I’m starting to explore fellowship programs to fund my future postdoctoral adventures. Thanks to many on Twitters who responded to my request, here’s a list of the agencies and programs I’ve come across so far.
Country-specific programs
- Fondation Fyssen, for French postdocs going abroad or foreign postdocs working in France
- Leopoldina, for German/Austrian/Swiss postdocs going abroad
- Rubicon, for postdocs with a PhD from a Dutch university going abroad
- Henry Wellcome fellowship, based at a UK institution but research can be carried out anywhere
- Royal Society Newton fellowships, to work in a UK-based lab
- UCL Excellence fellowship, in life sciences
- Helen Hay Whitney, to work in a US lab
- BAEF, for Belgians going to the US
- Helmholtz Association, several programs for working in Germany
- Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, for working in Germany
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund, for biomedical scientists visiting the US
- KNAW, for Dutch-Chinese collaboration
- DFG, for Germans going abroad
Global programs
- Marie Curie Fellowship, for EU citizens going outside of Europe (Global Fellowships) or anyone moving within/to Europe (Individual Fellowships)
- Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
- IBRO
- Life Sciences Research Foundation, seems US-specific
- WHRI, focused on translational research
- EMBO fellowships, mobility throughout Europe
- Human Frontier Science Program
- L’Oreal For Women In Science program
- Branco Weiss
- AXA fellowships
And there’s more
- Index of Postdoc Fellowships in the Life Sciences, by the Broad Institute
- great list by Aude Oliva, which lists a number of programs for US citizens and foreign nationals to work in a US lab.
- document with extensive list of US grants, mentions whether applications can be non-US citizens (thanks to Aparna Shah)
- List of funding for postdoctoral fellowships in biology
- List of fellowships form STEMPeers
- Early career research opportunities from Johns Hopkins
- https://asntech.github.io/postdoc-funding-schemes/
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