Postdoctoral and Faculty Funding

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program: If you have a PhD or an equivalent degree in one of the social, physical or biological sciences, or are an engineer with a master's degree and at least three years of post-degree professional experience, you are eligible to apply for a one-year AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship programs are designed to provide each qualified individual with a unique public-policy learning experience and to bring technical backgrounds and external perspectives to decision-making in the U.S. government. AAAS is proud to sponsor these programs to facilitate science/government interaction.
http://www.fellowships.aaas.org/

IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center: Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The department provides an atmosphere in which basic research is combined with work on technical problems arising in industry. Candidates must have a doctorate and no more than five years of postdoctoral professional experience (with a preference for less) when the fellowship commences.
http://www.research.ibm.com/math/goldstine.html

AAAS Congressional Fellowships: Applications are invited from individuals in any physical, biological, or social science, any field of engineering, or any relevant interdisciplinary field. Applicants must have a PhD or an equivalent doctoral-level degree by the application deadline (January 10, 2004). Individuals with a master's degree in engineering and at least three years of post-degree professional experience may apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Federal employees are not eligible.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_NIH.shtml

AAAS/NIH Science Policy Fellowships: All applicants must have a PhD, an MD or an equivalent doctoral-level degree by the application deadline (January 10, 2004). Prospective Fellows must demonstrate exceptional competence in a specific area of science; be cognizant of and demonstrate sensitivity toward policy issues; and, perhaps most importantly, have a strong interest and some experience in applying his/her professional knowledge toward the development of health policy. Fellows are expected to be critical thinkers who are articulate, adaptable, and able to work with a variety of people with different professional backgrounds Applications are invited from individuals in any physical, biological, or behavioral science, medicine, any field of engineering or any relevant interdisciplinary field. Federal employees are not eligible.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_NIH.shtml

AAAS/NTI Fellowship in Global Security Program: Fellows will spend one year, working to bring public health and medical expertise to bear on issues relating to biological weapons, bioterrorism nonproliferation and federal-response planning efforts. Fellows will choose from a wide array of possible assignments within the Congress and executive branch agencies. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and have an MD, a DVM or a Ph.D. in the biological sciences, public health or a related field.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_Global_Security.shtml

AAUW American Fellowships: Support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents. One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships, dissertation fellowships, and summer/short-term research publication grants are offered.
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/american.html

AERA Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowships are available for researchers within 10 years of receiving a higher degree (Ph.D., Ed.D., or equivalent) who show potential or demonstrated capacity to perform educational research and who have teamed up with mentors who are established members of the education research community.
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/subweb/PDFly-FR.html

APF/COGDOP F. J. McGuigan Young Investigator Research Prize: This new award mechanism was established to support a $25,000 prize, given biennially to young psychologists engaged in research that seeks to explicate the concept of the human mind from a primarily psychophysiological perspective, but physiological and behavioral research may also qualify for support. Dualistic approaches, such as those espoused by many contemporary cognitive psychologists, do not qualify for support. Nominees must have earned a doctoral degree in psychology or in a related field and be no more than nine years post-doctoral degree at the nomination deadline.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

California, University of, Berkeley, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity: Postdoctoral fellowship for academic Diversity at the Univ. of CA-Berkeley established to increase faculty diversity at Berkeley. Special consideration for applicants committed to careers in university research and teaching.
bridget3@uclink.berkeley.edu

Dale, Chester Fellowships: Intended for individuals whose fields of study are related to the fine arts of the western world and who are preferably American citizens under the age of forty. The grants, which typically cover periods from three months to one year, are for research at the Metropolitan Museum.
http://www.metmuseum.org/education/fellowship.html

Ford Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities: Annual award to increase the presence of underrepresented minorities (U.S. citizens from the following minority groups: Native American Indian, Alaskan Native (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African American, Mexican American/Chicano, Native Pacific Islander (Polynesian or Micronesian), and Puerto Rican) on the nation's college and university faculties, enhance diversity on campus, and address the persisting affects of past discrimination, the Ford Foundation seeks to support postdoctoral scholars.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpost.html

