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Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Cancer Immunology or General Immunology training: "[S]upports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology or general immunology"
Life Sciences Research Foundation: "LSRF awards fellowships across the spectrum of the life sciences: biochemistry; cell, developmental, molecular, plant, structural, organismic population and evolutionary biology; endocrinology; immunology; microbiology; neurobiology; physiology; virology.... Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees. Awards will be based solely on the quality of the individual applicant's previous accomplishments, and on the merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research."
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Complex Systems Studies at the Santa Fe Institute: "The Institute's multidisciplinary research program is devoted to the study of complex systems, especially complex adaptive systems. Topics currently under study include nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation; measures of complexity; learning algorithms; agent-based modeling and simulation tools; evolutionary biology; models of the immune system, cellular regulation, and other biological systems; models of economic, political and social interactions, and others. Postdoctoral Fellows work either on existing research projects or on projects of their own choosing."
Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA): "For U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are training at the postdoctoral level in the National Cancer Institute"
AMS Centennial Fellowship: Early career award for young mathematicians.
NIH Pathway to Independence Award: "This initiative will develop and implement a new Pathway to Independence Award Program (PI) designed to facilitate receiving an R01 award earlier in an investigator’s research career. The primary, long-term goal of the PI Award Program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported independent investigators."
Environmental Fellows at Harvard University: The Harvard University Center for the Environment will award eight two-year post-doc research fellowships to start Sept. 2006 to oustanding scholars in any field related to the environment. Each Environmental Fellow will work with a host faculty member in his or her department. The fellowship will provide a generous salary and benefits. Applications are due Jan. 15, 2006; details are posted at environment.harvard.edu.
National Research Council Research Associateship Program: The goals of the program are "(1) to provide doctoral scientists and engineers of unusual promise and ability opportunities for research on problems, largely of their own choice, that are compatible with the research interests of the sponsoring laboratories; and (2) to contribute to the overall research efforts of these laboratories and to the national scientific and technological welfare of the United States."
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: "The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation established to advance the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. Its emphasis is on the career development of outstanding scientists and on advancing areas in the basic medical sciences that are underfunded or that have a shortage of qualified researchers." The fund has a number of fellowships for postdoctoral work and for early career scientists.
NIH Postdoctoral Index of Openings: Current postdoctoral opportunities at the NIH
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships for Scientists and Engineers: One and two-year program. Congressional internships, fellowships in global stewardship, diplomacy, risk-assessment, technology policy, defense policy, and environmental policy.
National Institute on Aging, Employment Opportunities: Postdoctoral opportunities at the National Institute on Aging
NIH National Research Service Award application
Career Award Wizard: Figure out which (if any) of the NIH Career Awards are appropriate for you.
Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA): Postdoctoral IRTA Fellowships provide the opportunity for recent doctoral degree recipients to enhance their research skills in the resource-rich National Institutes of Health (NIH) environment.... Trainees pursue both basic and clinical research free from the demands of obtaining grants and teaching, although opportunities to do both are available. For U.S. citizens and permanent residents with less than five years of relevant research experience since receipt of the doctorate degree.
PostDoctoral Fellowships available at the American Society for Engineering Education: ASEE has several postdoctoral fellowships through the Office of Naval Research and the Army Research Laboratories as well as Sabbatical programs.
Pathway to Independence Award: Resources for New Investigators: "The award will work as follows: The initial 1-2 year mentored phase will allow investigators to complete their supervised research work, publish results, and search for an independent research position. The second, independent phase, years 3-5, will allow awardees who secure an assistant professorship, or equivalent position, to establish their own research program and successfully apply for an NIH Investigator-Initiated (R01) grant. The R01 is the major means by which NIH supports individual scientists in the field."
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipend Levels for 2006: Some institutions use NRSA stipend levels as the benchmark against which they set postdoc salaries. Here are the numbers for 2006.
Search NIH Annual Reports: Find out who at the National Institutes of Health is doing research in your area. Useful for finding a postdoc advisor.
National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Program: "For outstanding investigators of any nationality who have held their doctoral degree for less than five years."
Life Sciences Postdocs: Compiled by the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department. One of the most comprehensive listings of postdoctoral fellowships online.
Rice University - Beyond Traditional Borders - Post Doc Teaching Fellowship: The Beyond Traditional Borders Initiative is creating a new interdisciplinary curriculum to train undergraduate students in the development and implementation of appropriate technologies that address global health challenges. We are looking for postdoctoral fellows who want to enhance their teaching skills and prepare for future positions on faculty. * Experience extended, mentored teaching * Learn how to teach an inquiry based, integrated curriculum in global health * Participate in a semester long teaching practicum where you will observe best practices of inquiry based teaching, develop inquiry based materials, and learn strategies to assess student learning * Positions open to post-doctoral research associates in biotechnology and bioengineering, humanities, social science, and policy studies Interested candidates, for more information please visit: http://cohesion.rice.edu/collaborations/btb/programs.cfm?doc_id=9297#univ
Sci.Research.Postdoc: A usenet group (in web format courtesy of DejaNews) with lots of listings of postdoctoral positions.
