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 
Cancer Research Institute, Irvington Postdoctoral FellowshipSeptember 1, 2025Not restricted
ASP Postdoctoral Fellowships in Atmospheric and Interdisciplinary SciencesSeptember 1, 2025Not specified
Cancer Research Institute, Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship ProgramSeptember 1, 2025Not restricted
Lymphoma Research Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship September 4, 2025Applicants must be authorized to work in the US or Canada
American Heart Association, Cardiovascular & Brain Health Postdoctoral FellowshipSeptember 4, 2025Not restricted
Children’s Heart Foundation AHA/CHF Congenital Heart Defect Research FellowshipsSeptember 4, 2025Not restricted
Lymphoma Research Foundation, Lymphoma & CLL Research Mentorship ProgramSeptember 4, 2025Applicants must be authorized to work in the US or Canada
Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award Program | Advanced Research in Chemistry and InstrumentationSeptember 5, 2025U.S citizens or permanent residents
NIAID Career Transition Award (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Biomedical Career Transition for Postdoctoral FellowsSeptember 7, 2025Not specified
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | Transitioning Postdocs to Independent Research CareersSeptember 7, 2025Not specified
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