Fellowships

29 funding opportunities

Individual awards providing salary and research support for researchers at various career stages.

Overview

Fellowships are prestigious awards that provide comprehensive support for individual researchers, including salary, research expenses, and often career development opportunities. They are available at all career stages from PhD students to senior faculty.

Key Features

Duration: Typically 2-8 years
Amount: Ranges from $25,000/year (student fellowships) to £3 million total (senior fellowships)
Support: Usually covers salary + research costs + sometimes travel/family allowances
Mobility: Many fellowships support international mobility and career transitions

Fellowships by Career Stage

PhD Students

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Amount: $37,000/year stipend + $12,000 cost of education
Deadline: October (annually)
Region: US
Domains: STEM and social sciences
Description: Fellowship for graduate students in STEM and social sciences

NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Amount: $25,000-$27,000 stipend + tuition
Deadline: April, August, December
Region: US
Domains: Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Description: Individual predoctoral fellowship for biomedical research

Thiel Fellowship

Amount: $100,000 over 2 years
Deadline: Typically summer
Region: Global
Domains: All fields
Description: For young people to pursue ideas outside traditional education

Outreachy Internships

Amount: $7,000 stipend
Deadline: February and August
Region: Global
Domains: Open source software
Description: Diversity initiative for open source internships

Postdocs / Early Career Researchers

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Amount: €5,000/month + mobility allowance
Deadline: September (annually)
Region: EU / Horizon, Global
Domains: All fields
Description: Postdoctoral fellowships for researchers of any nationality

NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award

Amount: Up to $249,000 (K99) + $249,000/year (R00)
Deadline: February, June, October
Region: US
Domains: Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Description: Transition award from postdoc to independent researcher

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Amount: $69,000/year salary + $10,000 research
Deadline: Varies by program
Region: US
Domains: All NSF disciplines
Description: Postdoctoral fellowships across NSF disciplines

EMBO Long-Term Fellowships

Amount: ~€5,000/month + travel/family allowances
Deadline: February, August
Region: EU / Horizon, Global
Domains: Life Sciences
Description: Postdoctoral fellowships in life sciences

Schmidt Science Fellows

Amount: $100,000/year for 2 years
Deadline: Typically February
Region: Global
Domains: STEM fields
Description: Postdoctoral program for STEM PhDs to pivot to new fields

NASA Postdoctoral Program

Amount: $60,000-$80,000/year
Deadline: March, July, November
Region: US
Domains: Space, Earth, Engineering
Description: Postdoctoral fellowships at NASA centers

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Japan)

Amount: ¥362,000/month + research allowance
Deadline: Varies by country
Region: Asia-Pacific
Domains: All fields
Description: Postdoctoral fellowships for research in Japan

ARC DECRA (Australia)

Amount: A$465,000 over 3 years
Deadline: March (annually)
Region: Australia
Domains: All fields
Description: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

NRF Fellowship (Singapore)

Amount: Up to S$3.5 million over 5 years
Deadline: Typically June
Region: Singapore
Domains: All fields
Description: For outstanding early-career researchers to start independent careers in Singapore

Royal Society University Research Fellowships

Amount: Up to 8 years of salary + research costs
Deadline: September (annually)
Region: UK
Domains: Natural sciences
Description: For outstanding early career scientists

Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards

Amount: £1-2 million over 5 years
Deadline: Rolling
Region: UK
Domains: Biomedical science
Description: For postdocs and early career researchers in biomedical science

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Amount: 3 years salary + research costs (£350k total)
Deadline: October (annually)
Region: UK
Domains: Humanities and social sciences
Description: For early career researchers in humanities and social sciences

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Interdisciplinary Postdocs

Amount: Competitive salary + benefits
Deadline: Spring and Fall
Region: EU
Domains: Life sciences, computational biology
Description: Interdisciplinary postdoctoral positions at EMBL

NHMRC Investigator Grants (Australia)

Amount: Variable (5 years)
Deadline: March (annually)
Region: Australia
Domains: Health and medical research
Description: Support for health and medical researchers at different career stages