Upcoming Extramural Funding Opportunities & Deadlines

On this page, you will find the upcoming deadlines for postdoctoral funding opportunities (including requirements for US citizenship, work authorization, or permanent residence in the US. Please note that these opportunities may have other eligibility requirements.

Funding Opportunities
Deadline/Timeline
Citizenship/Residence 
Global Postdoctoral Research in Natural and Engineering Sciences (Sweden)September 16, 2025Not specified
Early Career Postdoctoral-Faculty Bridge Grant | Early Career Support in Chemistry and EngineeringSeptember 19, 2025Not restricted
Hope Funds for Cancer Research Postdoctoral FellowshipSeptember 24, 2025Not specified
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards, BrightFocus FoundationSeptember 29, 2025Not specified
Parker B. Francis FellowshipOctober 10, 2025US or Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or holders of visas that will last for the entire period of the fellowship
NINDS Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Advancing ADRD Research Careers Without Clinical TrialsOctober 12, 2025US citizens or permanent residents
NCI Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00 Clinical Trial Required) | Transition to Independent Clinical Research CareersOctober 15, 2025US citizens or permanent residents
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF) | Advancing Earth Sciences Through Postdoctoral ResearchOctober 29, 2025Not restricted
Early-Career Parkinson's Disease Research Fellowship October 31, 2025Not restricted
Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship Award in NeuroscienceNovember 1, 2025Not specified
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | Advancing Astronomy and Earth Science ResearchNovember 1, 2025Not restricted
Advancing Autism Research across Diverse Domains, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Autism Science FoundationNovember 6, 2025Not specified
Short-Term Fellowships | Humanities Research Using Archival CollectionsNovember 15, 2025Not restricted
Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Awards | Transition Awards for Cystic Fibrosis ResearchDecember 12, 2025U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or non-citizens working in the U.S. laboratory
Research Fellowship Awards | Pediatric Endocrinology Research Training FellowshipDecember 16, 2025Not restricted
Postdoc fellowship for research abroad - bioscience and basic biomedicine | International Postdoc Fellowship in Bioscience and BiomedicineJanuary 9, 2026Not specified
Visiting scholar and postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford Bio-X Institute | Advancing Biomedical and Biotechnological Research at Stanford Bio-XJanuary 29, 2026Not specified
Susan T. Borra Advancing Food and Nutrition Communications Fellowship Award | Nutrition Communications Fellowship in Food Industry.February 24, 2026Not specified
Fellowship Awards | Advancing Women's Health Research FellowshipMarch 15, 2026Applicants may not be US citizens, but must have social security numbers