Franklin Research Grants: Applicants are expected to have a doctorate, or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Pre-doctoral graduate students are not eligible, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their PhDs. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years. Institutions are not eligible to apply.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm

Grant, William T. Foundation:: W. T. Grant Scholars program supports promising postdoctoral (but pre-tenure, tenure-track) scholars from diverse disciplines whose research deepens and broadens the knowledge base in areas that contribute to creating a society that values young people as a resource and helps them live up to their potential. Priority areas for research include youth development, programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people, and adults’ attitudes about and perceptions of young people (ages 8-25), along with the consequences of those attitudes and perceptions. Major grants available to any discipline. Projects should address an issue or question affecting a large number of young people ages 8-25 or a population of particularly vulnerable young people in the age group in the U.S.
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/

Guggenheim Fellowship: Competitive three- to twelve-month in-residence fellowship for pre- or postdoctoral research in aviation and space history. Predoctoral applicants should have completed preliminary course work and examinations and be engaged in dissertation research. Postdoctoral applicants should have received their Ph.D. within the past seven years.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/joinnasm/fellow/gvfellow.htm - guggenheim

Illinois Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2003-04: The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities anticipates the appointment of two external postdoctoral Fellows for 2003-04, during which the IPRH annual theme will be “Violence.” (A complete description of the theme can be found here.) Each Fellow will receive $35,000 for the year, as well as a $2,000 research account. Each Fellow will be invited to teach one course based on their current research and writing to interested graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and to participate in the yearlong interdisciplinary seminar coordinated by the IPRH in conjunction with the annual theme and the Program’s resident fellowship program. Fellows will also present their work at the IPRH annual conference in the spring.
http://www.iprh.uiuc.edu/postdoctoral_fellowships.htm

Institute-NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship: Offers annually a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American studies. A principal criterion for selection is that the candidate's dissertation or other manuscript have significant potential as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. Applicants may not have previously published or have under contract a scholarly monograph, and they must have met all requirements for the doctorate before commencing the fellowship. Those who have earned the Ph.D. and begun careers are also encouraged to apply.
http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/fello.html

Kress, Samuel H. Fellowship and Mary Davis Fellowship: Intended primarily for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in European art on a topic prior to the early nineteenth century. The Kress and Davis Fellows are expected to spend one year of their fellowship on dissertation research abroad, and one year at the Center to complete their dissertations and devote half-time to Gallery research projects designed to complement the subject of the dissertations and to provide curatorial experience. Kress and Davis Fellows may apply for a postdoctoral curatorial fellowship if the dissertation has been accepted by 1 June of the second year of the fellowship.
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvapre.htm

Lalor Foundation, Inc.: Makes grants to institutions for basic postdoctoral research in mammalian reproductive biology as related to the regulation of fertility.
http://www.lalorfound.org/tlfguide.html

Lehrman, Gilder Institute of American History Fellowships in American Civilization: Fellowships available: Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank, and Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates in their final year before submission.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html

Mellon, Andrew W. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Offers a one-year fellowship in any area of early American studies. The principal criterion for selection is that the candidate's manuscript have significant potential for publication as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. Applicants must submit a completed manuscript and may not have another scholarly monograph under contract. They must have met all requirements for the doctorate at least twelve months prior to commencing the fellowship.
http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/fello.html

Michigan Society of Fellows: Each year the Society selects four outstanding applicants for appointment to three-year fellowships in the arts and humanities, in the social, physical and life sciences, and in the professional schools.
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html

