| American Association of University Women (AAUW) Awards |
Varies |
For some |
|
|
| AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program |
January |
|
|
STEM |
| AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships |
November |
No |
|
STEM or social sciences |
| AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships |
January |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| African American History Mellon Scholars Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
March |
|
|
History |
| Alpha-1 Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant |
September (LoI), February (application) |
|
|
Biomedical |
| American Diabetes Association Postdoctoral Fellowship |
April |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| American Epilepsy Society Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship |
November (LoI)/January (application) |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| American Heart Association/Myocarditis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award |
July |
Yes |
<5 years |
Biomedical |
| American Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Fellowship |
November |
Yes |
|
North American fauna, marine research, bioinformatics, ornithology, or museum anthropology |
| American Society for Human Genetics: Genetics Education and Engagement Fellowship |
April |
Yes; must be eligible to work in United States |
|
Genetics and education |
| American Society for Mass Spectrometry Postdoctoral Award |
November |
|
<3 years |
Mass spec |
| Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration Postdoctoral Research Fellowship |
November (LoI)/January (proposal) |
Yes |
<3 years |
Biomedical |
| Astronomical TGF Fellowship Programme |
March |
PhD and postdoc research performed in different countries |
< year |
Cosmology and astronomy |
| Ataxia-telangiectasia Postdoctoral Fellowship Award |
August |
|
<1 year |
Biomedical |
| Australia's Endeavor Research Fellowships |
June |
Yes |
|
Variety |
| Autism Speaks Meixner Fellowship in Translational Research |
February |
Yes |
≤5 years
|
Biomedical |
| Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships |
September |
Canadian citizens and postdocs training in Canada |
|
|
| Baxter Young Investigator Award Program |
June |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Grants |
|
International travel to/from Europe |
|
|
| Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award
|
May |
Yes |
Not listed |
Biomedical |
| Bright Focus Alzheimer's Disease Research (ADR): Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
October |
|
|
Biomedical |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface |
September/January |
Yes |
12-48 months |
Transitions from physical/ mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into work in the biological sciences |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program |
January |
No |
≤36 mo. experience and ≤5 years since Ph.D. |
Biomedical; underrepresented minority |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Collaborative Research Travel Grants (CRTG) |
February |
|
|
Biomedical |
| Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering |
April |
|
|
Chemical sciences; note applications come from the PI |
| Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
April 1 and Oct. 1 |
Yes |
≤5 years |
Biomedical |
| CF@LANTA Research Development Program Fellowships |
June |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy) Taking Flight Award |
November and April |
Yes |
>3 years |
Biomedical |
| Custom Animal Model Award (CAMA) |
November |
|
|
Biology |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships |
September |
Yes (if working in US) |
|
Biomedical |
| Danone Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship |
February |
No |
|
Biomedical |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award |
March and August |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| Debbie's Dream Foundation-AACR Gastric Cancer Research Fellowship |
November |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Postdoctoral Scholars Program: Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction |
April |
|
|
Defense |
| DoD Breast Cancer Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2 |
November |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| DoD Cancer Research Program Horizon Award |
September |
|
|
Biomedical |
| DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program |
May |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| DoD Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) |
March |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| Entomological Society of America (ESA) Henry and Sylvia Richardson Research Grant |
June |
|
|
Entomology |
| European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Postdoctoral Fellowships |
February |
|
>2 years |
International exchange is required |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Postdoctoral Research Awards |
April |
No |
≤5 years |
Energy efficiency and renewable energy |
| Epilepsy Foundation of America Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship |
January |
Yes; work must be done in United States |
Have Ph.D. by time fellowship starts |
Biomedical |
| Ford Foundation Fellowships |
November |
No |
|
Sciences, social science, and humanities |
| Fragile X Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships |
February |
Yes |
|
Biomedical |
| Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards |
August |
Yes |
|
Various |
| Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Career Development Awards |
July |
Yes |
3-10 years |
Biological sciences |
| Glenn/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Translational Research on Aging |
March (letter of intent)/June (full application if invited) |
|
≤5 years |
Biomedical |
| Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Research Fellowship Program |
July |
Yes |
≤5 years |
Biomedical |
| Hope Funds for Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship |
September |
|
<2 years in sponsor's lab |
Biomedical
|
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellow Program for Early Career Scientists |
