Research funding
Neuroscience
200+ open programsCatalog updated
Neuroscience sits awkwardly across the funding world. The work is expensive, the federal programs are heavily contested, and the private funders split between broad brain-science foundations and a long list of organizations attached to one disease.
The disease-attached funders are the ones people underuse. The Neurological Foundation runs the largest block of programs here. The Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, the American Brain Foundation, CurePSP and the Brain Research Foundation each fund work tied to their own condition, and the review pools are small. If your project touches one of those conditions even at an angle, the odds are better there than in a general competition.
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Fellowships are the largest category, ahead of research projects, so this money mostly supports people early in their careers rather than established labs. Postdocs are eligible for more of these programs than any other stage. The median award is $20,000 and only a fifth carry a dated deadline.
Work a neuroscientist would call theirs is often filed under health, psychology or biology, so check those hubs too.
Open programs 200+
ASSFN AMPLify Mentorship Program (3-month visiting fellowship)
The American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) AMPLify Mentorship Program funds mentor–mentee partnerships to provide early exposure, practical guidance, and networking in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery through a contiguous 3‑month visiting fellowship at the mentor’s institution (to occur between July 1, 2027 and June 30, 2028) plus nine months of ongoing mentorship; ASSFN will offset housing, board, and travel costs (total award amount TBD).
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McKnight Scholar Award
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience offers Scholar Awards to support innovative, potentially transformative research that advances understanding of the brain and fosters independent neuroscience careers.
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Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building
The Cognitive Science Society annually awards the Jeffrey L. Elman Prize to mid‑career cognitive scientists (individuals or teams) whose work exemplifies both scientific excellence and community‑building; the prize includes $30,000, a custom silver medal, a certificate, and a citation and is presented at the Society's Annual Meeting.
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- $30,000
These are the soonest deadlines of 200+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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