ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards provide seed money for junior faculty members that often result in additional funding from other sources. The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000. The applicant’s institution (home department) is required to match the award with at least an additional $5,000. This is a one-year grant (June 1 to May 31).

Research projects must fall within one of these five disciplines: Engineering and Applied Science; Life Sciences; Mathematics/Computer Sciences; Physical Sciences; and Policy, Management, or Education.

ORAU Powe Application Deadline: 01/08/2025

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Eligibility & Institutional Limit:  Powe Awards are open to full-time assistant professors at ORAU member institutions within two years of their tenure track appointment at the time of application. Limited to (2) nominations per institution.

Application Information:   All UD limited submission white papers must use this template found on the Research Office limited submission webpage. Applications not adhering to this requirement will be returned without review.

Review Criteria: Internal white papers will be reviewed based on the following criteria found in the solicitation:

• Scientific/technical merit
• Proposed method/approach
• Applicant's research performance competence/adequacy of facilities/resources to conduct the proposed research
• Likelihood research will lead to fundable research and/or publishable work
• Overall quality of application