Research funding
Postdoc
800+ open programsCatalog updated
Postdoc funding splits into two things that look alike in a list and behave nothing alike. One is a fellowship that pays you, usually for one to three years, and follows you to the lab you choose. The other is a research grant your PI holds that happens to be open to postdocs. Both are here, and the program page says which is which.
The median award is $20,000, lower than people expect from the word fellowship, because the travel awards and meeting grants in the same pool pull it down. The salary-replacing fellowships sit far above it. The Naval Postgraduate School runs the largest single block of listings, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art funds postdoctoral work in art history on a scale most people outside the field never see.
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Two traps show up repeatedly. Citizenship rules are common at this stage, and years-since-PhD windows are counted from the degree date rather than the start of the position. Neither is a field in this catalog, so read the source announcement.
Open programs 800+
ITHS Catalyst Awards
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) offers Catalyst Awards of up to $5,000 in direct costs for materials, supplies, and core services to help investigators complete projects, collect pilot data, and advance translational research toward future grant applications.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $5,000
ITHS Voucher Awards
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) offers quarterly Voucher Awards providing in-kind services valued at up to $3,000 to support outstanding translational research.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $3,000
NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
The National Academy of Education, with support from the Spencer Foundation, offers the NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to support early-career scholars conducting significant education research through an $80,000 one-year award, professional development retreats, and mentorship.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $80,000
These are the soonest deadlines of 800+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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