National Science Foundation CAREER Award

The National Science Foundation CAREER award is the most prestigious award presented by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States Federal Government to support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations' missions.

[1] The awards, presented once each year, include a federal grant of minimum $400,000 for research and education activities for five-year period.

[2] The Presidential Young Investigators (PYI) program was initiated in 1983 during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, and remained active until the NSF New Young Investigators (NYI) program replaced it in 1992.

Both programs were research-oriented and funded an average of 200 faculty members per year.

NSF PECASE recipients receive no additional funding.