311 verified fellowships — from undergraduate research placements to postdoctoral appointments. 309 include a stipend or paid placement. 311 accept international applicants.
Fellowships supporting women pursuing their first full-time master's or professional degree in fields where women remain underrepresented, i…
The NSF GRFP provides three years of funding to outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in STEM,…
One of the most prestigious PhD fellowships in the US, providing up to five years of support for exceptional graduate students in applied ph…
The oldest non-institutional source of graduate funding for women in the US, established in 1888, providing dissertation fellowships of up t…
An annual program awarding five women postdoctoral scientists $75,000 each for their contributions to STEM research and commitment to servin…
A fellowship supporting exceptional PhD students in computing and related disciplines, providing tuition, stipend, and a paid research inter…
A fellowship recognizing outstanding PhD students doing innovative research in computer science and related fields, providing up to $85,000 …
Merit-based awards of $20,000 each for women from the US and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree and are near completion of thei…
A nonprofit that partners with major companies to offer paid returnship programs for professionals returning to work after a career break fo…
The UK's only fellowship program specifically for researchers returning to STEM after a career break of two or more years, combining a perso…
A UK professional membership society founded in 1919 that supports women in engineering through its MentorSET cross-sector mentoring scheme,…
Annual fellowships of £15,000 each awarded to early-career women researchers in the UK and Ireland conducting postdoctoral research in the l…
A $6,000 award enabling Canadian and international senior undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to conduct 12–24-week …
A program established in 1996 that funds five regional Chairs across Canada to increase the participation and retention of women in science …
Annual fellowships of AU$25,000 each for early-career women scientists within five years of completing their PhD at Australian or New Zealan…
A global program founded in 1998 that has supported over 4,400 women scientists from 110 countries, awarding up to $40,000 each to 15 young …
Established in 1938 and named for aviator Amelia Earhart, this fellowship awards $10,000 each to up to 30 women annually pursuing PhD degree…
A fellowship program launched in 2004 awarding women from developing and emerging economies up to $50,000 per year to pursue PhD or postdoct…
Fellowships for women scientists from Science and Technology-Lagging Countries (STLCs) to pursue PhD or early-career research in natural sci…
NIH / Office of Research on Women's Health
NIH administrative supplements that enable researchers returning to biomedical research after a career break of two or more years due to per…
JPMorgan Chase
A paid 15-week returnship program at JPMorgan Chase for experienced professionals, including technologists, who have been out of the workfor…
European Innovation Council (European Commission)
A European Commission initiative under the European Innovation Council providing female-led deep-tech startups with €75,000 in grant funding…
Royal Society
Up to 1.87M GBP over 8 years for early-career researchers who need a flexible working pattern due to caring responsibilities or health issue…
Graduate Women New Zealand (GWNZ)
Fellowship for outstanding New Zealand female graduates undertaking doctoral study, providing financial assistance and honorary GWNZ members…
NASA Office of STEM Engagement
Competitive fellowship for graduate students from underrepresented groups in STEM including women, ethnic minorities, and persons with disab…
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
$8,000 per year for three years ($24,000 total) to propel the research careers of women mathematicians. Founded through a gift by Karen Uhle…
Palantir Technologies
A fellowship designed for students from underrepresented backgrounds in tech, offering mentorship, networking, and a pathway to Palantir int…
Major League Hacking
A 12-week remote program where participants contribute to open source projects, work on production software, and receive mentorship and a st…
Software Freedom Conservancy
Three-month paid remote internships with free and open source software organizations for people subject to systemic bias and underrepresenta…
Linux Foundation
Connects students and open source newcomers with mentors from Linux Foundation-hosted projects including Linux kernel, Kubernetes, and CNCF …
A postdoctoral fellowship for early-career researchers in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computing who pivot into a new…
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
A four-year postdoctoral fellowship supporting early-career scientists pursuing theoretical or experimental research relevant to the study, …
The flagship international exchange program of the U.S. Department of State, offering Study/Research and English Teaching Assistant awards i…
A one-year fellowship from the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation for master's and PhD students at accredited U.S. graduate institutions w…
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
A two-year fellowship for early-career, tenure-track but untenured faculty at U.S. and Canadian institutions in chemistry, computer science,…
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
A flexible, multi-year research grant for the nation's most promising early-career professors in science and engineering, awarded annually t…
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
A postdoctoral fellowship supporting early-career researchers conducting fundamental biomedical research into the causes, treatments, and cu…
