It’s that time of year again! Fellowship deadlines are fast approaching. Writing a fellowship is an important exercise for any scientist and winning a fellowship is important for any career. While fellowship applications take time, they provide a great opportunity to put your ideas on paper and help you to write about your work in a clear and concise manner.

Deadlines for a select list of pre- and post-doctoral fellowships are below. We also have a comprehensive list of postdoctoral fellowships. Be sure to check eligibility requirements before applying. And don’t forget to make an appointment with a Communication Fellow for peer-to-peer feedback on your application. Use the CommKit and visit OGE for more resources.

Predoctoral Fellowships:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program  (Oct 21/22, 2019)

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (~Dec 20, 2019)

The Hertz Foundation Fellowship (Oct 23, 2019)

P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans (Nov 1, 2019)

American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Dissertation Fellowships  (Nov 1, 2019)

AAUW International Student Fellowship (Nov 15, 2019)

The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship (Nov 7, 2019)

NIH F31 (Dec 8, 2019)

Ford Foundation Fellowships  (Dec 17, 2019)

DOE Krell (~Jan 2019)

Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Life Sciences Research Foundation (Oct 1, 2019)

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (Nov 19, 2019)

NIH K99/R00 (Oct 12, 2019)

Ford Foundation (Dec 10, 2019)

NIH F32 (Dec 8, 2019)

Burroughs Wellcome (~Jan, 2020)

Jane Coffin Childs (~Feb, 2020)

HHMI Hanna H Gray Fellows (~Feb 2020)

Damon Runyon (~Mar 2020)