Making a CAREER of It
Rice University’s appeal to talented young faculty can easily be quantified with one glance at the National Science Foundation’s awards list: Rice tied for second place among private American universities in the number of CAREER Awards received last year, with funding given to seven professors who are just beginning to make their marks here and in the scientific community.
CAREER Awards, which are the most prestigious grants that young faculty members can get in the basic sciences, support the early development of junior faculty who seem likely to become academic leaders in their fields of study. The five-year grants are worth up to $500,000 and are among the most competitive at NSF, which awards only about 400 of the grants across all disciplines each year.Learn more:
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