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 […]
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Predoctoral/postdoctoral
Lerner-Gray Grants for Marine Research
These funds provide financial assistance to highly qualified persons starting careers in marine zoology. Funds are limited to projects dealing with systematics, evolution, ecology and field-oriented behavioral studies. Awards are not made to support research in botany and biochemistry.
Dora and Meyer Tendler Fellowship
The Dora and Mayer Tendler Endowed Fellowship in Jewish Studies supports doctoral or post-doctoral research in American Jewish history, with special consideration given to scholars working on some aspect of the Jewish labor movement.
Title VIII-Supported Short-Term Grant
These short-term grants allow scholars in the social sciences or the humanities who are researching the former Soviet Union (policy-relevant research preferred), and who need to use the library, archival and other specialized resources of the Washington, DC area.
Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
BWF’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) provide $500,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service.
Lemelson Center Fellowship
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. Fellows are expected to reside in the D.C. area, to participate in the Center’s activities, and to make a presentation their work. $575-$870/week.
David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant
The David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant supports innovative basic and clinical research on anxiety and anxiety-related disorders conducted by graduate students and early career researchers.
Air Pollution Educational and Research Grant (APERG)
The goal of this grant is to provide financial support that enables doctoral students and postdoctoral scientists to pursue research on air pollution, air quality, the atmosphere, or another closely related field of study. Applicants must be in the MASS-A&WMA region.
Fellowship in Aerospace History
Dissertation or Postdoctoral Fellowships support research related to aerospace history. Applicants must possess a doctorate degree in history or in a closely related field, or be enrolled as a student (having completed all coursework) in a doctoral degree-granting program.
Lydie T. Shurfo Summer Research Fellowship
$3,000 award for 1 month. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to doctoral, post-doctoral, and senior scholars of all nationalities.