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Title JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline July 15, 2012
Funding organization Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Amount Varies: see Web site for details
Project timeline 3 years
Note Support for qualified, promising scientists entering their professional career in the diabetes research field. The fellowships are intended for those in a relatively early state in their career.
Web site http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114012
Title JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline July 15, 2012
Funding organization Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Amount Varies: see Web site for details
Project timeline Not defined
Note Designed to assist promising individuals working in the area of diabetes in transitioning from a fellowship to an independent (faculty-level) position.
Web site http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114013
Title Early Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award
Deadline July 15, 2012Funding organization Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationAmount $150,000 USD/yearProject timeline Up to 5 yearsNote The awards will provide crucial support to investigators who plan to pursue a career in diabetes-related clinical investigation. Awards are made in the later stages of training and include the ability for recipients to transition to independent faculty or research appointments.Web site http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114015
Title Humboldt Research Fellowships
Deadline Rolling
Funding organization Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Amount €2,250/month + allowance for research costs and travel expenses
Project timeline 6-24 months
Note For postdoctoral researchers (who completed their doctorates less than 4 years ago) to spend extended periods in Germany for research. Scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply; scientists must have a good knowledge of German or English.
Web site http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html
United States
Title Ann Schreiber Research Training Programs of Excellence
Deadline May 29, 2012 (letter of intent)
Funding organization Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
Amount $75,000 total
Project timeline 1-2 years
Note For clinical fellows or postdoctoral fellows only – candidates must have an MD or PhD degree. Applicants must be working in institutions with well-developed ovarian cancer research programs, in a school of medicine or public health, or recognized nonprofit research facility in the United States. At least 90% of the trainee’s total effort should be devoted to research.
Web site http://www.ocrf.org/images/pdfs/poe.loi.rfp.2013.doc
Title Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in Studying Complex Systems NEW!
Deadline June 15, 2012
Funding organization James S. McDonnell Foundation
Amount $200,000 total
Project timeline 2 years
Note Intended to provide students in the final stages of completing a PhD degree more leeway in identifying and securing postdoctoral training opportunities in complex systems research. This program supports scholarship and research directed towards the development of theoretical and mathematical tools that can be applied to the study of complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems.
Web site http://www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship/index.php
Title Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Deadline October 1, 2012
Funding organization Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Amount $700,000 total
Project timeline 5 years
Note For physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or translational research. Open to applicants in the U.S. and Canada.
Web site http://www.bwfund.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=188
Canada
Title Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Deadline October 1, 2012
Funding organization Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Amount $700,000 total
Project timeline 5 years
Note For physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or translational research. Open to applicants in the U.S. and Canada.
Web site http://www.bwfund.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=188
European Union
Title BIF PhD Fellowship
Deadline June 1, 2012; October 1, 2012
Funding organization Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
Amount Differs by country; see Web site for details
Project timeline 2 years
Note For European citizens working in Europe or overseas, and to non-European citizens pursuing their PhD project in Europe. Applicants should not have been working on his/her project for more than 6 months and should not be older than 27 years at the time of submission. The PhD project must be experimental, in the field of basic biomedical research.
Web site http://www.bifonds.de/fellowships-grants/phd-fellowships.html
Title EMBO Long-Term Fellowships
Deadline August 15, 2012
Funding organization EMBO
Amount not defined
Project timeline up to 2 years
Web site http://www.embo.org/programmes/fellowships/long-term.html
Title EMBO Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline Rolling
Funding organization EMBO
Amount not defined
Project timeline 1 week up to 3 months
Note Applicants can be scientists with less than ten years of professional experience since finishing their PhD degree.
Web site http://www.embo.org/programmes/fellowships/short-term.html
Title Postdoctoral Program
Deadline Rolling
Funding organization DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Roche Diagnostics
Amount not defined
Project timeline 1 year
Note Knowledge of German not required. Open to scholars from EU countries and the US.
Web site http://www.daad.org/page/roche/index.v3page;jsessionid=19vad4lkjmnj0
Germany
Title BIF MD Fellowship
Deadline June 1, 2012; October 1, 2012
Funding organization Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
Amount €900-1,200/month + travel allowance
Project timeline 10-12 months
Note For medical students studying in Germany who wish to pursue a hypothesis-driven MD thesis project in basic biomedical research in a leading laboratory.
Web site http://www.bifonds.de/fellowships-grants/md-fellowships.html