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
A three-year fellowship supporting early postdoctoral research training across all basic biomedical sciences at academic institutions. Eligi…
Life Sciences Research Foundation
A three-year postdoctoral fellowship supporting exceptional researchers across all areas of basic life sciences discovery. The foundation is…
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
An award bridging advanced postdoctoral training and the first years of faculty appointment for researchers applying quantitative and physic…
American Association for the Advancement of Science
A fellowship placing accomplished scientists and engineers in U.S. federal government offices in Washington, DC, to learn first-hand about f…
The Human Frontier Science Program offers Long-Term Fellowships for PhD holders in the life sciences and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships for …
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences for up to two years, with international mobility require…
The Searle Scholars Program funds the independent research of exceptional early-career faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who …
The Pew Biomedical Scholars program supports early-career assistant professors running independent labs in the biomedical sciences, medicine…
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's Beckman Young Investigator Program funds early-career faculty in the chemical and life sciences wh…
Royal Society
A postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career international researchers in the natural and social sciences to work at a UK research instit…
University of California, Berkeley
A prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from UC Berkeley's Miller Institute giving early-career scientists three years of independent basic re…
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
A fellowship enabling internationally recognized researchers of any nationality and discipline to carry out long-term research in Germany in…
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science funds overseas postdoctoral researchers to conduct research at Japanese universities and inst…
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society funds postdoctoral researchers in the first phases of their independent cancer-research careers across basic, cl…
Australian Research Council
An Australian Research Council scheme providing three years of salary and project funding to outstanding early-career researchers across sci…
Wellcome Trust
A Wellcome Trust award giving early-career researchers in health-related science the funding and support to develop their research identity …
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
A program from the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network supporting early-career scientists worldwide pursuing bold, interdisciplinary biomedical r…
Marine Biological Laboratory
Summer fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole for early-career investigators to run independent neuroscience research;…
Cancer Research Institute
Three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute in immunology and cancer immunology, with a rising stipend plus instit…
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund
Award for early-career investigators researching mechanisms of neurological and psychiatric disorders, providing $150,000 per year for three…
Simons Foundation / Flatiron Institute
Postdoctoral fellowships at the Flatiron Institute across computational astrophysics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience and quantum physics…
University of British Columbia
Fellowship for recent PhDs (within 24 months) in most fields, including STEM, at participating Canadian universities; roughly $60,000 per ye…
Rita Allen Foundation
Award for early-career biomedical researchers in cancer, immunology, neuroscience and pain, providing up to $110,000 per year for up to five…
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation program funding a postdoctoral fellow in environmental chemistry, providing $120,000 over two years to th…
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Postdoctoral Fellow award for researchers with under three years of postdoctoral training pursuing basic or translational research in blood …
Three-year postdoctoral fellowships in the UK for researchers within four years of their doctorate, open to any subject area including the s…
Postdoctoral fellowships from Hong Kong's Croucher Foundation supporting Hong Kong permanent residents to pursue full-time research in the n…
A two-year postdoctoral fellowship for early-career conservation scientists (within three years of their PhD) to conduct applied, solutions-…
A suite of postdoctoral and clinical research fellowships from the American Association for Cancer Research funding mentored cancer research…
EU-funded postdoctoral fellowships supporting PhD-holding researchers of any nationality to advance their careers through international mobi…
An annual research fellowship from the American Mathematical Society for outstanding mathematicians who have held their doctorate for three …
Two-year postdoctoral fellowships supporting scientists within five years of their PhD (or clinicians within three years of neurology reside…
Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council fellowship-style grants providing salary and a research support package; the Emergi…
A German Research Foundation (DFG) postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career researchers to independently conduct their own research pro…
A two-year postdoctoral fellowship (administered by Health Resources in Action) funding basic and clinical research on the causes of human d…
Alzheimer's Association
