Current Opportunities

A digitally-created image of a monochromatic blue fire spark, captured in mid-air with text overlayed. The spark is depicted with a vibrant blue hue, radiating intense energy and brightness. The background is dark, adding contrast to the bright blue spark, which appears to be bursting out of the frame.

DST Spark 2023-2024

Early/Mid-Career Awards

Eligibility: Full-time Duke Tenure Track Assistant Professors who have been at Duke for a minimum of three (3) years and Associate Professors who have been promoted within the last five (5) years.

Submission deadline: May 31, 2023

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A digitally-created image of a rocket launching into space with text overlayed. The bottom of the rocket is visible, with intense blue flames and smoke plumes billowing out from it. The scene is monochromatic blue, with a gradient of lighter and darker shades adding depth and dimension to the image.

DST Launch 2023-2024

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Projects

Eligibility: At least two Duke Co-PIs with primary faculty appointments in different schools (or divisions within Trinity). Collaborations that involve science are strongly encouraged.

Submission deadline: May 31, 2023

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A digitally-created image of a sprouting seedling.

OR&I Explore Seed Grants 2023-2024

Building Early/Mid-Career Faculty Scholarship in the Humanities, Arts, and Interpretive Social Sciences

Eligibility: Designed for Duke Regular Rank faculty (including Tenure Track, Research Professor, and Professor of Practice appointments) in the humanities, arts, and interpretive social sciences. Proposals will be evaluated with a preference for faculty who are five to ten years post-terminal degree.

Submission deadline: July 5, 2023

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Previously Awarded

2022-2023

A cross-section of the striatum in a mouse brain. Loss of huntingtin protein in striatal neurons (red) causes neuron loss and an inflammatory response, shown by theinfiltration of glial astrocytes (cyan).

DST Spark 2022-2023

Early/Mid-Career Awards

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An artistic rendering of a new type of hyperspectral imaging detector. Nanocubes sitting on top of a thin layer of gold trap specific frequencies of light, depending on their size and spacing, which heats up the materials beneath to create an electronic signal.

DST Launch 2022-2023

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Projects

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