Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

Research Area

American Association for  Cancer Research Cancer

Award Name

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

American Association for  Research and  University Women  Career  (AAUW) Development

Postdoctoral  Fellowships

America  Brain Tumor  Association (ABTA)

Basic Research  Fellowship

Brain Tumor

American Cancer Society  (ACS) Cancer

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

American Diabetes  Association  (ADA)/Canadian  Diabetes Association  (CDA)

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Diabetes

Deadlines

October

Restrictions

AACR membership required;  must be within 3 years of finish  of terminal degree;

varied

Women

January

Research institution in US or  Canada; within 4 years post‐ PhD or 4 years post‐residency

 April 1, October  15

 February 1

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

none

http://www.aacr.org/home/sc ientists/aacr‐research‐ funding/current‐funding‐ opportunities‐for‐postdoctoral‐ or‐clinical‐research‐ fellows.aspx

varied

http://www.aauw.org/what‐ we‐do/educational‐funding‐ and‐awards/ 

none

http://www.abta.org/brain‐ tumor‐research/research‐ grants/ 

US, noncitizen  nationals, &  permanent  residents

http://www.cancer.org/resear ch/applyforaresearchgrant/gra nttypes/postdoctoral‐ fellowships

http://professional.diabetes.or g/Diabetes_Research.aspx?typ =18&cid=89697#CDA_Award

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

American Diabetes  Association (ADA)

American Heart  Association (AHA)

American Lung  Association

Association for  Frontotemporal  Degeneration (AFTD)

Autism Speaks

Research Area

Diabertes

Cardiovascular  Disease and  Stroke

Award Name

Postdoctoral Minority  Fellowship

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Senior Research  Lung health and  Training Fellowship  disease Award

Frontotemporal  Postdoctoral  Degeneration Research Fellowship

Autism  Spectrum  Disorder (ASD)

Meixner  Postodoctoral  Fellowship in  Translational  Research

Deadlines

Restrictions

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

US, noncitizen  nationals, &  http://professional.diabetes.or permanent  g/Diabetes_Research.aspx?typ residents =18&cid=89697#MI_Award

 January 15

~January          ~July

~November

PhD applicants must be in 1st  or 2nd year of training

LOI by  November 14

Candidates must be  in their  first, second, or third year of  postdoctoral training at the  start of the fellowship term

Letter of Intent  Less than 5 years of  ~November postdoctoral experience 

none

http://my.americanheart.org/ professional/Research/Fundin gOpportunities/Funding‐ Opportunities_UCM_316909_ SubHomePage.jsp

US citizens or  foreign  national with  Green Card, J‐ 1, H‐1B, TN, E‐ http://action.lung.org/site/Do 3, O‐1, or F‐1  cServer/04‐rt‐program‐ visa. description‐2014‐15.pdf

none

http://www.theaftd.org/resea rch/request‐for‐proposals‐rfps

http://www.autismspeaks.org /docs/sciencedocs/grants/201 5_meixner_postdoctoral_fello wship_in_translational_resear ch_rfa.pdf

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

Burroughs Welcome  Fund

Children's Tumor  Foundation

Research Area

Biological  Sciences

Neurofibroma‐ tosis

Congressionally Directed  Medical Research  Program (CDMRP) /  Department of Defense  Biomedical  (DoD) (focused areas)

Damon Runyon Cancer  Research Foundation

Cancer

Fogarty International  Center Research Training Global Health

Ford Foundation /  National Research  Council

Award Name

Deadlines

Restrictions

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

Career Awards at the  Scientific Interface  (CASI)

Candidates must have  completed at least 12 months  Preproposal ‐  but not more than 48 months  Sept             of postdoctoral research by the  Full Proposal ‐  date of the full invited  application deadline. Jan

Citizens and  non‐citizen  permanent  http://www.bwfund.org/grant‐ residents of the  programs/interfaces‐ U.S. and  science/career‐awards‐ Canada scientific‐interface

Young Investigator  Award

PrePosal ‐  January           Full Proposal ‐   No more than 7 years post first  February doctoral degree

http://www.ctf.org/CTF‐Young‐ Investigator‐Award/2014‐YIA‐ Pre‐Application.html

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Damon Runyon  Fellowship Award

many Applicants must not have been  in their Sponsors' labs for more  than one year prior to the date  August 15        at which their applications are  considered October 15

none

http://cdmrp.army.mil/fundin g/prgdefault.shtml

none

http://www.damonrunyon.org /for_scientists/more/fellowshi p_award_overview

Postdoctoral  fellowships

Ford Foundation  Postdoctoral  College Teaching Fellowship

http://www.fic.nih.gov/Progra ms/Pages/default.aspx 

~November

US

http://sites.nationalacademies .org/PGA/FordFellowships/PG A_047960

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

Helen Hay Whitney  Foundation

Research Area

Award Name

Basic Biomedical  Sciences Research Fellowship

James S. McDonnell  Foundation

Complex  JSMF  Postdoctoral  Systems Science Fellowship

Juvenile Diabetes  Research Foundation  (JDRF)

Postdoctoral  Fellowship or  Advanced  Postdoctoral  Type 1 Diabetes Fellowship

Lalor Foundation

Mammalian  Reproductive  Biology /  Fertility

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Life Sciences

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Life Sciences Research  Foundation

Deadlines

Restrictions

 July 1

Candidates who have no more  than one year  of postdoctoral  research experience at the time  of submission

~June

Candidates must be in the last  year of predoctoral studies at  the time of application.