A research fellowship for postdoctoral fellows and early-career scientists with less than 10 years of experience after their doctorate, fund…
UK Research and Innovation
A flagship UKRI scheme supporting early-career researchers and innovators across all disciplines to establish independent research programme…
Susan G. Komen
Supports promising early-career scientists (within roughly five years of their PhD or clinical training) pursuing careers in breast cancer r…
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Two-year awards of up to $70,000 for young scientists conducting neurobiological research relevant to serious brain and behavior disorders s…
ETH Zurich
A postdoctoral fellowship for researchers pursuing unconventional, cross-disciplinary projects outside the scientific mainstream, spanning n…
Research Ireland
A national fellowship funding early-career postdoctoral researchers (within five years of their PhD) to conduct independent research at an e…
Swiss National Science Foundation
Enables postdoctoral researchers connected to Switzerland to undertake a research stay abroad to strengthen their academic profile, with a 2…
Dutch Research Council (NWO)
The entry-level grant of the Dutch Veni-Vidi-Vici talent scheme, supporting recently graduated PhD researchers (within three years) to devel…
IBM Research
A long-running fellowship recognizing exceptional PhD students in the final years of study working in IBM's focus areas of technology. Nomin…
Prostate Cancer Foundation
Three-year grants of $225,000 for early-career scientists (typically within six years of postdoctoral or medical fellowship) with novel idea…
Melanoma Research Alliance
Supports early-career researchers within five years of their first academic faculty appointment pursuing bold new ideas in melanoma research…
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Provides startup funding of up to $60,000 per year for three years to less-experienced researchers pursuing pediatric (childhood) cancer res…
The Royal Society
A prestigious eight-year fellowship enabling outstanding early-career scientists (three to eight years post-PhD) in the natural sciences to …
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Supports promising early-career MD, PhD, or equivalent recipients pursuing advanced research training in multiple sclerosis across basic, tr…
The American Society of Hematology's Scholar Award provides career-development funding to fellows and junior faculty pursuing research caree…
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Jansky Fellowship supports outstanding early-career postdoctoral researchers to pursue independen…
Austria's FWF Science Fund funds early-career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research abroad at a leading international host institutio…
The American Heart Association's Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early postdoctoral trainees conducting cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, an…
The Azrieli Foundation funds outstanding international postdoctoral researchers across STEM and other disciplines to conduct research at uni…
The St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellow award funds early-career researchers pursuing training in pediatric oncology and childhood cancer resea…
The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) funds junior postdoctoral researchers to carry out fundamental or strategic research at Flemish uni…
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) funds postdoctoral fellows to train and conduct research advancing the understanding, treatment, and cure o…
The Lupus Research Alliance's Empowering Lupus Research Scientist Development Award supports early-career investigators establishing indepen…
The American Epilepsy Society funds postdoctoral fellows conducting basic, translational, or clinical research relevant to epilepsy.
Postdoctoral fellowships from the BrightFocus Foundation funding early-career researchers studying Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration…
Postdoctoral research fellowship from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation supporting trainees investigating inflammatory bowel disease.
Postdoctoral fellowship from the ALS Association supporting early-career scientists conducting ALS research and building careers in the fiel…
Postdoctoral fellowship from the American Diabetes Association funding early-career researchers pursuing diabetes-related biomedical researc…
Post-doctoral fellowship from FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) supporting researchers conducting projects at institutions in São Paulo…
Research grants from the Whitehall Foundation supporting basic research in neurobiology, with a preference for early-career scientists.
Career Starter research grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation supporting early-career investigators conducting research in pediatric…
National Post Doctoral Fellowship from India's Anusandhan National Research Foundation (formerly SERB), supporting early-career postdoctoral…
Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network supporting junior faculty establishing independent pancreatic cancer rese…
Early-career research grant from New Zealand's Marsden Fund, administered by Royal Society Te Apārangi, supporting researchers within seven …
Catalyst Award from the American Lung Association supporting mentored early-career scientists conducting lung-health and respiratory-disease…
Career Development Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness supporting junior clinician-scientists researching inherited retinal degener…
Postdoctoral fellowship from the Novo Nordisk Foundation enabling Denmark-affiliated researchers to conduct bioscience and basic biomedicine…
Places PhD-level scientists and engineers in the California State Legislature and agencies for a year of hands-on science-policy work.
