- Non-NIH Predoctoral Funding Opportunities
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While GW SMHS provides funding for PhD students, we strongly encourage students to apply for external funding. Having a fellowship during your graduate study will make you more competitive when you apply for a job after graduation. You should consider applications to PhD fellowships as well as travel awards to professional meetings. This listing below, arranged by application deadline, highlights many of the fellowships available. Please note that some fellowships are available only to U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents, while others are also available to international students.
For international opportunities, please also see the NIH Fogarty International Center’s list of fellowships.
Use PIVOT to do your own search! See how these searches were done below, and feel free to tailor your search. Please contact Research Workforce Development at gwsmhsresearch@gwu.edu to report any errors in these listings.
All Biomedical Research | Anatomy | Cancer & Hematology | Cardiology | Genetics | Infectious Disease & Immunology | Neuroscience | Pharmacology & Physiology | Pulmonology
All Biomedical Research
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines American Fellowships Dissertation Fellowships
American Association of University Women (AAUW)$30,000 "American Fellows: Nov 1
International Fellows: Nov 15"American Indian College Fund Scholarships
American Indian College FundMay 31 A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)$2,000 Mar 31 Education and Research Fund - I. Dean Spradling Graduate Research Grant
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)$3,000 Apr 1 Cosmos Scholars
Cosmos Club Foundation$5,000 Nov 1 Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust
de Karman Fellowship Trust$22,000 Jan 31 DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
Department of DefenseDec 4 Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program (DOE CSGF)
Department of Energy$38,000 Jan 15 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund$18,000 Jan 1 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Ford Foundation$24,000 Dec 17 Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Fulbright U.S. Student ProgramOct 13 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteJan 18 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Dec 8, Apr 8, Aug 8 Research Dissertation Fellowship for Au.D. Audiologists (F32)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIDCDDec 8, Apr 8, Aug 8 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
National Science Foundation$46,000 Oct 19 Predoctoral Fellowships: Drug Discovery
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA Foundation)$25,000 May 15 Predoctoral Fellowships: Health Outcomes
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA Foundation)$25,000 Feb 1 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research
Sigma Xi$1,000 Mar 15, Oct 15 Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships
The Hertz FoundationOct 24 The GEM Fellowship Program
The National GEM Consortium$16,000 Nov 12 Anatomy
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Fellowship & Sponsor: Predoctoral Fellowship Program
American Association of Anatomists (AAA)$37,000 April 14 Cancer & Hematalogy
Cardiology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
American Heart Association$31,520 - $63,040 Genetics
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Student Traineeships
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$3,000 Dec 31 Infectious Disease & Immunology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines "Research Participation Programs at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education"
CDCContinuous Autism Science Foundation
Autism Science Foundation$25,000 TBD Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship Program
Lupus Foundation of America$4,000 Apr 8 Neuroscience
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Henry Grass, MD Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award
The Grass Foundation$10,000 June 1 Predoctoral Research Fellowships
American Epilepsy Society$30,000 Dec 20 David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant
American Psychological Association$8,500 Sep 15 Predoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
American Psychological AssociationJan 15 F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award
American Psychological Foundation$2,000 Jun 1 Sir Dennis Weatherstone- Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Autism Speaks$35,000 Feb 27 Royal Arch Masons Research Fellowships in central processing disorder, autism and related conditions
Autism Speaks$35,000 Feb 27 Drug Abuse Dissertation Research (R36)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Dec 8, Apr 8, Aug 8 Neuroscience Scholars Program
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)May 1 Pharmacology & Physiology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Carl V. Gisolfi Memorial Fund
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)$5,000 Jan 18 Doctoral Student Research Grant
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)$5,000 Jan 18 Pulmonology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Francis X. McCormack, MD, Career Development Award
The LAM Foundation$60,000 June 15 Awards and Grant Opportunities
The American Lung AssociationTBA TBA - Non-NIH Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities
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We strongly encourage postdoctoral fellows to apply for external funding. Having a fellowship will make you more competitive when you apply for your next job. You should consider applications to postdoctoral fellowships as well as travel awards to professional meetings. This listing below, arranged by application deadline, highlights many of the fellowships available. Please note that some fellowships are available only to U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents, while others are also available to international students.
For international opportunities, please also see the NIH Fogarty International Center’s list of fellowships.
Use PIVOT to do your own search! See how these searches were done below, and feel free to tailor your search. Please contact Research Workforce Development at gwsmhsresearch@gwu.edu to report any updates or errors in these listings.
