Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP) is a funding call from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that closes 04 December 2026. Funding: Up to $450,000. Eligibility: US-accredited universities/colleges and US non-profit research organisations apply on behalf of their researchers.
- Funder
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Deadline
- 04 Dec 2026 (50 days)
- Amount
- Up to $450,000
- Region / eligibility
- United States
- Career stage
- early-career, established / PI
- Fields
- chemistry
- Reference
- FA955026S0003
- Official call
- Grants.gov listing
Eligibility in plain language
US-accredited universities/colleges and US non-profit research organisations apply on behalf of their researchers.
Who should apply
Synthetic, physical and analytical chemists — best fit for postdocs and early-career researchers or PIs and research groups.
Summary from source
This is a special Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), which will hereafter generally be referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”, or “AFOSR.” The Fiscal Year 2027 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support individual early career scientists and engineers who have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 01 April 2019 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force and Space Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering. Individual awards are made to U.S. institutions of higher education, industrial lab…