Supports early-career high school mathematics and science teachers with multi-year funding, professional development, and a national network…
A fellowship for accomplished K-12 mathematics and science teachers in New York City, providing stipends and a professional community.
An immersive fellowship at the National Academies for graduate students to learn how science and technology inform national policy.
Places STEM students in newsrooms for a summer to report on science and build science-communication skills.
Grants supporting early-career nature-conservation projects in developing countries around the world.
Recognizes top graduate students in business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science at select universities.
An NSERC-administered Canadian federal award supporting postdoctoral researchers in the natural sciences and engineering.
A Canadian federal doctoral scholarship for high-caliber graduate students in STEM, administered by the tri-agency councils.
Postdoctoral fellowships enabling researchers of any nationality to work at host institutions in Spain and Portugal.
Supports PhD students conducting computer-science research in areas aligned with Snap's research priorities.
An NSF program funding scholarships and stipends for STEM majors and professionals who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 schools.
A Simons Foundation award helping early-career autism researchers transition to independent faculty positions.
A professional-development fellowship for food and agriculture PhD students, funded by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research.
American Brain Tumor Association fellowships funding graduate and postdoctoral researchers studying brain tumors.
An American Oil Chemists' Society graduate fellowship in fats, oils, and lipid chemistry.
A postdoctoral fellowship from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation supporting basic-biology research on agin…
A postdoctoral fellowship from the New York Stem Cell Foundation supporting early-career scientists conducting innovative stem cell research…
A Michael J. Fox Foundation fellowship training clinician-researchers in movement-disorders and Parkinson's disease research.
An award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement supporting early-career faculty in chemistry, physics, and astronomy who inte…
A KidneyCure (American Society of Nephrology) fellowship funding early-career investigators conducting kidney-disease research.
A PhRMA Foundation fellowship supporting graduate and postdoctoral researchers in drug discovery and pharmaceutical sciences.
Awards from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences recognizing outstanding young scientists in life sciences, …
A program funding postdoctoral scholars and faculty in STEM fields to conduct research at leading Israeli universities.
A Children's Tumor Foundation award supporting early-career researchers studying neurofibromatosis.
An Autism Science Foundation fellowship funding pre- and postdoctoral trainees conducting autism research.
Awards from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supporting early-career neuroscientists establishing independent research labs.
Grants from the Hearing Health Foundation supporting emerging researchers studying hearing and balance science.
A Research to Prevent Blindness award supporting early-career clinician-scientists conducting vision and eye-disease research.
An American Association of Immunologists program pairing immunology fellows with computational and data-science training.
A National Research Foundation Singapore fellowship funding early-career researchers to lead independent projects at Singapore institutions.
A Doris Duke Charitable Foundation fellowship supporting physician-scientists early in their clinical-research careers.
An AGA Research Foundation award providing research support to early-career investigators in gastroenterology and hepatology.
An American Academy of Neurology scholarship supporting clinical research training for early-career neurologists.
A Leakey Foundation grant funding research into human origins and evolution.
HDSA Berman-Topper Family HD Career Development Fellowship is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers…
Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development Award is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researche…
RSNA Research and Education Foundation Resident/Fellow Research Grant is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career …
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
51 Pegasi b Fellowship is a physics research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellowship is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
Green Talents - International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development is a environmental science research fellowship providing …
American Thoracic Society Foundation Research Program is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
National Kidney Foundation Young Investigator Research Grant is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researche…
Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship (EIPOD-LinC) is a biology research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
AASLD Foundation Pilot Research Award in Liver Diseases is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
ERC Starting Grant is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
CURE Epilepsy Taking Flight Award is a biomedical research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
Clay Research Fellowship is a mathematics research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.
The Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award supports early-career investigators conducting pediatric medical research.
The Glaucoma Research Foundation's Shaffer Grants fund innovative research into the causes and treatment of glaucoma.
TechCongress places technologists as fellows in the U.S. Congress to provide technical expertise on science and technology policy.
Graduate Fellowships for STEM Development (formerly the National Physical Science Consortium) fund graduate study across the physical scienc…
Cure SMA funds research grants and postdoctoral fellowships advancing treatments for spinal muscular atrophy.
The Lymphoma Research Foundation awards postdoctoral fellowship grants supporting research into lymphoma and blood cancers.