All Biomedical Research | Anatomy | Cancer | Cardiology | Endocrinology | Genetics, Genomics, & Bioinformatics | Geriatrics | Infectious Disease & Immunology | Kidney | Neuroscience | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Ophthalmology | Pediatrics | Pharmacology & Physiology | Psychiatry & Behavioral Science | Radiology | Surgery & Rheumatology | Urology
All Biomedical Research
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)$80,000-105,000 November 1 American Fellowships Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships
American Association of University Women (AAUW)$6,000-$30,000 November 1 Postdoctoral Enrichment Program
Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)$20,000 Jan 15 Biomedical Research Fellowships
Hartwell Foundation$50,000 May 1 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation$54,000 Jun 15 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
Howard Hughes Medical Institute$90,000 Jan 8 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research$52,000 Feb 1 For Women in Science Fellowship Program
L'Oreal Group$60,000 Feb 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and MedicineFeb 1, May 1, Aug 1, Nov 1 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine$50,000 Dec 10 NIH NIDCD Research Dissertation Fellowship for Au.D. Audiologists (F32)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 April 8; Aug 8; Dec 8 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 Mar 12, Jul 12, Nov 12 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Bioethics
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 Dec 31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 April 8; Aug 8; Dec 8 Postdoctoral Fellowships: Drug Discovery
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA Foundation)$5,000 May 20 (LOI), Sep 1 (proposal) The George Burch Fellowship in Theoretical Medicine and Affiliated Theoretical Science
Smithsonian Institution (SI)$60,000 Nov 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program$60,000 Nov 14 (LOI), Jan 23 (proposal) National Marfan Foundation (NMF)
Victor A. McKusick Fellowship Program$50,000 (for PhDs), $75,000 (for MDs) Feb 1 LSRF Postdoctoral Fellow
Life Sciences Research Foundation$62,000 Oct 1 Postdoctoral Training in the NIH Intramural Research Program: Postdoctoral Research Training Awards (IRTAs)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 Continuous Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB)
National Science Foundation (NSF)$54,000 Nov 6 Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)$75,000 Feb 28 Schmidt Science Fellows
Schmidt Futures, Rhodes Trust$100,000 Nov 30 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program
The Beckman Institute$54,000 Mar 25 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Human Frontier Science ProgramDepends on host country May 19 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships (International)
EMBODepends on host country Continuous Anatomy
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
American Association of Anatomists (AAA)$20,000 October 1 Cancer
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Psychosocial Grant Program
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)$50,000 Jun 11 Basic Research Fellowships
American Brain Tumor Association$50,000 Nov 14 (LOI), Mar 15 (proposal) Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Cancer Society$52,000 Apr 1, Oct 15 Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Cancer Research Institute (CRI)$58,500 Apr 1, Oct 1 Damon Runyon Fellowship
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation$52,000 Mar 15, Aug 17 Career Development Program: Special Fellow
Leukemia Society of America$67,000 Sep 1 NIH Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 Aug 17 Grant and Fellowship Program
Prevent Cancer Foundation$50,000 July 11 Young Investigator Award
Prostate Cancer Foundation$75,000 May 18 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Susan G. Komen$60,000 Hope Funds for Cancer Research- Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Hope Funds for Cancer Research$50,000 Jan 25 Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) - Breakthrough Fellowship Award
United States Department of Defense (DOD)$100,000 Sep 8 (LOI), Sep 22 (application) Young Investigator Grants
Alex’s Lemonade Stand$50,000 Dec 12 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants
The Lymphoma Research Foundation$55,000 TBA [Summer 2022] Cardiology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Heart Association (AHA)$52,704 Jul 12 HRS Research Fellowship Scholarship
Heart Rhythm Society$50,000 Feb 3 Endocrinology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Core Program - Training Awards - Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship (PMF)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)$50,004 Nov 16 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International$69,060 June 26 Core Program - Training Awards -- Postdoctoral Fellowship (PMF)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)$50,004 Nov 16 Gastroenterology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Research Fellowship Awards
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation$58,250 NMay 5 (Fall/Winter)
November (Spring/SummerGenetics, Genomics, & Bioinformatics
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Grant Opportunities
Alpha-1 FoundationTBA TBA Research Fellowships
Cooley’s Anemia Foundation$50,000 Feb/TBA Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Heritable Disease Foundation$75,000 Feb 1 PKU Post-doctoral Fellowship
National PKU Alliance$60,000 May 1 FRAXA Fellowships
FRAXA Research Foundation$50,000 Aug 1 Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Research Fellowship
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation$52,500 Sep 9 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Awards
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$58,850 Dec 5 Geriatrics
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)$60,000 Jan 22(LOI) Fellowship Grant (for fellowships at institutions in the state of California)
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation$65,000 Dec/TBA Infectious Disease & Immunology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Career Development Grants for Postdoctoral Women (CDGPW)
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)$1,500 Jan 15 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)$86,984 Jun 12 NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Training of Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)$50,004 April 8; Aug 8; Dec 8 Kidney
