Human Frontier Science Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships

Human Frontier Science Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships

Eligibility: A research doctorate (PhD) or a doctoral-level degree comparable to a PhD with equivalent experience in basic research must have been conferred in the three years prior to the invited full proposal submission deadline. Applicants may be from any country and of any nationality. However, candidates cannot apply for a fellowship to work in the country of their nationality, regardless of whether they have obtained their PhD degree in this or another country.

Deadline Month: May (LOI); September (full proposal, if invited)

Description: HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) are for applicants with a PhD in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their previous PhD or postdoctoral work. Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) are for applicants with a PhD from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences), who have not worked in the life sciences before. Both fellowships provide three years of salary and research/travel allowance.