Funding Opportunity

The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants are $150,000 research grants given annually to support promising researchers applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases.   The application portal for the 2025/2026 cycle is now open. Now in… Read More

Deadline: February 28, 2025 URL: https://cmtrf.org/young-researchers-innovation-grant/ Description: YRIG Predoctoral Grants are intended to support promising predoctoral fellows in the conduct of research projects aimed at testing new and innovative ideas that will expand or advance drug development for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. Awards will be prioritized to applicants that propose… Read More

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. It supports outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who wish to conduct research in France for a period ranging from 4 to 9 months. Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, through a collaborative… Read More

Applications for the 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain are open through December 11, 2024. Since 2009, the Rita Allen Foundation has provided a special award for early-career leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain. Read More

Revisions to the NIH Fellowship Application and Review Process The NIH receives about 6,500 predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship applications annually. Over the past few years, they received concerns that parts of the fellowship review process may create a disadvantage for some applicants. In… Read More

Fiscal Year 2025 NIH Loan Repayment Program Cycle Is Open Until November 21, 2024 The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs established by Congress and designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The escalating costs of… Read More

Deadline: September 30, 2024, 5pm URL: NCI F99/K00 Award – NCI (cancer.gov) Vanderbilt will be submitting an NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00): https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-23-042.html. This is a great opportunity for outstanding Ph.D. students completing their dissertation within the next one to two years who are interested… Read More

Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) program isnow accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs).  LOIs require submission of a 4,000 character-essay and a letter of reference.  These awards provide up to $560,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. Read More

The Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute  provides awards of up to $2000 for research expenses related to student’s dissertation (previous awardees). These grants are designed for PhD Students with outstanding potential to accelerate progress on their research, adding depth or breadth to their work. They are granted on a competitive… Read More

Deadline: October 17, 2024 URL: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral program (nserc-crsng.gc.ca) Description: NSERC supports Canadian citizens in doctoral programs in the natural sciences or engineering including cellular and molecular biology; chemical, biomedical, and materials science engineering; chemistry; civil and industrial engineering; computing sciences; electrical engineering; evolution and ecology; geosciences; mathematical sciences;… Read More