February |
Yes |
<12 months |
Biomedical |
| IEEE Life Members' Fellowship in Electrical History |
February |
|
≤4 years |
Electrical science and technology |
| Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program |
April |
No |
<5 years |
Various |
| Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship |
February |
Yes; for foreign nationals, awards will be made only for study in the United States |
≤18 months |
Biomedical |
| Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowships from the National Hemophilia Foundation |
February letter of intent for April application |
Yes |
≤6 years |
Biomedical |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) Postdoctoral and Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships |
June |
Yes |
varies |
Biomedical |
| JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Short-term Research in Japan |
January, April |
No |
|
All fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural Sciences |
| Keystone Symposia Scholarships |
Varies |
|
<6 years |
Biology |
| Leakey Foundation Research Grants |
January |
Yes |
|
Human Origins |
| The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Career Development Awards |
September |
Yes |
Various |
Biomedical |
| The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology |
February |
Yes |
<5 years |
Philosophy and astrobiology |
| L'Oreal USA For Women in Science Fellowship |
February |
No |
|
STEM |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation |
July |
|
|
Biomedical |
| Lymphatic Education and Research Network Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program |
January |
Yes |
>3 years |
Biomedical |
| Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research (HIV/AIDS) |
July |
|
3-6 years |
Biomedical |
| Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship for ALS Research Awards |
January (abstract)/March (final) |
Yes |
>18 months |
Biomedical |
| Morris Animal Foundation Fellowship Training Grant |
July |
|
|
Welfare of large animals |
| National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Postdoctoral Fellowships |
December |
varies by program |
|
Economics |
| National Endowment for the Arts's Literature Fellowships |
March |
|
|
Prose & Poetry |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rehabilitation Research |
August |
Yes |
<3 years |
Biomedical |
| New Horizons in Physics or Math Prize for Junior Researchers |
May |
|
|
Physics and math |
| NIH Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25) |
Feb. 12, June 12, Oct. 12 annually |
No |
No requirement |
Quantitative fields transitioning to biomedical |
| NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) |
Feb. 12, June 12, Oct. 12 annually |
Yes |
<4 years |
Biomedical |
| NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) |
April, August, December (annually) |
No |
≤3 years |
Biomedical |
| NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships |
October |
No |
≤5 years since Ph.D. and <3 years postdoctoral training |
Astronomy and astrophysics |
| NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships |
January |
No |
≤3 years |
Atmospheric and geospace sciences |
| NSF Documenting Endangered Languages |
September |
|
|
Social, behavioral, and economic sciences |
| NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships |
January |
No |
≤18 full-time-equivalent months |
Earth sciences |
| NSF GeoPRISMS Postdoctoral Fellowships |
July |
Yes |
|
Geology |
| NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships |
October |
No |
≤2 years |
Mathematical sciences |
| NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research |
Full proposal accepted anytime |
No |
≤4 years since Ph.D. and <3 years postdoctoral training |
Polar regions research |
| NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology |
November |
No |
≤12 full-time months |
Biology |
| NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships |
October |
No |
≤36 months |
Social, behavioral, and economic sciences |
| NSF Science, Technology, and Society Postdoctoral Fellowships |
August |
No |
≤5 years |
Interface between STEM disciplines and society |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant |
October |
Yes |
<5 years |
Biomedical |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation |
September |
Yes |
<4 years |
Biomedical |
| Parkinson's Disease Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Basic Scientists |
November (lol); full application: (February) |
Yes |
<5 years |
Biomedical |
| Pathway to Stop Diabetes: Initiator (Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition) Award |
April |
|
<7 years |
Biomedical |
| PhRMA Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships and Research Starter Grants |
September |
No |
|
Biomedical |
| PLOS Early Career Travel Award Program |
Multiple |
|
<5 years |
Authors of PLOS articles |
| Psychosocial Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants |
March |
Yes |
<5 years |
|
| Prostate Cancer Research Program Postdoctoral Training Award |
August |
Yes |
≤3 years |
Biomedical |
| Sam Nunn Security Program Fellowship at Georgia Tech |
March |
|
|
Various |
| Simons Autism Research Initiative Bridge to Independence Award |
February |
Yes |
≤8 years |
Biomedical |
| Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowships |
September |
Yes |
<5 years |
Astroscience |
| Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Biology |
September |
|
<5 years |
Conservation biology |
| Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology |
May |
Yes |
<2 years |
Marine microbial ecology |
| Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants |
|
|
|
Various |
| Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants |
July |
Yes |
≤5 years |
Biomedical |
| Thrasher Research Foundation Early Career Award |
March and September |
Yes |
≤3 years |
Biomedical |
| Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems - 21st Century Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (James S. McDonnell Foundation) |
June |
|
|
Systems |
| Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation |
September |
|
|
Biomedical |
