Fellowship Funding

Note that there is helpful institutional information on the FHCRC Grants and Contracts Fellowship Page.

***An asterisk after the name of a funding source indicates that applications are accepted from non-US citizens as of January 2013***

Grant Writing Tips

• The NIH has many Grant Writing Tips Sheets and tutorials that are worth reading
• NIH Funding Opportunities, Peer Review and Grant Writing video presentations by Anthony Coelho, PhD
• NIH Grant Review Process videos

Institutional Training Grant Funding for Graduate Students and/or Postdocs

• Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program
• Biomolecular Structure and Design Program
• Chromosome Metabolism and Cancer Training Grant
• Interdisciplinary Dual Mentor Fellowships(non-US citizen applications accepted in June Call for Proposals)*
• Molecular and Cellular Biology Fellowships
• Molecular Cellular Ph.D./Epidemiology M.S. Fellowships

Funding Databases

Note that you should do multiple searches with various search terms to maximize your results. For example, searching for "postdoc," "postdoctoral," and "postdoc*" will yield different results.

• Grants.gov Federal Government-Sponsored Grants Search
• AAAS Database of Funding
• Community of Science

Federal Funding Resources and Opportunities

NIH New Investigators Program
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a special section of their website directed specifically to new investigators including specific resources and awards. Please visit their website at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm.

Helpful NIH Sites:

• Home Page
• Office of Extramural Research
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Guide to Grants and Contracts
  • Grant Policy
  • Award Data
  • Receipt Dates
• NIH Research Training Opportunities
  • K Kiosk-Information on Career Development Awards
    • Note that non-US Citizens are eligible to apply for the K99/R00 Award*
  • Fogarty International Center Training Grants
  • Career Award Wizard - E tool to determine the best K award for you
• NIH Forms and Applications
• NIH Guide to Grants & Contracts
• NIH Institutes and Offices

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Note that most research at the FHCRC is not supported by NSF funds. However, there are limited areas of Biology that NSF supports.

Foundation/Organization/Association Homepages

***An asterisk after the name of a funding source indicates that applications are accepted from non-US citizens as of January 2013***

• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)*
• American Brain Tumor Association*
• American Cancer Society
• American Federation for Aging Research*
• American Institute for Cancer Research*
• American Lung Association*
• American Society of Clinical Oncology*
• American Society of Hematology*
• The Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research* (for Canadian citizens)
• Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation*
• Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation*
• Cancer Research Institute*
• Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program*
• The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research*
• Ford Foundation Postdoc Fellowships
• Human Frontier Science Program*
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation*
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America*
• Life Sciences Research Foundation*
• Lustgarten Foundation*
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation*
• Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award*
• United Negro College Fund
• The Whitaker Foundation
• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation*

Public Policy Fellowships

• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
• American Society for Microbiology Congressional Science Fellowship
• National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program
• NHGRI Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars