Early Career Professional Development Award Grant
Kentucky Academy of Science
Funding Amount
US $500
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Early Career Professional Development Award Grant
Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Kentucky Academy of Science
Amount: US $500
Last Updated: February 18, 2026
Summary
The KAS Early Career Professional Development Award provides monetary support to post-secondary instructors in the first five years of their careers. This funding, up to $500, is intended for career-enhancing opportunities such as professional memberships, conference travel, and research tools. Awardees must use the funds within a year and submit a report on how the award benefited their professional development in the sciences.Overview
KAS Early Career Professional Development Award Those eligible for these modest monetary awards are post-secondary instructors in the first five years of their careers. Funding is for career-enhancing opportunities not provided by applicants’ employers. Examples include professional memberships, conference travel, journal subscriptions, research equipment or software, and subvention costs for publication. Each year, KAS will give out two Early Career Equity Professional Development Awards of up to $500 each. Funds will be provided directly to awardees (not through their institutions) and will need to be reported as awards for tax purposes. The only obligations of awardees are To use all funds as intended within one year andTo write a one-page letter to KAS by April 15 of the following year stating how the award contributed to the awardee’s career as an instructor in the natural, physical, or social sciences andProvide documentation of how funds were used.Eligibility
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Post-secondary instructors in the first five years of their careers.Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
professional-developmentscience-research
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