Typical Predoctoral Grants
These grants are typically available on a reliable, annual basis. In the past they regularly fund predoctoral trainees. Any PhD or MD-PhD trainee is considered to be predoctoral.
- NIH Fellowship - F series (U.S. citizens and permanent residents)
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PhD/MD-PhD students and Postdocs are elibigle to apply for an NIH fellowship.
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For more information on the NIH F-series grant writing workshop offered at Downstate, scroll to the bottom of the NIH fellowship information page on the Downstate website.
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- (U.S. citizens and permanent residents)
- The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States
- The five-year Fellowship provides three years of financial support, including an annual stipend of $37,000.
- (INTERNATIONAL and U.S. trainees)
- This fellowship funds very broad science. You do not necessarily have to be working on something heart-specific
- Applicants are not required to reside in the United States for any period before applying for American Heart Association funding.
- (European citizenship required)
- cyclical deadline must be within 6months of PhD thesis start
- basic monthly stipend amounts to 1,650 euros
- differences in living costs, country-related premiums USA 1,700 euros
- unmarried fellow working in the USA and Switzerland 3,500 euros
- a spouse allowance of 200 euros,
- a child allowance of 200 euros per child, and/or childcare allowance of up to 500 euros may be added depending on the personal situation.
- Strong fellowship community with regular conferences
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The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards PhD fellowships to European citizens working in Europe or overseas and to non-European citizens pursuing their PhD projects in Europe. For exceptions regarding Europeans having completed their secondary education outside Europe, please see .
The PhD projects must be experimental, in the field of basic biomedical research, and aimed at elucidating basic biological phenomena of human life and acquiring new scientific knowledge.
U.S. CITIZENS
- Applicant must be a US citizen or US national.
- Open to 1st year PhD students.
- Eligible applicant must use math or computer science to conduct doctoral research in specific research field such as chemical engineering and life sciences.
- Award provides stipend, tuition, and academic allowance.
- Recipient is required to conduct a 12-week research practicum at a DOE laboratory and attend yearly conferences.
- Deadline: January
- Applicant must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
- Eligible students should have chosen their major sponsors and passed the ACE.
- Award provides stipend, tuition and institutional allowance for up to five years.
- Deadlines: April 8, August 8, December 8
- Applicant must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
- Funds basic science research in several areas.
- Open to first and second year students who have not completed a Master’s Degree (some exceptions apply for Dual BS/MS programs).
- Award provides stipend and tuition support for three years.
- Deadlines: October
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
- Open to the students in the fields of physical and biological sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science.
- Applicant must be in the first year of graduate study.
- Award provides stipend, full tuition, and fees for up to five years.
- Deadline: October
Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
- Applicant must be a US citizen or US national.
- Applicant must have completed less than two years of graduate study in the discipline in which they are applying.
- Award provides stipend, tuition, and travel support for three years.
- Deadline: November
- Applicant must be a US citizen, permanent resident, or have DACA status
- Applicant should be in their 2nd or 3rd year
- Award provides up to 3 years of support for stipend, tuition/fees, and an advisor diversity and inclusion activities allowance
- Deadline: December
- Applicant may be a citizen or a noncitizen national of the United States.
- A limit on the number of applications submitted from a University may apply.
- Applicant should be in his/her 3rd or 4th year.
- Award provides up to 2 years of predoctoral support and up to 4 years of postdoctoral support.
- Deadline: Varies between institute
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
- Applicant must be a European citizen working abroad or in Europe, other exclusions apply please see the program announcement.
- Proposal should be focused in the field of basic biomedical research.
- At the deadline, the applicant should not have been working on his/her thesis project for more than six months.
- Award provides for stipend and travel support for up to 2 years.
- Deadline: February 1, June 1, and October 1
- This opportunity is only open to Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada studying abroad.
- Timing
- have completed no more than 36 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by December 31 of the calendar year of application if enrolled directly from a Bachelor to a PhD (not previously enrolled in a graduate program)
- have completed no more than 36 months of full-time study in their joint program by December 31 of the calendar year of application if enrolled in a joint program, such as, MD/PhD, MA/PhD
- have completed no more than 24 months of full-time study in their doctoral program by December 31 of the calendar year of application if previously enrolled in a graduate program
- The award provides stipend support for up to 3 years.
- Deadline: October
To be considered eligible for support, as of the application deadline date, you must:
- Applicant must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
- Applicant must be enrolled in full-time graduate studies and research at the doctoral level.
- Proposal should be focused on the natural sciences or engineering.
- Award provides stipend support for up to 3 years.
- Deadline: October
- Open to international women students.
- Award provides stipend support for one year.
- Deadline: November
- Open to Canadian women.
- Applicant must have completed at least one year of doctoral study.
- Provides stipend support.
- Deadline: December
Domestic and International Students
- Applicant must be PhD student with qualified mentor(s) with expertise on the specific aspects of epilepsy related research targeted in the proposal
- NO citizenship requirements. All research must take place in the United States
- Award provides 1 year of stipend support
- Deadline: January
- Applicant must be enrolled in a PhD program in the sciences (preferred), other disciplines may apply.
- Proposals should have the potential to reduce, refine or replace the use of animals in research, testing, and/or education
- The award provides stipend and supply support for up to 3 years.
- Deadline: April
- Prior to application, predoctoral candidates must have an identified mentor for their fellowship and have 2 or more years remaining in their training
- International applicants are encouraged. There are no geographic or citizenship requirements.
- The award provides 2 years of stipend and research support
- Deadline: May
- Applicants must be enrolled in a US university
- Applicants must have passed candidacy exam and expect to complete PhD requirements in 2 years or less from the funding start date
- Only one appliant per lab can apply
- The award provides up to 2 years of stipend support
- Deadline: Letter of Intent, May. Full application, September
- Applicants must be enrolled in a US university
- Applicants must have passed candidacy exam and expect to complete PhD requirements in 2 years or less from the funding start date
- Only one appliant per lab can apply
- The award provides up to 2 years of stipend support
- Deadline: Letter of Intent, May. Full application, September
- Funds cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or brain health research
- Applicant may be a US citizen or student visa holder.
- Applicant must have a joined a thesis lab and passed ACE at the time of award activation.
- Award provides up to 2 years support for tuition, health insurance, and materials.
- Deadline: September
- Weill Cornell Medicine can only nominate one (1) student per year
- No citizenship requirement
- Applicants for the F99 should be 3rd - or 4th-year graduate students
- An internal competition will be held in advance of the NIH deadline to select our institution's nominee.
- Deadline: Internal competition August, NIH deadline November
- Award provides 1 year of stipend support
- Deadline: December