Resources for Postdocs

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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United States

• NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral NRSA (F32)

  Support to individuals for research training of promising postdoctoral candidates to become productive, independent investigators

• NIH Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12)

  Support to institutions for research/ teaching postdoctoral programs at research intensive and partner institutions

• NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP)

  Programs to repay researcher’s educational debt in return for NIH-related research

• NIH NINDS Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research (K22)

  Supports postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups with strong training in neuroscience to facilitate a transition to a stable and productive independent research position

• NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2)

  Supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission

• NIH Director's Early Independence Award (DP5)

  Supports outstanding junior scientists with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period to launch independent research careers

• NIH NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22)

  Assists postdoctoral fellows or individuals in equivalent positions to transition to positions of assistant professor or equivalent and initiate a successful biomedical career as an independent research scientist

• NIH Additional Career Development Awards (including K02, K08, K23, K24, K99/R00)

  Provides individual and institutional research training opportunities (including international) to trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels

• NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC)

  Facilitates the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, for example individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers in research-intensive institutions

• NIH NINDS Postdoctoral NRSA Fellowship

  Similar support to Parent F32, but different requirements and eligibility (read carefully). Applicants are eligible to apply within approximately 12 months prior to joining a postdoctoral laboratory to within the first 12 months of starting in that laboratory.

• NIH BRAIN Initiative Research Supplements to Promote Diversity

  Administrative supplements to currently active NIH BRAIN Initiative research grants to support the training of underrepresented individuals and enhance the diversity of the research workforce

• NIH Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

  Administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to support the training of underrepresented individuals and enhance the diversity of the research workforce

• NIH Supplements to Promote Diversity in Research and Development Small Businesses-SBIR/STTR

  Administrative supplements to active NIH SBIR/STTR grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce and increase the participation of women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in small businesses

• NIH HEAL Initiative Research Supplements to Promote Diversity

  Administrative supplements to currently active NINDS research HEAL grants to support the training of underrepresented individuals and enhance the diversity of the research workforce

• NIH Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

  Administrative supplements to currently active NINDS research AD/ADRD grants to support the training of underrepresented individuals and enhance the diversity of the research workforce

• NIH NINDS Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research (K22)

  To support diverse postdocs to develop their independent research skills through a two-phase program: an initial mentored research experience followed by a period of independent research

• Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

  To increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program

  The Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows

• L’Oréal Fellowship for Women in Science

  Recognizes and rewards five U.S.-based women researchers at the beginning of their scientific careers. Recipients each receive up to $60,000 that must be put towards their postdoctoral research

• HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program

  To increase diversity in the biomedical research community by providing funding for postdoctoral training and during early career years as independent faculty

• Simons Foundation Bridge to Independence Award

  Engages talented early-career scientists in autism research by facilitating their transition to research independence and providing grant funding at the start of their professorships at a U.S. or Canadian research institution

• American Epilepsy Society Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

  Supports postdoctoral trainees conducting research into the causes, treatment, and consequences of epilepsy under the guidance of a mentor with expertise in epilepsy research. Proposals are welcomed across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical epilepsy research.

• Citizens United in Research for Epilepsy Taking Flight Award

  To promote the careers of young epilepsy investigators to allow them to develop a research focus independent of their mentor(s)

• Society for Science Branco Weiss Fellowship

  Awards young researchers around the world with a generous personal research grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world, for up to five years

• National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) Awards

  • Post-doctoral Fellowship Award

  • Young Investigator Award

  NAF is committed to funding the best science relevant to hereditary and sporadic types of Ataxia in both basic and translational research. NAF invites research applications from domestic and International non-profit and for-profit institutions

• GHBI Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health

  Provides innovative training in brain health, leadership, and dementia prevention to a broad array of promising leaders from various professions, including medicine, science, business, law, journalism, policy, social science, and the arts

Canada

• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF)

• CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship

• Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories Program

• Mitacs Elevate Program