As an early-career postdoc, one of the first important lessons I learned was how to identify potential funding sources for my future postdoctoral work. Although most young scientists are familiar with the large government-sponsored fellowship programs, from agencies such as the NSF and NIH, I was somewhat surprised how many excellent fellowships are available from smaller, private foundations. To identify these sources, I hunted down every postdoc I knew and asked them which agencies they applied to. More importantly, I also asked each postdoc to share their grant-writing experiences and to share any helpful suggestions. For me, this was extremely useful, and I’m grateful for their help. When I have some free time, I will put the list I compiled on the web in case it might be useful for other postdocs.
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Research Funding
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- Tuesday, 06 Jun e 2006 - 10:41 GMT
Last updated: Tuesday, 06 Jun 2006 - 10:41 GMT
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I cant wait to hear more from your experiences
As an update: For those getting started on the search for research funding, here are a few very respectable programs:
Predoctoral
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Postdoctoral
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship Award
Early Career
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
NIH New Investigator R01
NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award
HHMI Early Career Scientist See also: Corrie Lok’s Blog
Also: The Gates Foundation is a great resource for those in the global health and disease fields
As we all know, research can not be done without the needed funding. Myself, I am very grateful to have received a Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship.
I’d be thankful if others would add to the fellowship list, by noting other fellowships they have been funding by or know of. Thanks.
Another great program:
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Career Awards
Beckman Young Investigators Program
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Early Career and Faculty Fellowships
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigators Program
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Camille and Henry Dreyfus: New Faculty Awards Program
Greenwall Foundation, Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Smith Family New Investigator Awards Program
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Awards
Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Searle Scholars Program
W.M. Keck Foundation, Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program
David and Lucille Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation