Index of Postdoc Fellowships in the Life Sciences : Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Index of Postdoc Fellowships in the Life Sciences
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 – Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowships
Cancer
AACR – Basic Cancer research
Cancer
AACR – Bayer HealthCare Fellowships
Cancer
AACR – Debbie’s Dream Foundation, Gastric Cancer Research Fellowship
Cancer: gastric
AACR – Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway
Cancer: HER pathway
AACR – John and Elizabeth Leonard Family Foundation Basic Cancer Research Fellowship
Cancer
AACR – Judah Folkman Fellowship for Angiogenesis Research
Cancer: angiogenesis
AACR – Never Too Young Coalition, Fellowships in Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Research
Cancer: colorectal
AACR – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Pathway to Leadership Grants
Cancer: pancreatic
AACR – Takeda Oncology Fellowships
Cancer
Alex’s Lemonade Stand-Grants for Young Investigators
Cancer: pediatric
Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship (AARF) Program
Alzheimer
Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) Program
Alzheimer
American Association of University Women awards (AAUW)
Various
American Australian Association
Various
American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) Basic Research Fellowship Program
Cancer: brain
American Cancer Society
Cancer
American Diabetes Association Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship
Diabetes
American Epilepsy Society Postdoctoral Research fellowship
Epilepsy
American Italian Cancer Research Fellowship
Cancer
American Society for Mass Spectrometry – Postdoctoral Career Development Awards
Mass Spectrometry
American Society for Mass Spectrometry – Research award
Mass Spectrometry
Bear Necessities/Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Cancer: pediatric
Branco Weiss Science in Society
Various
Burroughs Wellcome – Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) award
Biological Sciences
Burroughs Wellcome – Postdoctoral Enrichment Program
Biomedical research
Cancer Research Institute – Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Cancer: Immunology
Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Basic science
Damon Runyon Fellowship Award
Cancer
Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Fellowship Award
Cancer: pediatric
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
EMBO fellowships – shortterm
Life Sciences
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Various
Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards
STEM
Hanna H. Gray fellow program
Life Sciences
Helen Hay Whitney
Biomedical research
Hope Funds for Cancer Research
Cancer
Human Frontier Science Program
Biology
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Research Fund
Cancer
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Fellow
Cancer: blood cancer
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Special Fellow
Cancer: blood cancer
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Life Sciences
www.lsrf.org
Lymphoma Research Foundation
Cancer: lymphoma
L’Oreal USA for Women in Science
STEM
Melanoma Research Foundation-Careeer Development Award
Cancer: melanoma
National Pancreas Foundation
Pancreatic disease
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)
Life Sciences
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Cancer: prevention
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
Life Sciences
Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowships
Life Sciences
St. Baldrick’s Foundation – Fellow
Cancer: pediatric
St. Baldrick’s Foundation – International Scholar
Cancer: pediatric
Susan G. Koomen – Basic/Translational research
Cancer: breast
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