The Tourette Association of America funds research grants and fellowships advancing understanding and treatment of Tourette syndrome and tic…
The Arthritis National Research Foundation funds research grants for scientists studying arthritis and related autoimmune diseases.
The Sarcoma Foundation of America awards research grants to investigators developing new treatments for sarcoma.
The Marfan Foundation funds research grants, including support for early-career investigators studying Marfan syndrome and related connectiv…
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America awards the Jackie McSpadden postdoctoral fellowship supporting research into myasthenia gravis.
The National Psoriasis Foundation funds early-career research grants advancing understanding and treatment of psoriatic disease.
The Dermatology Foundation awards research fellowships supporting early-career investigators in dermatology and skin science.
The Link Foundation funds PhD fellowships in ocean engineering and instrumentation to advance marine technology research.
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation funds postdoctoral researchers and clinical fellows for one year of innovative multiple myeloma res…
FRAXA funds postdoctoral fellows worldwide for up to two years to pursue translational and preclinical Fragile X syndrome research. Any non-…
Brazil's Instituto Serrapilheira runs annual calls funding early-career scientists in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science…
The Lustgarten Foundation, the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research, supports early-career investigators through Career Deve…
The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance funds junior faculty for three years to build independent careers in ovarian and gynecologic cancer res…
FPWR funds early-career and pilot research into Prader-Willi and Schaaf-Yang syndromes across genetics, metabolism, cognition and therapeuti…
Sweden's Wallenberg Foundation funds outstanding early-career Swedish scientists for postdoctoral study abroad at Stanford, MIT/Broad Instit…
The India Alliance Early Career Fellowship is a mentored biomedical research fellowship supporting recently qualified researchers to establi…
Chile's national research agency (ANID) runs the annual FONDECYT Postdoctorado competition, funding 2-3 year projects by recently graduated …
Denmark's Lundbeck Foundation funds early-career postdocs (within 5 years of PhD) over three years for neuroscience research, requiring a ch…
A 12-month paid fellowship placing graduate students with California municipal, state and federal agencies for hands-on training in the scie…
A mentored award providing multi-year support to researchers within five years of their first faculty appointment pursuing early detection o…
South Africa's National Research Foundation funds postdoctoral fellows across all knowledge fields, with priority for science, engineering a…
The National Ataxia Foundation funds early-career postdoctoral researchers to pursue research advancing the understanding and treatment of h…
The Scleroderma Research Foundation awards two-year postdoctoral fellowships to bring new researchers into scleroderma research alongside es…
Argentina's national research council (CONICET) runs an annual call awarding three-year internal postdoctoral fellowships to recently gradua…
A one-year, $50,000 grant from Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, supporting early-career physician-scientists beginning careers in clinic…
A one-year fellowship for U.S. medical students to conduct intensive cardiovascular biomedical research at a U.S. institution other than the…
A three-year award ($225,000 total) developing early-career scientists conducting basic and translational research in liver biology and dise…
A one-year, $75,000 grant from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research training U.S.-based anesthesiology residents and fellows…
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention grant of up to $90,000 over two years for early-career investigators conducting suicide-preventio…
A three-year grant of up to $300,000 for early-career investigators in neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology pursuing high-risk mental he…
Two- to three-year postdoctoral fellowships enabling researchers who earned a PhD in Denmark, Greenland, or the Faroe Islands to conduct res…
National postdoctoral fellowships from Norway's research council to help doctorate-holders develop specialist expertise and qualify for acad…
France's leading medical-research foundation funds postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhD-holders across biological and health research.
A nonpartisan fellowship placing midcareer health professionals in Washington, D.C. for a year of experience at the intersection of health, …
A grant of $75,000 (up to two years) training physicians in movement disorders with emphasis on dystonia.
A two-year fellowship ($70,000/year) helping young investigators gain research experience as they start careers in polycystic kidney disease…
A multi-year grant supporting early-career tenure-track faculty conducting laboratory-based fundamental or translational cancer research.
Fellowship-style grants of up to $70,000/year for three years funding postdoctoral early-career investigators entering neuromuscular-disease…
A five-year grant (up to DKK 9 million) from Denmark's Villum Fonden enabling junior faculty in technical and natural sciences to establish …
A $75,000, one-year grant supporting early-career scientists researching bladder and upper-tract urothelial cancer.
