NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
An annual NSF program for early-career faculty integrating research and education in a single-PI CAREER project.
Key dates
- Full proposal: July 28, 2027 at 5:00 p.m. submitting organization's local time
Who this is for
Requires a doctoral degree and a qualifying untenured tenure-track or equivalent appointment, with detailed organization, career and prior-award rules in NSF 22-586.
Award
CAREER projects have a five-year duration.
Planning suggestions
- Planning suggestion. If your institution sets an earlier internal deadline, use that date in your own calendar rather than treating the NSF date as the only review milestone.
- Planning suggestion. If you are comparing directorates, keep the single annual CAREER deadline in view and verify the current solicitation instead of relying on older directorate-specific schedules.
Source and update watch
Official source: U.S. National Science Foundation. Source reviewed 2026-10-24.
Update watch. Recheck NSF 22-586, the current program page and the PAPPG applicable to the submission date; direct regional access was limited during this review.
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