 August 30

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

US

http://www.hhwf.org/HTMLSr c/ResearchFellowships.html

none

http://www.jsmf.org/apply/fel lowship/

none

http://jdrf.org/grant‐ center/information‐for‐ applicants/grant‐mechanism‐ descriptions/postdoctoral‐ fellowships/

http://66.147.244.193/~lalorf ou/?page_id=13

Loan Repayment  Program (LRP) / National  Educational  Health Professionals  Institutes of Health Debt Repayment (including postdocs)

15‐Jan

 October 1

~November 15

none

none

http://www.lsrf.org/pages/ge ninfo.htm

US, noncitizen  nationals, &  permanent  http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about residents _the_programs/index.aspx

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

Research Area

Award Name

Eli Lilly and Company

Academic‐ Lilly Innovation  Industry Training  Fellowship Award  Partnership (LIFA)

Multiple Myeloma  Research Foundation

Multiple  myeloma  disease biology,  treatment and  Research Fellow  drug resistance Awards

National Institutes of  Health (NIH)

Biomedical  (focused areas  of emphasis)

National Institutes of  Health (NIH)

Biomedical  (focused areas  of emphasis)

Deadlines

Restrictions

open

~May

Less than 5 years  experience  from highest degree

F32 ‐ Individual  Postdoctoral  Fellowships

April 8           August 8          December 8

K99/R00 ‐ Pathway to  Independence Award

No more than  4 years (48  months ) of research experience  since completing the  requirements of the doctoral  February 12       degree (resubmissions must  June 12          also comply with this  October 12       requirement).

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

none

http://www.lilly.com/research‐ development/innovation‐ starts/Pages/Lilly‐Innovation‐ Fellowship‐ Award.aspx#whocanapply

none

http://www.themmrf.org/rese arch‐programs/for‐academic‐ researchers/

US, noncitizen  nationals, &  permanent  http://grants.nih.gov/training/ residents nrsa.htm

none

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/fun ding/training/redbook/phdk99 r00.htm

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

National Institutes of  Health (NIH)

Research Area

Biomedical

Award Name

DP5 ‐ NIH Director's  Early Independence  Award

National Multiple  Sclerosis (MS) Society

Multiple  Sclerosis (MS)

National Science  Foundation (NSF)

Diverse areas of  Postdoctoral  focused research Research Fellowships

National Space  Biomedical Research  Institute (NSBRI)

Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Biomedical,  biotechnological  research aligned  with NSBRI  First Award  goals. Fellowship

Deadlines

Restrictions

Exceptional early career  scientists to move  into  independent research positions  by omitting postdoctoral  LOI ‐ December  training. Must be chosen by the  31; Application ‐  hosting institution (only 2  applications/institution) January 31

Mid‐August

Applicants with 0‐36 months of  previous postdoctoral training  may apply for this award

~October

June

Less than 5 years cummulative  postdoctoral experience or less  than 7 years from highest  degree

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

none

http://commonfund.nih.gov/e arlyindependence/

none

http://www.nationalmssociety .org/ms‐clinical‐care‐ network/researchers/get‐ funding/postdoctoral‐ fellowships/index.aspx

varied

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/e ducation.jsp?fund_type=3

US citizens,  permanent  residents, or  persons with  pre‐existing  visas that  permit  postdoctoral  http://www.nsbri.org/firstawa training rd/

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities Funding Agency

Research Area

Ovarian Cancer Research  Fund Ovarian cancer

Parkinson's Disease  Foundation

Parkinson's  Disease

PhRMA Foundation

Postdoctoral  Fellowships

USP (U.S.  Pharmacopeial) 

Standards for  medicines,  foods, and  dietary  supplements

Award Name

Postdoctoral  Research Fellowships

Postdoctoral  Fellowships for Basic  Scientists or Clinical  Neurologists

Pharmacology /  Toxicology

USP Global Fellowship  Awards Program

Deadlines

Restrictions

~May

Applicants can be clinical  fellows or postdoctoral fellows.   Letter of Intent (LOI) required.

Fellowships for young  scientists, fresh from their Ph.D.  training, or young clinicians  who have completed their  neurology residency and are  Letter of Intent  seeking clinical research  (LOI) ‐ October experience

1‐Sep

~May

Awards of up to $50,000/year  for up to three years.

Citizenship  Requirement

URL

http://www.ocrf.org/for‐ grantseekers

none

http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_ funding_fellow#pdflabres

none

http://www.phrmafoundation. org/index.php?option=com_a ward&task=sdetail&id=8

none

http://www.usp.org/around‐ world/global‐fellowship‐ awards‐program