Research Fellowships & Awards
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Current Opportunities
The following postdoctoral funding opportunities are open to all postdocs regardless of U.S. citizenship. Please check the specific eligibility details for each opportunity. This list is updated once a semester.
Rolling Deadlines
Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Arts & Humanities Research Council Leadership Fellows-Early Career Researchers
Austrian Science Fund Erwin Schrodinger Fellowship
European Molecular Biological Organization Fellowships (Long-Term)
European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowships (Short-Term)
German Research Foundation Research Fellowship
Hope for Vision New Investigator Award
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Awards
Research Council of Norway Independent Basic Research Projects (Health Sciences)
Research Council of Norway Independent Basic Research Projects (Humanities)
Research Council of Norway Program for Space Research
Union for International Cancer Control Technical Fellowships
March 2018
Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship
Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity
Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Pilot Research Award for Learning Disabilities
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders
American Association of Immunologists Fellowship Program
American Psychological Association Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants
Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology Fellowship Grant
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grants
Center for the Humanities Borghesi-Mellon Workshop
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Sohn Pediatric Fellowship Award
Experimental Psychology Society Grants for Study Visits
Gruber Foundation Fellowship Program
Hope Foundation Coltman Fellowship Program
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Basil O'Connor Start Scholar Research Award
Melanoma Research Foundation Career Development Award
Morris Animal Foundation Small Companion Animals Fellowship Training
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship: Prose
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Rubicon
Rubicon Early Career and Emerging in Field
Society for Clinical Neuropsychology Early Career Pilot Study Award
Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
UCLA Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
April 2018
American Australian Association Fellowship
American Cancer Society Clinician Scientist Development Grant
American Diabetes Association Innovative Clinical or Translational Science Research Award
American Diabetes Association Junior Faculty Development Award
American Diabetes Association Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Diabetes Association Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Award
American Federation for Aging Research New Investigator Awawrds in Alzheimer's Disease
American Society for Radiation Oncology ASTRO Resident/Fellows Seed Grant
Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
German Historical Institute Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Morton Cure Paralysis Fund Research Grants
Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation AMS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Pfizer, Inc. ASPIRE Breast Cancer Research Award
Pfizer, Inc. ASPIRE Hemophilia Research Award
Prostate Cancer Foundation Team Science PCF Challenge Award
Sexual Medicine Society of North America Pfizer Fellowship in Men's Health
Society for Renaissance Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
May 2018
Benzon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Huntington's Disease Society of America HD Human Biology Project
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Computers & Geosciences Research Scholarships
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Natural Resources Research Student Awards
Lundbeck Foundation International Postdoc
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) Research Fellow Award Program
Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant
Pfizer, Inc. ASPIRE Gene Therapy for Hemophilia Research Awards Program
Society for Neuroscience Peter & Patricia Gruber International Research Award
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance Research Grants Program
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Post-Ph.D Research Grants
June 2018
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service
Entomological Society of America Henry and Sylvia Richardson Research Grant
Experimental Psychology Society Grants for Study Visits
LAM Foundation Career Development Research Grant
Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology
July 2018
Australian-American Fulbright Commission Australian Postdoctoral Scholarships
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Morris Animal Foundation Large Animals Fellowship Training Grant
Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Grants & Fellowships
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Fellowship Programme
August 2018
A-T Children's Project Post Doctoral Fellowship Award
Association for Academic Surgery Global Surgery Research Fellowship Award
Association for Academic Surgery Trainee Research Fellowship Award
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award
European Molecular Biology Organization Longterm Fellowships
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Career Development Program
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Training Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
September 2018
American Gastroenterological Association Medicine Research Scholar Award in Pediatric Genomics
American Gastroenterological Association Research Scholar Award
American Psychological Foundation Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland
American Psychological Foundation Steven O. Walfish Grants
Experimental Psychology Society Grants for Study Visits
Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie: Individual Fellowships
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation Individual Research Grant
October 2018
American Association of Anatomists Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Psychological Foundation Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant
Genesis Oncology Trust John Gavin Postdoctoral Fellowship
International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia IRP Postdoctoral Fellowship
Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Morton Cure Paralysis Fund Research Grants
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinical Research Training Scholarships
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowships Program
Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowship
November 2018
American Psychological Foundation National Register Internship Partnership Fund
American Society for Mass Spectrometry Postdoctoral Career Development Awards
International Council for Canadian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships
Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation Grant for Infrastructure/Registry Research
Tourette Association of America Research Grant and Fellowship Program
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Post PhD Research Grants
December 2018
American Association of University Women International Fellowships
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Physician-Scientists Training Award
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