A one-year, $22,500 grant for doctorate-holders pursuing academic careers in basic or clinical ophthalmology and vision research under a sen…
Three-year national funding from Finland's research council for recently graduated doctorates across all fields, supporting the transition t…
Provides veterinary students a stipend to conduct mentored research advancing the health of dogs, cats, equids, and wildlife.
The CHEST Foundation, philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians, awards annual clinical research grants and young invest…
Part of the Neilsen Foundation's Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS) program, these two-year postdoctoral fel…
Administered by the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (formerly the National Hemophilia Foundation), the JGP Fellowship supports basic …
The AAMDSIF Research Grant Program funds new investigators, including postdoctoral fellows, instructors, and early assistant professors, stu…
The Wenner-Gren Foundations (Stockholm) fund non-Swedish postdoctoral researchers to carry out research training at Swedish universities and…
POLONEZ BIS is the Polish National Science Centre's Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND postdoctoral fellowship program bringing experienced resea…
The Sjögren's Foundation funds Pilot and High Impact research grants to advance understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of Sjögren's disease…
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation's Career Development Grant supports early-career investigators in musculoskeletal and orth…
India's Department of Science and Technology runs the INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship to retain early-career PhD holders and support their transi…
The Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research funds postdoctoral and clinical research fellows through its Collaborative Pediatric Canc…
The Cooley's Anemia Foundation invites national and international clinical and basic-science investigators (postdoctoral fellows or junior f…
CurePSP funds Pathway and Pipeline research grants advancing the understanding and treatment of prime-of-life neurodegenerative tauopathies …
The Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) in French-speaking Belgium offers the Chargé de recherches postdoctoral fellowship, a f…
The Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Alliance funds postdoctoral fellowships and early-stage investigator research grants to drive innovativ…
Spain's State Research Agency (AEI) funds Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contracts to help recent PhD holders complete their postdoctoral re…
TÜBİTAK's BİDEB 2232 program (with companion 2232-B for early-stage researchers) funds highly qualified scientists to establish research in …
The Alpha-1 Foundation funds postdoctoral research fellows beginning their careers in laboratories studying Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (…
Established in 1996, the ATA Thyroid Research Grant Program funds research in thyroid disease and thyroid cancer with a focus on supporting …
RIKEN's Special Postdoctoral Researcher Program gives early-career scientists the opportunity to conduct autonomous, independent research of…
The German Research Foundation's Emmy Noether Programme enables exceptionally qualified early-career researchers to lead an independent juni…
The National Research Foundation of Korea's Sejong Science Fellowship supports young scientists such as postdoctoral researchers to pursue i…
A mentored training program of up to two years for physician-investigators with a strong interest in vasculitis, run jointly by the Vasculit…
The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation's flagship two-year fellowship supports doctoral and postdoctoral researchers conducting studies on myoton…
The Progeria Research Foundation is the only nonprofit dedicated solely to treatments and a cure for Progeria, a rare fatal genetic prematur…
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation's Bridge to Success Award provides career-development bridge funding to early-career sleep…
The AEF Program places accomplished K-12 STEM educators for eleven months in a federal agency or U.S. Congressional office in Washington, D.…
The American Institute of Physics sponsors scientists annually to spend a year providing scientific and analytical expertise to the U.S. Con…
Established in 1975, the Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award develops the next generation of urologic researchers by giving early…
The Chordoma Foundation offers peer-reviewed seed grants supporting investigator-initiated projects that advance treatments for chordoma, a …
The PFF Scholars program engages early-career investigators in pulmonary fibrosis research, supporting postdoctoral trainees, instructors, a…
Additional Ventures funds research to cure single ventricle heart disease through a portfolio of award programs, including the Single Ventri…
The Italian Association for Cancer Research (Fondazione AIRC) funds early-career cancer researchers through a set of fellowship schemes: Ita…
A graduate fellowship from the National Speleological Society supporting thesis or dissertation research related to caves and karst (speleol…
A research fellowship from the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) Inherited Neuropathies Consortium Alliance supporting investigators st…
A graduate fellowship from the Semiconductor Research Corporation supporting PhD students in microelectronics, semiconductors, and related e…
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) AFR PhD individual grants funding doctoral researchers across all disciplines.