Modeling and Simulating Biocomplexity for Mathematicians and Physicists Program: Available to Ph.D. students, post-doctoral students and faculty members in mathematics, and physicists who are interested in applying their knowledge in the biological sciences. This workshop is dedicated to assisting theoreticians who wish to switch their interests into biology. Thus, no biological background will be assumed (though general background reading is of course helpful). Preference will be given to those for whom this experience is their first, or one of their first, in theoretical biology. Mathematicians should have had some experience in applying mathematics to some other area; please indicate this experience in your statement of current research interests.
http://www.santafe.edu/education/mathematicalmodels/2002/index.php

National Humanities Center Fellowships: The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study. Applicants must hold doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is expected. Both senior and younger scholars are eligible for fellowships, but the latter should be engaged in research other than the revision of a doctoral dissertation. Fellowships are for the academic year (September through May). Scholars from any nation and humanistically inclined individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life, as well as from all fields of the humanities, are eligible. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. The following designated awards, however, are available for the academic year 2004-05: three fellowships for scholars in any humanistic field whose research concerns religion or theology; three fellowships for young scholars (up to 10 years beyond receipt of doctorate) in literary studies; a fellowship in art history or visual culture; a fellowship for French history or culture; a fellowship in Asian Studies.
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/

National Institutes of Health Academic Career Award (K07): Supports individuals interested in introducing or improving curricula in a particular scientific field as a means of enhancing the educational or research capacity at the grantee institution.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Independent Scientist Award (K02): Provides up to five years of salary support for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. This award is intended to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. The candidate must have a doctoral degree and independent, peer-reviewed research support at the time the award is made.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships: Awarded to promising applicants with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in fields related to the mission of the NIH constituent institutes and centers.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm

National Institutes of Health Institutional Research Training Grants:: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected by the institution, who are training for careers in specified areas of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research. The purpose of the NRSA program is to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda. Accordingly, the NRSA program supports predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short-term research training experiences.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm

National Institutes of Health Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award (K08): Supports the development of outstanding clinician research scientists. Provides specialized study for individuals with a health professional doctoral degree committed to a career in laboratory or field-based research. Candidates must have the potential to develop into independent investigators.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01): Provides support for an intensive, supervised career development experience in one of the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Candidates for this award normally must have a research or health-professional doctorate and postdoctoral research experience at the time of application. In addition, the candidate must be able to demonstrate the need for a three, four, or five-year period of additional supervised research as well as the capacity and/or the potential for highly productive independent research. The proposed career development experience must be in a research area new to the applicant and/or one in which an additional supervised research experience will substantially add to the research capabilities of the applicant. The candidate must provide a plan for achieving independent research support by the end of the award period.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Senior Fellowships: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards NRSA senior fellowships (F33) to experienced scientists who wish to make major changes in the direction of their research careers or who wish to broaden their scientific background by acquiring new research capabilities. These awards will enable individuals with at least seven years of research experience beyond the doctorate, and who have progressed to the stage of independent investigator, to take time from regular professional responsibilities for the purpose of receiving training to increase their scientific capabilities. In most cases, this award is used to support sabbatical experiences for established independent scientists. This program is not designed for postdoctoral level investigators seeking to prove their research potential prior to independence.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-069.html

National Institutes of Health Senior Scientist Award (K05): Provides stability of support to outstanding scientists who have demonstrated a sustained, high level of productivity and whose expertise, research accomplishments, and contributions to the field have been and will continue to be critical to the mission of the particular NIH center or institute. The candidate must be a senior scientist and a recognized leader in the field with a distinguished record of original contributions; must have a record of support from a funding institute or center; and must have peer-reviewed grant support at the time of the award. Scientists whose work is primarily theoretical may, depending on the policy of the institute or center, apply for this award in the absence of research grant support.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships:: Offers postdoctoral funding opportunities for mathematics and sciences.
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/postdoc_fel.jsp

President's Commission on White House Fellowships White House Fellowships: Annual program to give outstanding, promising Americans the opportunity to receive a firsthand introduction to the workings of government at the highest level. Applicants should be out of school and working in their chosen profession. There are no formal age or educational requirements although candidates called for interviews have tended to range from their mid-twenties to their early forties.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/

