The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

The packard fellowships in science and engineering encourage the nation's most promising early-career university professors to pursue their science and engineering research with few funding restrictions. Each year, up to 20 fellows are selected. In 2023, approximately 117 fellows were active and 20 fellows received awards. The foundation hopes that these exceptional scientists and engineers will remain within academia to conduct basic research and to teach the next generation of science leaders. Each year, the foundation convenes a national meeting for these exceptional scientists to present the results of their research.