The Czech Science Foundation POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (PIF) supporting early-career postdoctoral researchers within a few years of thei…
Postdoctoral fellowship grants from the Icelandic Research Fund (Rannis) supporting postdoctoral researchers across scientific fields.
The Michael Geisman Fellowship from the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation funding postdoctoral research on osteogenesis imperfecta.
A postdoctoral fellowship from the Dravet Syndrome Foundation supporting early-career researchers studying Dravet syndrome and related epile…
Research grants from the Amyloidosis Foundation supporting early-career investigators studying amyloidosis.
The Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowship (National Academies) places early-career scientists in host offices working on environme…
A nine-month fellowship at MIT for science, technology, environmental, and medical journalists.
A postdoctoral fellowship from the FSHD Society supporting research on facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
The Peter Geistlich Research Award from the Osteo Science Foundation funding research in oral, craniofacial, and maxillofacial regeneration.
PhD studentships from Portugal's Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) funding doctoral research across all scientific areas.
A PhD fellowship from the Link Foundation supporting doctoral research in modeling, simulation, and training technologies.
The Roger Arliner Young (RAY) Fellowship places early-career professionals in paid positions across conservation and clean-energy organizati…
Graduate student research awards from the Society of Systematic Biologists supporting research in systematics and evolutionary biology.
A physician-scientist training fellowship for nephrology fellows pursuing careers in clinical research. Funding is up to $90,000 per year fo…
Research grants advancing pediatric epilepsy science. Selected investigators receive $150,000 total ($75,000 per year for two years). Curren…
A national postdoctoral fellowship managed by Research Ireland (formerly the Irish Research Council) supporting one or two years of research…
The Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation funds research projects led by postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines in Greece…
Taiwan's national academy funds two-year postdoctoral fellowships to conduct research at Academia Sinica institutes across the sciences. Rec…
A fully funded postdoctoral fellowship at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for early-career researchers worldwide, providi…
The National Natural Science Foundation of China scheme attracts outstanding young scholars working abroad (holding a PhD, with postdoctoral…
The Estonian Research Council funds postdoctoral researchers, including a Seal of Excellence scheme allowing unfunded MSCA postdoctoral proj…
Early-career neuroscience research grants generally limited to investigators who completed residency or a PhD no more than five years before…
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine runs a 10-week summer fellowship giving undergraduates medical physics research and clini…
FARA funds two-year postdoctoral fellowships (up to $100,000/year) for early-career researchers studying Friedreich's ataxia, open to traine…
Two-year fellowships of up to $100,000/year supporting early-career scientists (postdocs up to seven years past PhD) pursuing Huntington's d…
A field-building fellowship placing fellows in host organizations (media, scientific societies, nonprofits, universities) for roughly 18 mon…
The Hydrocephalus Association runs annual grant cycles funding hydrocephalus research, including Innovator, Accelerator, and Neuropsychology…
UMDF, the largest non-governmental funder of mitochondrial disease research, offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (up to $50,000 over two …
A competitive 10-week paid summer fellowship for undergraduate, graduate, and medical students to conduct faculty-mentored lupus research; r…
Grants (about 1.3 million SEK/year for 18-36 months) enabling recently qualified researchers with a Swedish doctorate to spend at least two-…
A U.S. Department of State program (administered by IREX) sending U.S. K-12 educators abroad for three to six months to conduct an inquiry p…
Places IEEE members as technical advisors in U.S. government, including a Congressional Fellowship serving on Capitol Hill staff; provides a…
A grant (up to about DKK 1,550,000) enabling talented early-career researchers to carry out an independent research project at a research in…
A competitive one-year U.S. federal fellowship (administered by GSA) embedding mid-to-senior technologists, designers, and strategists in fe…
Metcalf Institute (University of Rhode Island) awards annual fellowships to journalists for its Science Immersion Workshop and related scien…
Two-year fellowships (up to $40,000/year) for postdoctoral-level scientists pursuing cancer prevention and early-detection research; there i…
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council funds postdoctoral and experienced international researchers for research stays in Taiwan (…
Fellowships of up to $75,000/year for one to two years supporting scientists and new researchers in cystinosis research, with global calls i…
Endocrine Society program providing a $2,500 honorarium plus a travel grant for first- to third-year medical and graduate student members to…
