review each application. All applications are ranked based on average score, and the top 10 percent are considered finalists. A second independent review panel, consisting of Live Like Lou Scientific Advisory Board members, reviews and discusses all applications and makes a recommendation for award to the Live Like Lou Foundation Board of Trustees.

  • Tenure-track junior investigators (assistant professor level or equivalent) within 5 years of starting their own independent group/ap and have not yet received their first R01-level grant.
  • This award must be administered through the academic or research institution, not directly to the researcher.
  • Indirect costs to the institution are not allowed.
  • Non-US citizens and institutions are eligible to apply.