‘Funding Opportunity’
NSF Supplemental funding opportunity to support nonacademic internships
Jun. 8, 2017—If you are interested in a non-academic career (such as industry research, start-ups, nonprofits, think tanks, and government agencies), the NSF is currently offering supplemental funding for grad students to do research internships in these areas. To be eligible, your PI must have an active NSF grant, and they must apply for the supplemental funding...
BIOTECH HEDGE FUND FELLOWSHIP, CHAMBERS POINT CAPITAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
May. 30, 2017—BIOTECH HEDGE FUND FELLOWSHIP CHAMBERS POINT CAPITAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Position Description: Chambers Point Capital, LP is a life-sciences focused hedge fund based in New York. At our core we are committed to supporting healthcare innovation by investing in passionate scientists and ambitious management teams that are on the cusp of breakthroughs in the...
3-D Retina Organoid Challenge, National Eye Institute
Mar. 22, 2017—We would like to inform you of a new challenge prize competition, the 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge (3-D ROC) that the National Eye Institute is launching in Spring 2017. The focus of the challenge is to develop 3-D human retinal organoids that recapitulate human physiology and can be used for disease modeling and drug screening....
Funding Opportunity, NIH Neuroscience Blueprint for diverse neuroscience grad students
Feb. 13, 2017—A new funding opportunity is available through the NIH Neuroscience Blueprint for diverse neuroscience graduate students. The award is designed to provide up to six years of support in two phases. The application deadline is April 8, 2017. This is a great opportunity for outstanding PhD students completing their dissertation within the next 1-2 years...
Postdoctoral Enrichment Program, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Nov. 7, 2016—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 in a degree-granting institution (an institution includes its affiliated graduate and medical schools, hospitals and research institutions) in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed...
New F32 fellowship opportunity for postdocs through the BRAIN Initiative
Oct. 17, 2016—The NIH last month announced multiple funding opportunities under the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, originally launched in FY 2014. The opportunities include BRAIN Initiative Fellows, NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (R24), Standards to Define Experiments Related to the BRAIN Initiative (R24), Integration and Analysis of...
HHMI Launches New Program for Early-Career Scientists
Sep. 19, 2016—The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced a new program to recruit and retain early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Through an open competition, HHMI plans to select scientists early in their training to become Hanna H. Gray Fellows. Each...
Autism Science Foundation Inviting Applications for Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards Training Awards
Jul. 19, 2016—DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 18, 2016 The Autism Science Foundation is inviting applications to its Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards and Medical School Gap Year Research Training Awards program from graduate students, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research relevant to autism spectrum disorders. The proposed training must be scientifically linked...
Postdoctoral Fellowships from the Human Frontier Science Program
Jun. 6, 2016—The Human Frontier Science Program is a program of funding for frontier research in the life sciences. It is implemented by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) with its office in Strasbourg. HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working...
ASCB 2016 Travel Grants from Bio-Techne: Deadline to apply Sept 1, 2016
Jun. 6, 2016—Bio-Techne is proud to support cell biology researchers with travel grants to the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting in San Francisco, California, Dec. 3-7, 2016. Ten recipients will be awarded $1,000 (or international equivalent) each towards travel to ASCB 2016. Simply complete the online application before September 1, 2016! Terms and conditions...
Recruiting now for Scientist in the Classroom Program!
May. 11, 2016—The Scientist in the Classroom Program is recruiting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for the Scientist in the Classroom Partnership Program (SCP) for the 2016-2017 school year.
New Web Portal to identify Federally-sponsored STEM Internships and Fellowships
Apr. 27, 2016— The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, along with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the other participating agencies in the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC) Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (CoSTEM), have launched a pair of web-based portals for searching Federally-sponsored opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and...
VU’s Institute of Digital Learning offering Fellowships
Apr. 4, 2016—The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Graduate Fellows Program application is available on our website. This year’s deadline is April 22nd. Graduate Fellows Program: VIDL invites applications for graduate student fellowships for the 2016-2017 academic year. Stipends will be $5,500 per academic year (this is intended to reflect a roughly...
Burroughs Wellcome fund offers Collaborative Research Travel Grants (CRTG)
Jan. 15, 2016—Science is a process best shared. But often in biomedical research, the colleagues we want to work with or the equipment we want to train on are spread out around the country or around the world — and funding isn’t always flexible to allow for these exploratory, enriching collaborations. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund can help you make that...
Clinical & Public Health Research Fellowships, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
Jan. 15, 2016—The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of its Clinical and Public Health Research Fellowships 2016. India Alliance invites applications for three Fellowship schemes: Early Career Fellowships, Intermediate Fellowships and Senior Fellowships. Eligibility *Eligibility limit covers the entire range of Clinical and Public Health Research Fellowship schemes ❖ No age or Nationality restrictions. ❖ The candidates need not be resident...
OneStart a Bio-Entrepreneurship Program for Students/Postdocs
Oct. 14, 2015—Win $150k to realize your healthcare business idea! Applications are open NOW Do you have an innovative idea that could tackle humanity's most pressing healthcare needs? We are pleased to announce the launch of OneStart 2016, the world's largest life sciences and healthcare accelerator program. Offering young entrepreneurs the chance to win $150k, free lab space and on-going advice from our...
NSF EAPSI Program for US Students in Science and Engineering
Oct. 12, 2015—The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship Program provides U.S. graduate students in science and engineering with an opportunity to spend 8 weeks (10 weeks for Japan) during the summer conducting research at one of the seven host locations in East Asia and Pacific: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New...
Laine Russell Distinguished Early Career Fellowship applications now being accepted via Oak Ridge Natl Lab
Oct. 8, 2015—ORAU is pleased to provide the information below regarding an opportunity available to all institutions. This notice is a service to ORAU Sponsoring and Associate Institutions. Please forward within your institution and broadly to colleagues as you feel appropriate. Laine Russell Distinguished Early Career Fellowship applications now being accepted The Oak Ridge National...
2015 Fulbright Opportunities for Postdocs and Early Career
Jun. 25, 2015—There is still time to apply for an exciting Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program opportunity in Europe and Eurasia and the Middle East and North Africa for postdoctoral and early career scholars! Our organization, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, administers the Fulbright Scholar Program on behalf of the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Scholar...