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OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

DIVISION OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS

Extramural Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities for PostDocs

 

SPONSOR WEBSITE/CONTACT TYPE
Alzheimer's Association  www.alz.org New investigator
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology www.aaaai.org
(414) 272-6071
President's Grant-in-Aid Award (research fellowships for fellows-in-training, or residents-in-training in allergy and immunology)
Research Grants (fellows-in-training, residents or postdoctoral scholars
Fellows-in-training Travel Grants
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org
(202) 966-7300
5-year Mentored Career Development Award(salary & research training in substance abuse and addiction)

AACAP Presidential Scholars Award (child and adolescent psychiatry residents)
American Academy of Dermatology www.aad.org Awards for Young Investigators (research for dermatologists in training)
American Academy of Family Physicians www.aafp.org AAFP sponsors several grants for medical students which provide travel funds to the National Conference of Family Practice
Resident Repayment Program (repayment of 75% of the interest on educational loans)
Resident Scholars Competition (resident achievement in research and scholarly activity)
American Academy of Microbiology   Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship
Postdoctoral Research Associates Program in Infectious Diseases and Public Health Microbiology
American Academy of Pediatrics www.aap.org Resident Research Grant Program
American Association for Cancer Research www.aacr.org AACR Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowships
Young Investigator Awards (travel grant for postdoctoral and student presenters of papers at the AACR annual meeting)
American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (804) 924-9921 Burrows-Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences (postdoctoral scholarship for physician-scientists in OB/GYN)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (847) 692-9500 Fellowships (research training of neurosurgical residents)
American Association of University Women www.aauw.org Dissertation Fellowships (doctoral candidates)
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships
American Brain Tumor Association www.abta.org Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
American College of Cardiology www.acc.org ACC/Merck Adult Cardiology Research Fellowship Awards (clinical research training in adult cardiology)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists www.acog.org Academic Training Fellowships(fellows or junior fellows of ACOG)
Fellowship in the History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine ( for MD's; seed money for junior faculty to conduct basic or clinical research)
Women's Health Research Institute Clinical Research Fellowship Grant (resident, fellow or junior faculty support for clinical research in menopause-related medicine)
Fellowship Award of the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians Foundation (research for MD's)
ACOG James Kennedy Fellowships
American College of Sports Medicine www.ascm.org ACSM Grants (graduate students, new investigators and senior investigators to support basic, applied and clinical research in the areas of sports medicine and exercise science)
American College of Surgeons www.facs.org Resident Research Scholarships (research projects of residents in surgery or a surgical specialty)
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org Mentor-based Postdoctoral Fellowships
American Digestive Health Foundation www.gastro.org Student Abstract Prizes (medical students and residents)
American Federation for Aging Research www.afar.org
(212) 752-2327
Merck AFAR Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology (Mds)
Hartford/AFAR Fellowship Program (supports training in geriatric medicine)
American Federation for Medical Research Foundation www.afcr.org Trainee Travel Grants (for presenters and first authors of an abstract submitted to Experimental Biology 2000; medical students, graduate students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention www.afsp.org Postdoctoral Research Grants
American Foundation for Urologic Disease www.afud.org PhD/Postdoctoral Scholars Program (support for urologic disease basic research)
Research Scholar Fellowships (support for research by residents in training or one year post-residency)
American Gastroenterological Association www.gastro.org Astra Fellowship/Faculty Transition Award (advanced fellows)
American Geriatric Society www.americangeriatrics.org Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellowship (research on health outcomes in geriatrics for MD or DO applicants)
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org NYS Affiliate - Postdoctoral fellowship
American Institute for Cancer Research (800) 843-8114 - www.aicr.org Postdoctoral Grant Awards (nutrition and cancer)
American Liver Foundation www.liverfoundation.org Postdoctoral Research Fellow
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org/research Research Training Fellowships (MD fellows or postdoctoral fellows)
American Medical Association Foundation www.ama-assn.org/AMAfoundation Grant Program
American Otological Society (317) 630-8966 Fellowship and Medical Student Training Grants (training of students and residents in sciences related to Otosclerosis and Meniere's Disease)
American Paralysis Association 

