Compiled by MIT Biological Engineering Communication Fellow Annelien Zweemer and Broad Communication Fellow Martin Stewart. Last updated February 2017.
This index of life sciences postdoc fellowships is extensive but not necessarily exhaustive. We prepared it with the aim of better supporting postdocs, given the usual difficulty of finding centralized postdoc resources.
CommKit guides to successful fellowship applications for postdocs are forthcoming.
Currently, the guide to Cover letters for a faculty position discusses many relevant strategies.
Click here to view or download the full index as a spreadsheet. (includes deadlines, eligibility restrictions, award size, and duration)
Below is an overview.
Program |
Area |
Website |
| AACR | Various Cancer | http://www.aacr.org/FUNDING |
| Alex’s Lemonade Stand-Grants for Young Investigators | Cancer: pediatric | https://www.alexslemonade.org/grants/program-areas/early-career-research-programs |
| American Association of University Women awards (AAUW) | Various | http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/ |
| American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) Basic Research Fellowship Program | Cancer: brain | http://www.abta.org/brain-tumor-research/research-grants/ |
| American Cancer Society | Cancer | https://www.cancer.org/research/we-fund-cancer-research/apply-research-grant/grant-types/postdoctoral-fellowships.html |
| American Epilepsy Society Postdoctoral Research fellowship | Epilepsy | https://www.aesnet.org/research/funding%20for%20junior%20investigators/Post-Doctoral%20Research%20Fellowships |
| American Italian Cancer Research Fellowship | Cancer | http://www.americanitaliancancer.org/research-fellowships.html |
| Bear Necessities/Pediatric Cancer Foundation | Cancer: pediatric | http://www.bearnecessities.org/bear-discoveries/ |
| Branco Weiss Science in Society | Various | http://www.society-in-science.org/application-materials.html |
| Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program | Basic science | https://hria.org/tmf/king/ |
| Damon Runyon Fellowship Award | Cancer | https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/fellowship |
| Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Fellowship Award | Cancer: pediatric | https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/sohn |
| Dod Breast Cancer Research Program – Breakthrough fellowship award | Cancer: breast | Search DoD for: W81XWH-16-BCRP- BREAKTHROUGH_FELLOWSHIP |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program – Horizon award | Cancer | Search DoD for: W81XWH-16-PRCRP-HA |
| EMBO fellowships – longterm | Life Sciences | http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/fellowships/long-term-fellowships |
| EMBO fellowships – shortterm | Life Sciences | http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/fellowships/short-term-fellowships |
| Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship | Various | http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm |
| Hanna H. Gray fellow program | Life Sciences | http://www.hhmi.org/programs/hanna-h-gray-fellows-program |
| Helen Hay Whitney | Biomedical research | http://hhwf.org/research-fellowship/ |
| Hope Funds for Cancer Research | Cancer | http://www.hope-funds.org/grants/eligibility-and-application/ |
| Human Frontier Science Program | Biology | http://www.hfsp.org/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Fellow | Cancer: blood cancer | http://www.lls.org/research/career-development-program |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Special Fellow | Cancer: blood cancer | http://www.lls.org/research/career-development-program |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation | Life Sciences | www.lsrf.org |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | Cancer: lymphoma | http://www.lymphoma.org/site/pp.asp?c=bkLTKaOQLmK8E&b=8490967#JuniorResearchers |
| Melanoma Research Foundation-Careeer Development Award | Cancer: melanoma | http://www.melanoma.org/research/research-grant-background |
| National Pancreas Foundation | Pancreatic disease | https://www.pancreasfoundation.org/research/grants-and-awards/ |
| NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00) | Life Sciences | https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-077.html |
| Prevent Cancer Foundation | Cancer: prevention | http://preventcancer.org/our-work/grants-fellowships/ |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) | Life Sciences | https://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/fellowships/F32 |
| St. Baldrick’s Foundation – Fellow | Cancer: pediatric | https://www.stbaldricks.org/for-researchers |
| St. Baldrick’s Foundation – International Scholar | Cancer: pediatric | https://www.stbaldricks.org/for-researchers |
| Susan G. Koomen – Basic/Translational research | Cancer: breast | http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html |