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)$50,000 Dec 5 Fellowship Grants
Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD Foundation)$60,000 Jan 7 Neuroscience
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines PFD Research Foundation and ICA IC/PBS Research Grant
American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS)$25,000 Mar 2 Fellowships
The Lalor Foundation$55,000 Jan 18 Ophthalmology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
BrightFocus Foundation: Alzheimer's Disease Research (ADR)$100,000 Oct 2 Fight for Sight Postdoctoral Awards
Fight for Sight$22,500 Nov 15 Pediatrics
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Early Career Awards
Thrasher Research Fund$25,000 Mar 17 (concept), May 8 (proposal); Sep 15 (concept), Nov 6 (proposal) Pharmacology & Physiology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Health Outcomes Post Doctoral Fellowships
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA Foundation)$55,000 Feb 3 APS Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Physiological Society$50,000 Nov 15 Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grants
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)$50,000 Nov 15 APsaA Fellowship
American Psychoanalytic AssociationJan 28 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
American Psychological Association (APA)$50,004 Jan 15 BBRF Young Investigator Grant
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation$35,000 Mar 22 SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)
National Science Foundation (NSF)$54,000 Nov 1 TAA Fellowships
Tourette Association of America$80,000 Dec 4 (pre-proposal), Feb 1 (full proposal) Radiology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Postdoctoral Molecular Imaging Scholar Program
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)$65,000 Jan 9 Surgery & Rheumatology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Postdoctoral Fellowship
Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF)$55,000 Dec 15 Urology
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Research Scholar Awards
American Urological Association (AUA)$40,000 Nov 5 - Diversity Funding Opportunities
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Faculty Fellows-Diversity
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$105,000 Mar 18 Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
Association of American Medical CollegesTBA TBA Mid-Career Minority Faculty Leadership Seminar
Association of American Medical CollegesTBA TBA Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research TBA TBA NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01)
NHLBI K01, NINDS K01, NINDS K22TBA Feb 12, June 12, Oct 12 Fellowship
Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)TBA Jan 8 American Psychiatric Association, Diversity Awards and Fellowships APA awards include the Spurlock (Jeanne) Minority Fellowship Achievement Award and the Symonds (Alexandra) Award for a woman psychiatrist. TBA Postdoctoral-Diversity
Predoctoral-Diversity
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines American Fellowship
American Association of University Women (AAUW)$6,000–$30,000 Nov 1 International Fellowship
American Association of University Women (AAUW)$18,000–$30,000 Nov 1 Dissertation Grants
American Educational Research Association (AERA)$25,000 Nov 2 Minority Fellowships in Education Research
American Educational Research Association (AERA)$19,000 Nov 1 Academic Year Fellowship
American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC)TBA Jun 1 Minority Doctoral Fellowships
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)$12,000 May 30 Malyon-Smith Scholarship Award
American Psychological Association Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues$1,000 Mar 30 Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship
American Society for Microbiology$21,000 May 21 Minority Fellowship Program
American Sociological Association (ASA)$18,000 Jan 31 Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
Ford Foundation$28,000 Dec 10 PhD Fellowship
Microsoft$42,000 Aug 14 PhD Science Fellowship
GEM$16,000 Nov 13 Point Foundation Scholarship
The National LGBTQ Scholarship FundTBA Jan 27 Fellowships
SRC Fellowships and ScholarshipsTBA Suspended for 2020 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (MHSAS) Predoctoral Fellowship
American Psychological AssociationTBA Jan 15 Underrepresented Trainee Scholarships
Keystone Symposium$1,200 TBA Medical Students-Diversity
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines Visiting Medical Student Diversity Scholar
American Academy of NeurologyTBA TBA Jeanne Spurlock Research Fellowship in Substance Abuse and Addiction for Minority Medical Students
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry$4,000 Apr 13 Summer Internship
American Academy of Orthopedic SurgeonsTBA TBA Summer Fellowship
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology$5,000 Feb 7 Medical Student Rotation for Underrepresented Populations
American Society of Clinical Oncology$5,000 TBA Minority Medical Student Award Program
American Society of HematologyTBA Jan 15 Summer Internships
CDC Office of Minority Health and Health DisparitiesTBA Jan 31 Graduate Fellowship Training Program
Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)TBA TBA Ramp Scholars
HIV Vaccine Trials Network$20,000 TBA HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
Howard Hughes Medical Institute$50,000 Jan 3 NMF Diverse Medical Scholars Program
United Health Foundation$7,000 Sep 14 ACLS Scholarship for Healthcare Providers
The Pacific Medical Training$1000 Nov 1 General Scholarships & Awards
National Medical Fellowship, Inc.Variable Variable MD Student Travel Awards-Diversity
Fellowship & Sponsor Funding Amount / Year Deadlines AACR Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research
AACRTBA TBA Medical Student Diversity Scholarship
American Academy of Neurology$450 TBA Travel Award for Underrepresented Minority Medical Trainees
American College of Medical Toxicology$1,500 Nov 1 Travel Scholarship for Minority Medical Students
American Psychiatric AssociationTBA Jan 31 Minority Travel Grant
Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine$500 Aug 16 Diversity Medical Student Vascular Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship
SVSTBA TBA