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 month.
Rolling Deadlines
Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Antibodies Travel Grant Program
Arts & Humanities Research Council Leadership Fellows-Early Career Researchers
Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology (APART) Postdoctoral Fellowships
Austrian Science Fund Erwin Schrodinger Fellowship
British Heart Foundation Travel Fellowships
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
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
Fulbright Scholar Program Postdoctoral and Early Career Awards
Human Frontier Science Program Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship
Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowships
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Career Development Program
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Training Grant
Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship
Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
September 2018
Acoustical Society of America Frederick V. Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Alpha-1 Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant
American Philosophical Society Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation
American Psychological Foundation Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland
American Psychological Foundation Steven O. Walfish Grants
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Dermatology Foundation Research Awards Program
Experimental Psychology Society Grants for Study Visits
Health Resources in Action Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Awards Program
Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie: Individual Fellowships
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Career Development Program
Lymphoma Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowships
Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
PEW Charitable Trusts Latin American Fellow
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Smith Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Research
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
BrightFocus Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (Aging)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Carlsberg Foundation Internationalization Fellowships
E Gruss Lipper Charitable Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Genesis Oncology Trust John Gavin Postdoctoral Fellowship
Grammy Museum Scientific Research Grants Program
Human Vaccines Project Michelson Prizes
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 Foundation for Suicide Prevention Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grants
American Psychological Foundation National Register Internship Partnership Fund
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Travel Award
American Society for Mass Spectrometry Postdoctoral Career Development Awards
American Quarter Horse Foundation Young Investigator Award for Equine Research
British Ornithologists' Union Career Development Bursary
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Research Grants
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Research Fellowship Award
Department of Defense Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Career Development Award
Institute for Research in the Humanities Solmsen Fellowships
International Council for Canadian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships
Lundbeck Foundation International Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Hubble Fellowship
National Phenylketonuria Alliance Scientific Grants
National Postdoctoral Association Conference Travel Childcare Support
Nature Research Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers
Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation Grant for Infrastructure/Registry Research
Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships
Tourette Association of America Research Grant and Fellowship Program
UW-Madison Office of the Provost Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment - Project Grant
UW-Madison Office of the Provost Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment - Seed Project Grant
UW-Madison Research Moore Inventor Fellowships
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Post PhD Research Grants
December 2018
American Association of University Women International Fellowships
American Epilepsy Society Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
American Gastroenterological Association Medicine Research Scholar Award in Pediatric Genomics
American Gastroenterological Association Research Scholar Award
American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowships
Autism Science Foundation Postdoctoral Training Awards
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Physician-Scientists Training Award
Experimental Psychology Society Grants for Study Visits
Grass Foundation Fellowships at the Marine Biological Laboratory
Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (Theology)
Society of Interventional Radiology Dr. Ernest J. Ring Academic Development Grant
January 2019
American Association for Cancer Research AACR Gastric Cancer Research Fellowships
American Federation for Aging Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Ornithological Society AOS Student and Postdoctoral Research Awards
Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Fellows Program
Graduate Women in Science Fellowship
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
National Science Foundation Law and Social Sciences Fellowship
Radiological Society of North America Research Scholar Grant
Society in Society Branco Weiss Fellowship
UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research ICTR Pilot Awards
UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine SCRM Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Award
February 2019
American Center for Oriental Research ACOR Fellowships
American Gastroenterological Association AGA Fellow Abstract Award
American Society for Radiation Oncology Fellows Seed Grant
A-T Children's Project A-T Post Doctoral Fellowship Award
European Molecular Biology Organization Longterm Fellowships
Hereditary Disease Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellowship
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Research Fund Fellowship
Phrma Foundation Health Outcomes Postdoctoral Fellowships
March 2019
American Psychological Association Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants
Center for the Humanities Borghesi-Mellon Workshop Grant
German Historical Institute Fellowships
Hope Foundation Coltman Fellowship Program
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
April 2019
American Cancer Society Clinician Scientist Development Grant
Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Craig H. Neilson Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCRIPTS)
September 2019
Core Digestive Disorders Foundation Core-Amelie Waring Fellowship
Maud Kuistilan Research Grants
Suomen Parkinson-Saatio Apurhat/Grants
February 2019
English Speaking Union Lindemann Trust Fellowships
June 2019
September 2019
American Psychological Foundation Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland
American Psychological Foundation Steven O. Walfish Grants
October 2019
American Psychological Foundation Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant
National Science Foundation NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
November 2019
American Psychological Foundation National Register Internship Partnership Fund
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