Around 35 postgraduate fellowships and scholarships awarded annually by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 for advanced study a…
A Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub programme for engineers and technologists commercialising a deep-tech innovation. Fellows rece…
A Royal Academy of Engineering scheme supporting outstanding early-career researchers to establish an independent research career in enginee…
Canada's flagship federal postdoctoral fellowship program, administered jointly by NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC. It supports top-tier postdoctoral …
An American Mathematical Society research fellowship awarded annually to further excellence in mathematics research and to advance the parti…
An early-career research fellowship from the American Mathematical Society supporting mathematicians working in complex analysis, analysis, …
A midcareer research fellowship from the American Mathematical Society created to help exceptionally talented women scholars protect researc…
A Washington, DC-based policy fellowship sponsored by the American Mathematical Society. Fellows spend a year on the staff of a member of Co…
A funded AI safety research fellowship run by Anthropic, designed to accelerate AI safety research and develop research talent. Fellows work…
A twelve-month Computing Research Association fellowship for early-career computing researchers one to three years past their PhD, advancing…
A fellowship managed by Royal Society Te Aparangi on behalf of the NZUK Link Foundation, enabling a Maori health researcher to spend two to …
A suite of research fellowships introduced by New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and administered by Royal Societ…
A multi-year Pfizer fellowship that combines a summer internship, sponsored master's-level study and a guaranteed full-time role, aimed at s…
A three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Sandia National Laboratories for exceptional early-career researchers who propose and lead their own…
An eight-month, full-time paid research apprenticeship that pairs aspiring machine learning researchers with the Cohere Labs research team t…
An independent 12-week research fellowship that pairs scholars with mentors across seven tracks: empirical research, theory, strategy and fo…
A nine-week mentored AI safety research fellowship based at the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) in London, with extensions of up to six…
A six-month fellowship funding external researchers, engineers and practitioners to work on AI safety problems including safety evaluation, …
A 13-week full-time technical AI safety research programme in London, run twice a year, in which participants write a technical paper in tea…
A fully funded five-month in-person fellowship at Constellation's Berkeley, California research centre, with an optional extension, in which…
A nine-week in-person AI safety research fellowship run by the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative from an office in Harvard Square, Cambr…
A remote fellowship from BASE, an AI safety research lab building pathways for Black researchers and professionals into AI safety, governanc…
An independent research fellowship at Korea’s Institute for Basic Science for scientists within seven years of the PhD, or under 40 with a d…
University of Maryland
A National Science Foundation Research Training Group at the University of Maryland that funds fellows at four separate levels — high school…
A three-month in-person fellowship at the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco for researchers examining the societal dimensions of advance…
A six-month hybrid fellowship from The New York Climate Exchange for early-stage innovators — researchers, scientists, engineers and entrepr…
Hands-on laboratory training in biosecurity for early- and mid-career scientists at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Bio…
Salary support for health researchers in the training phase of their careers in British Columbia, providing $60,000 per year plus a research…
There are 311 verified STEM fellowships in the WIGSAT directory. Top programs include the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship ($36,000/year), Brooke Owens Fellowship (aerospace, paid + mentorship), and the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (nuclear science, €40,000 total).
A fellowship combines funding with a structured research or professional component — fellows contribute to work at a lab, company, or international organization. Scholarships are primarily financial awards for tuition and living costs with no placement requirement.
Yes — 309 of the 311 fellowships in this directory include a stipend, salary, or paid placement. Notable examples: Brooke Owens Fellowship (full paid internship), DOE CSGF ($36,000/year + tuition), Meta Research PhD Fellowship ($42,000/year + tuition), IAEA Fellowship (€40,000 total).
Yes — 311 fellowships accept international applicants or are based outside the US, including the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (open internationally), Brooke Owens Fellowship (open internationally), and Women TechEU (EU-based startups).
Graduate-level fellowships include the DOE CSGF (PhD, $36,000/year), DOE NNSA SSGF (PhD, nuclear/physics), NOAA Nancy Foster Scholarship (Master's, marine science, up to $47,000/year), and the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (Master's, €40,000 total).