now known as the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation

www.apacure.org Postdoctoral Fellowships (research to be carried out off-campus: Washington University, Bunge Lab in Miami, or SUNY Stony Brook)
American Parkinson Disease Association http://apdaparkinson.com George C. Cotzias Memorial Fellowships (MD working on Parkinson Disease)
American Philosophical Society www.amphilsoc.org Clinical Investigator Fellowships for Patient-oriented Research
American Physiological Society www.faseb.org/aps/ The Society sponsors many different awards, ranging from several hundred to $33,500 (APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics)
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org APA/Lily Psychiatric Research Fellowship (MD, DO about to enter fellowship)
APA/Wyeth-Ayerst MD/PhD Psychiatric Research Fellowship (MD-PhD or DO-PhD who have completed their residency)
Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry (medical students, residents, and post-resident fellows from underrepresented minorities)
American Social Health Association www.ashastd.org ASHA Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (in the field of STD's)
American Society of Clinical Oncology www.asco.org ASCO Young Investigator Award (MD or DO in final year of a fellowship or first year post-fellowship)
American Society of Hematology www.hematology.org Fellow Award (postdoctoral fellow)
Travel Awards for ASH annual meeting
Association for Academic Surgery (978) 526-8330 Bayer Resident Research Fellowship Award (MD)
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (202) 289-9806 Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships (research of aging)
Arthritis Foundation (212) 984-871 
www.arthritis.org
New York Chapter - Fellowship Award (physicians in training engaged in clinical or biomedical research)
National Office - Postdoctoral Fellowship
New Investigator Research Grants (PhD within the last 5 years)
Arthritis National Research Foundation www.curearthritis.org Arthritis Medical Research Grants (seed money for young postdoctoral investigators)
Bayer (203) 812-2000
(800) 800-5907
Fellowships (clinical, basic science, and economic aspects of transfusion and blood conservation for residents, fellows and junior faculty MD applicants)
Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College (617) 495-8212 Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute Science Scholars Fellowships (postdoctoral women scientists at any stage in their career)
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration www.hrsa.gov/bhpr Residency Training in Primary Care
Burroughs Wellcome Fund www.bwfund.org Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences (postdoctoral fellowships and research grants for Junior Faculty)
Hitchings-Elion Fellowships (support for American and Canadian Scientists who wish to pursue postdoctoral training in the Republic of Ireland or the United Kingdom) 
Life Sciences Research Fellowships (postdoctoral)
Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Fellowships (MD or PhD)
Cancer Research Institute www.cancerreearch.org fellowship
Cancer Research Foundation of America www.preventcancer.org postdoctoral fellowship
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (650) 321-2052 Postdoctoral Fellowships (in select biomedical areas)
Jane Coffin Childs Fund (203) 785-4612 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Cooley's Anemia Research Fellowships (800) 522-7222  - www.thalassemia.org Fellowships
Council for High Blood Pressure Research (American Heart Association) (214 ) 373-6300 Marion Roussel Hypertension Research Clinical Fellowship Program
Council for Int'l Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholar Program) www.cies.org NATO Advanced Research Fellowships and Institutional Grants
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation (212) 685-3440 Research Fellowship Awards
Cure Autism Now CAN@primenet.com Young Investigator (postdoctoral fellowship)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation www.cff.org/research.htm Postdoctoral Fellowships
Clinical Fellowships (1st and 2nd year)
Clinical Fellowships (3rd and 4th year)
DeBakey Medical Foundation  1 Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
Fellowships and scholarships in medical education and graduate training
Dermatology Foundation (847) 328-2256 Postdoctoral Fellowships (MDs or PhDs)
