Limited Submission Opportunity 

2026 Pew Scholars Program  

Number of SLU slots: 1 

Internal Deadline: April 30th, 2025 

Institutional Nomination Deadline: September 3rd, 2025 

The Award & Eligibility Criteria 

Applicants are invited to apply for an institutional nomination to the 2026 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. An award of $75,000 per year for four years will be provided to the sponsoring institution for use by the scholar.  Candidates must meet all of the following eligibility requirements: 

• Hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field, including engineering or the physical sciences. 

• As of Sept. 3, 2025, run an independent lab and hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor. (Appointments such as research assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, assistant professor research track, visiting professor, or instructor are not eligible). 

• Must not have been appointed as an assistant professor and run an independent lab at any institution prior to June 11, 2021, whether or not such an appointment was on a tenure track. 

Plese, see the full list of the criteria on the program’s website.  

Guidance for the Nomination Process 
 

An internal competition will be held to assign the single slot. Interested applicants should submit pre-proposal materials (2-page project description and CV) through SLU’s OpenWater portal by 5pm on April 30, 2025: https://slu.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/200/home.   

A SLU faculty selection committee will review and select the most suitable applicant and notify all applicants of the outcome by May 23, 2025  barring any unforeseen circumstances. 

SLU’s institutional nomination is due to Pew on April 30th, 2025. The Pew online application portal will open on June 11, 2025, and the application deadline is September 3, 2025. 

For further details on the award, including full eligibility criteria, please visit 

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/program-details.  

Please contact the Research Development Group at rdg@slu.edu with any questions.