Category Archives: Funding

October 24, 2019

Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program (SMDP) 2020

PDF for Flyer: 2020-SMDP-Call-for-Applications
SMDP Biotech | San Diego
JUNE 6-10, 2020
The one-year career mentoring program pairs ethnically diverse graduate students and post-doctoral researchers with industry mentors who work at biotech and consumer healthcare companies
Open to Graduate students and post-doctoral
researchers with degrees in life sciences
 
SMDP MedTech | Toronto
OCTOBER 3-7, 2020
The one-year career mentoring program pairs ethnically diverse undergraduate and graduate students with mentors who work at medical device and consumer healthcare companies
Who may apply?
Undergraduate Juniors and Seniors
in Engineering, or BS degree, MS

(read more)

August 1, 2019

Insight Fellows Programs – August 12 Deadline

The Insight Fellows Programs are tuition-free fellowships for graduating students looking to transition to thriving careers as data scientists, engineers, and other cutting-edge professionals.
Insight Fellows:
– Pay no tuition; the program is fully funded by top companies
– Meet, interview, and join top companies
– Launch a cutting-edge career where the average starting salary is $125K
– Join a network of over 2000 industry leaders
 
Insight alumni are now working at Facebook, LinkedIn, The New York Times, Apple, Airbnb, Netflix, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,

(read more)

July 24, 2019

Internal Funding

Training and Travel Awards
Postdoctoral Scholars are eligible to apply for Travel and Training Awards (up to $3000) to attend workshops, conferences, or receive training at off-site locations that would enhance their training but cannot be funded through their mentor’s grants.
Deadlines
There are two cycles for awards:

July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019

Deadline for this cycle has already passed (May 24, 2019)

January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020

Deadline has not been announced yet

More information can be found here:
https://postdocs.usc.edu/scholars/career-development/travel-awards/
Eligibility: The Postdoctoral Scholar Training

(read more)

July 24, 2019

External Funding

Adapted from: https://research.fas.harvard.edu/postdoc_opportunities
 
Funding opportunities open for Postdoctoral Scholars based on national eligibility (US only, US and Restricted Countries, Unrestricted).
 

For US Green Card or Citizens Only

Sponsor
Eligibility
Deadline Month
Description

American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Visiting Scholars
U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required; must have received doctoral degree no more than 4 years before the application deadline date
October
The Academy’s Visiting Scholars Program provides residential fellowships to postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Housed at the headquarters of the Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts,

(read more)