As a follow up to last month’s post about opportunities for early career researchers, there is more good news to share!

Since 2007, the Blavatnik Family Foundation has partnered with the New York Academy of Sciences to give the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists to tri-state area postdoctoral and faculty scientists under the age of 42. Last week, it was announced that the billionaire behind the award, Len Blavatnik, is pledging a $30 million, multi-year investment to expand the award nationally, starting in 2014. The award, which was created to help foster innovation and encourage young scientists, has gone to 38 winners in the last 5 years, and applicants were compared from across 62 scientific and technological disciplines. According to the award page, “the expanded National program will be comprised of three overarching disciplinary categories: Physical Sciences and Engineering; Chemistry; and Life Sciences. Every year, one winner in each category will be awarded $250,000 in unrestricted funds.” The postdoctoral program will keep its regional focus and will award $30,000 and $10,000 to winners and finalists, respectively.