Emergency Medicine Foundation www.acep.org Resident Research Award
Epilepsy Foundation of America www.efa.org Research Clinical Training Fellowships (MD or DO)
Research Training Fellowship (MD or PhD postdoctoral)
International Fellowships
Fight for Sight www.preventblindness.org Research Grants and Training Fellowships (for those with less than one year of postdoctoral training)
Foundation for Anesthesia Ed.& Res. (507) 266-6866 research fellowship
Parker B. Francis Fellowship (pulmonary) brain@hsph.harvard.edu Fellowship
Fraxa Res. Fnd. www.fraxa.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Grass Foundation (781) 843-0219 Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience (late predoctoral or early postdoctoral applicants)
Heiser Program for Research in Leprosy & TB Postdoctoral Fellowships
Hereditary Disease Foundation (Huntington's Disease) (310) 458-4183 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Howard Hughes Medical Institute www.hhmi.org Research (MD postdoctoral)
Human Frontier Science Program info@hfsp.c-strasbourg.fr Young Investigator
Infectious Diseases Society of America (703) 299-0200
info@idsociety.org
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Irvington Institute for Immunology Research (212) 758-8250
Irving1@ix.netcom.com
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Robert Wood Johnson www.rwjf.org Minority Medical Faculty Development Postdoctoral Fellowships
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation www.jdfcure.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Susan G. Komen Fund www.komen.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Lalor Foundation (reproductive biology) www.lalorfound.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
LAM (lymphangiomyomatosis) Foundation http://lam.uc.edu Postdoctoral Fellowships 
Leukemia Research Foundation www.leukemia-research.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Leukemia Society of America www.leukemia.org Special Fellow
Life Sciences Research Foundation http://molbio.princeton.edu Postdoctoral Fellowships
Lupus Foundation of America www.lupus.org Research Grants (MD or PhD with maximum rank of assistant professor )
Lymphoma Research Foundation www.lymphoma.org Fellowship Grants (third year fellows)
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation www.josiahmacyfoundation.org Minority Summer Research Fellowships
Merrill Lynch  www.ml.com Innovation Grants Awards for New PhD's
Muscular Dystrophy Association-USA www.mdausa.org Development Grant (junior members of a research team)
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation  www.myasthenia.org Kermit E. Osserman Fellowships (postdoctoral)
Nat'l Academy of Education (415) 725-1003
www.nae.nyu.edu
Postdoctoral Fellowships (education research)
Nat'l Alliance for the Mentally Ill Stanley Foundation Research Programs) (301) 571-0760 Research Grants (for researchers at all levels of development; funds basic and clinical research)
Nat'l Cancer Center (516) 349-0610 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nat'l Epifellow Foundation (epilepsy) (800) 288- 2074
www.aesnet.org
MD Fellowships
Nat'l Foundation for Infectious Diseases www.nfid.org Postdoctoral Fellowships (nosocomial infections)
Postdoctoral Fellowships (infectious diseases)
John P. Utz Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellowships (emerging Infectious disease)
Nat'l Hemophilia Foundation (212) 328-3741
www.hemophilia.org
Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Nat'l Kidney Foundation  www.kidney.org Research Fellowships (postdoctoral)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society www.nmss.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dale McFarlin Travel Awards for NMSS Postdoctoral Fellows
Nat'l Multiple Sclerosis Society www.nmss.org Physician Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow 
Health Care Delivery Postdoctoral Fellowships
Nat'l Research Council www.nas.edu Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
Postdoctoral Research Associateships
Naval Research www.onr.navy.mil Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Nat'l Stroke Association (303) 754-0928 - www.stroke.org Postdoctoral fellowship
North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology http://www.naspe.org Kenneth M Rosen Fellowship in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology

Michael Bilitch Fellowship in Cardia Pacing and Electrophysiology

NASPE Fellowship in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology

Leonard N. Horowitz Fellowship in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
NY Academy of Medicine (212) 822-7204
www.nyam.org
Valentine Fellowship for Research in Urology
Mary and David Hoar Fellowship in the Basic Causes of Dizziness and other Factors Which Contribute to Fractures of the Hip
Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Research (MD only)
Edwin Beer Research Program in Urology and Urology Related Fields
Paul Klemperer Research Fellowship in the History of Medicine
Charles A. Elsberg Fellowship in Neurological Surgery
Bowen-Brooks Fellowship for Advanced Studies at Oxford University
NATO www.nato.int/science/ Advanced Fellowships (basic and senior fellowships maybe sponsored by countries other than the US, which only supports advanced fellowships in 2000; see website)
ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities www.orau.org Postdoctoral Research Associate Fellowship
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation www.oif.org Michael Geisman Fellowships (postdoctoral)
David and Lucille Packard Foundation www.packfound.org Packard Fellowships (by nomination)
Paralyzed Veterans of America (spinal cord injuries) www.pva.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Parkinson's Disease Foundation (212) 923 4778 Postdoctoral Fellowships (usually for work at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons)
Pediatric AIDS Foundation (310) 395-9051
http://pedaids.org
Scholar Awards (need 2 yrs. Postdoc experience)
Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation (973) 983-0480 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Pfizer (800) 201-1214 Postdoctoral Fellowships for MDs in:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Rheumatology/Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Biological Psychiatry
Philippe Foundation (212) 687-3290 exchange program between France & US for MDs & PhDs
Pharmaceutical Research Manuf. Of America Foundation www.phrmaf.org Postdoctoral: pharmacology-morphology
Postdoctoral : pharmaceutics
Research Starter Grant: pharmacology, clin. pharmacology, pharmaceutics, drug toxicology
Prostate Cancer Foundation www.prostatecancerfoundation.org Young Investigator (PhD's need not have a faculty appointment)
RSNA (Radiological Society of NA) www.rsna.org Roentgen Centennial Fellow
Scholars Program
Research Fellows Program
Research Resident Program
RSNA/DiChiro Neuroradiology 
Damon Runyon-Walter WinchellFoundation (212) 532-3888
www.Cancerresearchfund.org
Postdoctoral Fellowships (cancer research)
Sarnoff Fellowship Program www.sarnoffendowment.org Sarnoff Scholars Program (for former Sarnoff Fellows, it provides financial support for one of two years of research at the residency or fellowship level.
Scleroderma Research Fund of Boston (617) 638-4486 Fellowship in Scleroderma Research
Sigma Delta Epsilon www.gac.edu/People/orgs/gwis Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sigma Xi www.sigmaxi.org/giar/guidelines.htm Student & Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plasma Research
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation (516) 933-6365 Postdoctoral Fellowships (any area related to Sjogren's Syndrome)
S.L.E. Foundation (Lupus) (212) 685-4118
www.lupusny.org
Extended Fellowship Awards (postdoctoral)
Sloan Foundation www.sloan.org Computational Molecular Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship
Smithsonian (202) 287-3271
emailsiofg@sivm.si.edu
ALL IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOR/PATHOLOGY
Postdoctoral Fellowships (7+ years after degree)
Postdoctoral Fellowships (up to 7 years after degree)
Predoctoral Fellwoships (for dissertation)
10-week grad. Student Fellowship for Independent Rresearch
Society of Perinatal Obstetricians www.bgsm.edu Research Training in Ob-gyn
Spinal Cord Research Foundation (Paralyzed Veterans of America) (202) 416-7659 Postdoctoral Fellowships
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital** (901) 495-3300
www.stjude.org
Postdoctoral Fellowships at St. Jude's Hospital

(support in medical, nursing and allied health disciplines for 4 month periods)
Stony Wold-Herbert Fund (NY City Area) (212) 753-6565 training fellowships (pulmonary)
United Cerebral Palsy Foundation http://www.UCPA.ORG/text/
research/grants.html
Clinical Fellowships
United Negro College Fund www.uncf.org The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative (graduate and postdoctoral levels)
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation www.bsf.org.il Collaborative Research Grants (between US and Israeli scientists)
US Pharmacopeia (301) 816-8226 Fellowship Program (graduate and postdoctoral)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxilliary www.ladiesauxvf.com Postdoctoral Fellowships for Cancer Research
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation www.hhwf.org Postdoctoral Fellowships
Wilderness Medical Society (719) 572-9255 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Willis Foundation (713) 965-9043 Postdoctoral Fellowships