The mission of the programs is to promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U. S. government through the administration of programs offering postdoctoral research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.
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Research Grants
Earthwatch’s goal is to support field-based research projects that produce rigorous, relevant, and impactful science, address global change, and actively involve citizen-scientist participants. Funding is provided for three years, subject to passing an annual performance review.
Margot Seitelman Memorial Scholarship
This program provides financial assistance for postsecondary education students who are planning a career in professional writing or teaching English grammar and writing. **Check funder for guidelines and eligibility.** **Now included in general scholarships.**
AMS-AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
In order to strengthen the connections between science and the media and to improve public understanding of science, The AMS, in affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), hosts ten-week fellowships for graduate students in mathematics to work over the summer as reporters, researchers, and production assistants in US mass media […]
Grass Fellowships in Neuroscience
With these Fellowships, The Grass Foundation encourages independent research by investigators early in their careers and increases research opportunities for persons planning careers in neurobiological investigation. Supported approaches include neurophysiology, biophysics, integrative neurobiology, neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, systems neuroscience, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and computational approaches to neural systems. The Foundation also has a longstanding interest […]
Chateaubriand Fellowship- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
This fellowship aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects by encouraging exchange at the doctoral level. PhD students at an American university can conduct research in a French laboratory for 4-9 months as part of a co-supervised PhD.
Neuroscience Scholars Program
The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) supports annual travel awards, mentoring, and the professional development of up to 15 candidates known as NSP Fellows. The It is a two-year training program open to underrepresented and diverse neuroscience graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
Colgate-Palmolive Post-Doctoral Award in In Vitro Toxicology
The Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award through SOT is given to advance the development of alternatives to animal testing in toxicological research. The award (up to $44,000) is given annually and preference given to applicants in their first year of postdoctoral study.
The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship
The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program is a distinguished transatlantic initiative that each year offers twenty accomplished young Americans the opportunity to complete a high-level professional development program in Germany.
John J. and Anna H. Gallagher Fellowship for the Study of the Rarer Microscopic, Multicellular Invertebrate Animals
This postdoctoral fellowship provides a 36,000 stipend to scholars studying the systematic of microscopic invertebrates. The research focus must be on systematics and may employ ecological, behavioral, physiological, or developmental tools. Note that the competition is anticipated to run in 2015.