Revelle, Roger Fellowship in Global Stewardship Program: Fellows will work for one year in an environmental policy area, domestic or international, within the Congress, a relevant executive branch agency, or elsewhere in the policy community. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. in any biological, physical, or social science, plus at least three years of relevant post-degree professional experience. Applications are invited from candidates in any physical, biological, or social science, any field of engineering, or any relevant interdisciplinary field.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_Global_Stewardship.shtml

Schepp, Leopold Foundation/Scholarships for Graduate Education: Annual awards are available to full-time enrolled college GRADUATE students to study at accredited colleges/universities. Primary considerations for awards are as follows: CHARACTER - references are required and school/college evaluations are taken into account, ACADEMIC ABILITY, and FINANCIAL NEED. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen/permanent resident. Age limits for 1st time applicants are as follows: graduates - under 40 yrs old, post-doctorate work has no age limit. Graduates with only their dissertation left won't be considered. Applicant must attend an interview in NY City. Number of awards includes all undergraduate and graduate awards. Contact the enclosed address between June 1 & no later than Nov 30 for information/application guidelines, enclose a SASE. Leopold Schepp Foundation 551 Fifth Ave-Suite 2525 New York, NY 10176 (212) 986-3078

Sloan, Alfred P. Foundation: Fellowships for faculty in chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics; postdoctoral fellowships for career transitions into computational molecular biology from physics, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, and related fields; Sloan Industry Center Fellowships, Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Ph.D.’s for underrepresented minorities fellowships also available.
http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml

Smithsonian Molecular Evolution Fellowships: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Molecular Evolution are available to support research that uses the resources and research opportunities offered at one of the following Smithsonian Institution units: National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.); National Zoological Park (Washington, D.C.); Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama). This fellowship rotates annually among these units.
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm

Social Science Research Council: Sponsors fellowship and grant programs on a wide range of topics, and across many different career stages. Most support goes to predissertation, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships, offered through annual competitions. Some programs support summer institutes and advanced research grants. Although most programs target the social sciences, many are also open to applicants from the humanities, the natural sciences, and relevant professional and practitioner communities.
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/?Predissertation

Social Science Research Council: Sexuality Research Fellowship: The Sexuality Research Fellowship provides dissertation and postdoctoral support for social and behavioral research on sexuality. It is intended for scholars conducting research in the United States. Funds are provided by the Ford Foundation.
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/sexuality/

Society of Fellows in the Humanities: Eligibility: Newly appointed fellows must have received the Ph.D. between January 1, 1998 and July 1, 2004. Research on project that is the focus of the application, teaching duties in the Core Curriculum, attendance at Society of Fellows lectures and events, and Core Curriculum training meetings, active participation in the intellectual life of the Society.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/

Supreme Court Fellows Program: This is a one-year applointment, beginning in August or September. Fellows become employees of the federal court system and are eligible for benefits. Candidates must have at least one post-graduate degree, two or more years of professional experience, multi-disciplinary training etc.
www.fellows.supremecourtus.gov

Valergakis, Dr. Frederick E. G. Research Grants: Candidates must be of Hellenic ancestry; be affiliated with an accredited university in the US; be either graduate students engaged in research or post-doctoral scholars engaged in independent and original research in the biological, medical, or behavioral sciences.
http://www.hucny.org/scholar.htm

von Humboldt, Alexander Foundation 2-year Post-Doctoral Fellowships for U.S. Scientists and Scholars: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) enables young highly qualified U.S.-American Scientists and Scholars holding a doctorate to carry out a research project of their own choice in Germany (age limit: 40 years). Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of 24 months.
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/tshp1.htm

von Humboldt, Alexander Foundation Linked Postdoctoral Awards (NRC/AvH):: The National Research Council of the United States (NR