11
Faculty
in the sample
3
Started within 3 years
the early-career window
4
No award as PI
of their own yet
3
Early-career calls open
in this newsletter
New facultystarted within 3 years · everything here is time-limited
Early-career programmes measure eligibility from the start date, startup money runs out, and an introduction that takes a morning in year one takes a year in year four.
Assistant Professor · Physics · from PhD, Delft University of Technology
quantum materials · spin transport · cryogenic measurement
No federal award yet and still inside year one — the moment for an early-career call.
Mentor to suggest: Kwame Osei — both work on materials, interfaces, different department
Introduce to: Kwame Osei, Elena Vasquez, Jordan Lee
Assistant Professor · Computer Science · from Postdoc, Argonne National Laboratory
scientific machine learning · uncertainty quantification · surrogate models
No federal award yet and still inside year one — the moment for an early-career call.
Introduce to: Wei Chen, Nadia Brandt
Assistant Professor · Chemical & Biological Engineering · from Postdoc, Georgia Tech
membrane separations · carbon capture · process intensification
No federal award yet at 1 years. The early-career window closes on a schedule.
Mentor to suggest: Jordan Lee — both work on combustion, different department
Introduce to: Jordan Lee
Early-career calls open now
| Call | Agency | Due |
|---|---|---|
| NIH DIRECTOR’S NEW INNOVATOR AWARD (DP2) | HHS | August 17, 2026 · tomorrow |
| NIH Director's Pioneer Award (DP1) | HHS | September 9, 2026 · in 24 days |
| MID-CAREER ADVANCEMENT (MCA) | NSF | March 1, 2027 · in 197 days |
11 of 11
| Faculty | Started | Awards | Papers | Patents | Works with | Should meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hana KobayashiAssistant Professor · Physics | Aug 1, 2026new | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | Kwame OseiElena Vasquez |
| Yusuf DemirAssistant Professor · Computer Science | Jan 5, 2026new | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | Wei ChenNadia Brandt |
| Amara SesayAssistant Professor · Chemical & Biological Engineering | Aug 1, 2025new | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | Jordan Lee |
| Tomas EkAssistant Professor · Materials Science & Engineering | Aug 1, 2021 | 2 · $2,180,000 | 2 | 1 | Priya Raman, Elena Vasquez, Jordan Lee | Maria Ferreira |
| Elena VasquezAssociate Professor · Physics | Jan 6, 2020 | 2 · $1,850,000 | 2 | 1 | Tomas Ek, Jordan Lee | Hana Kobayashi |
| Wei ChenAssociate Professor · Computer Science | Aug 1, 2019 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | Yusuf DemirJordan Lee |
| Nadia BrandtAssociate Professor · Education & Learning Sciences | Aug 1, 2018 | 1 · $300,000 | 1 | 0 | — | Maria FerreiraWei Chen |
| Jordan LeeAssociate Professor · Mechanical Engineering | Aug 1, 2017 | 2 · $1,810,000 | 2 | 0 | Elena Vasquez, Tomas Ek | Kwame OseiPriya Raman |
| Priya RamanProfessor · Materials Science & Engineering | Aug 1, 2015 | 3 · $1,965,000 | 2 | 3 | Kwame Osei, Tomas Ek | Hana KobayashiJordan Lee |
| Maria FerreiraProfessor · Biological Sciences | Jan 15, 2013 | 2 · $2,575,000 | 2 | 2 | Kwame Osei | Priya Raman |
| Kwame OseiProfessor · Chemistry | Aug 1, 2012 | 3 · $3,585,000 | 2 | 3 | Maria Ferreira, Priya Raman | Hana KobayashiJordan Lee |
“Works with” is a shared award or a shared patent — present tense, not a career history. “Should meet” is topic overlap with the collaborators subtracted, because a suggestion that names someone's current co-PI is noise. Invented faculty; the arithmetic would run the same over real ones.