BWF Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) · Foundation
Source: Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) (curated) · View original posting ↗
OPEN (verified 2026-07-30): 'Now Accepting Applications', deadline September 30, 2026. Finalist interviews March 9-10, 2027; notice of award May 28, 2027; award term September 1, 2027 - August 31, 2032.
- AwardWhat a single award can be worth — the funder's published per-award amount or floor–ceiling range.
- Up to $700K
- DeadlineFinal application due date.
- Sep 30, 2026
- Letter of intentDue date for the letter of intent (a short pre-application some funders require or request before the full proposal).
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- MechanismNIH activity code — the grant type (R01 research project, R21 exploratory, K series career development, F series fellowship, …).
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- DurationMaximum project period for a single award.
- 5 yr
- Expected awardsHow many awards the funder anticipates making under this opportunity.
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- Funding cycleHow often the program accepts applications (annual, multiple cycles per year, rolling, or one-time).
- Recurring (annual)
- Open dateWhen applications open (or opened).
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- Total fundingThe overall pool the funder expects to commit across ALL awards under this opportunity — not what one project receives.
- $700K total
- Clinical trialWhether proposed projects must, may, or must not include a clinical trial.
- Not allowed
Research areas
Auto-classified from the title and description (keyword-based) — may be imperfect.
Description
Five-year awards bridging early-career physician-scientists from advanced postdoctoral training into the first years of independent faculty research in basic, disease-oriented, or translational science. Curated entry; verify current terms at the program page.
This funder has no public API, so the entry is manually curated — confirm current amounts, deadlines, and eligibility on the source page.