Bioastronautics and Fundamental Space Biology Postdoctoral Research Program: Universities Space Research Associations Division of Space Life Sciences is pleased to announce the launch of the Bioastronautics and Fundamental Space Biology (BFSB) Postdoctoral Research Program. The BFSB Program is designed to provide advanced training and practical research experience to investigators early in their professional research careers and is open to United States citizens and permanent residents (green card holders) who have held a doctorate degree for less than five years. Through a national competition, outstanding new Life Sciences researchers will be selected for 2 year mentored appointments affording them the opportunity to engage in experimental activities in a variety of laboratory and clinically related disciplines at NASAs Johnson Space Center, Ames Research Center, or Kennedy Space Center.
NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoc: A 2 or 3-year postdoc for research in the mathematical sciences.
NIH to NRSA postdocs: Revise and Resubmit!: NIH cuts NRSA postdocs?
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Biological Sciences: A big list of sources of fellowships assembled by UC Berkeley.
National Research Council Research Associateship Program - Joint NIH/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIH/NIST) Program: "For outstanding investigators of any nationality who have held their doctoral degree for less than five years and who wish to pursue a two-year co-mentored fellowship in both an NIH and a NIST laboratory."
IBM Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences: The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Mathematical Sciences Department of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. The Research Center is located in Westchester County, less than an hour north of New York City.
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: "The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is open to all qualified candidates who are committed to university careers in research, teaching, and service that will enhance the diversity of the academic community at the University of California."
Postdoc jobs at jobs.phds.org: Postdoc job listings
American Chemical Society Congressional and Science Policy Fellowships: Work in the U.S. Congress or in the ACS Office of Legislative and Government Affairs using your scientific and technical expertise. Gain first-hand knowledge of the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government and contribute to decision-making.
Current ORNL Openings for Postdocs and Other Postgraduates: A listing of current openings at United States Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for postdoctoral and postmaster's researchers.
Postdocs - equal opportunities, Naturejobs 20th June 2002: An overview of several European postdoctoral fellowships for women returning to the scientific workforce after time off to raise a family.
NIH Women's Health Clinical Fellowship: "Research projects specifically focused on women's health issues"
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship (VF): "For foreign national doctoral-level scientists within five years of obtaining their doctoral degree"
Army Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL) is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. Scientists and engineers at the USARL help shape and execute the Army's program for meeting the challenge of developing technologies that will support Army Forces in meeting future operational needs by pursuing scientific research and technological developments in such diverse fields as : applied mathematics, atmospheric characterization, simulation and human modeling, digital/optical signal processing, nanotechnology, material science and technology, multifunctional technology, combustion processes, propulsion and flight physics, communication and networking, and computational and information science.
Postdoctoral Fellowships at UNU Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan: UNU/IAS is an inhouse community of scholars mandated to research issues located at the intersection between societal and natural systems. Our programmatic structure is multidisciplinary and dynamic, and aimed at locating creative solutions to pressing global problems that arise at this intersection. Five fellowships are offered each year to promising postdoctoral candidates. The programme aims to provide young scholars at the postdoctoral level, particularly from developing countries, with an opportunity to experience the unique international academic environment of UNU/IAS, as well as providing an opportunity for young scholars from developing countries to interact with the Japanese academic community and, in doing so, provide a conduit between the host country and developing country academia and also the host country and the UN system.
NIH K Awards | National Postdoctoral Association: "Making the successful transition to independence has been a recurring theme for postdocs, especially in the biomedical sciences. Postdocs looking to make the transition to independence will be interested to learn more about the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K Awards. These awards are designed specifically for postdocs and early career scientists who may be new to the grant writing process."
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships - Novartis: "The Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow Program of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) provides talented scientists with a unique opportunity to perform high quality science in an environment with the resources of a large pharmaceutical companyat one of our global sites in Basel, Switzerland; Cambridge, USA; Horsham, UK; or Vienna, Austria. Each year, innovative scientists from academia are selected to become fellows and collaborate with leading pharmaceutical discovery scientists pursuing multidisciplinary research projects."
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships: "Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nations college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 20 postdoctoral fellowships."
Pharmacology Research Associate (PRAT) Program: "The PRAT Program is a competitive postdoctoral fellowship program to pursue research in one of the laboratories of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is intended for individuals with backgrounds in the basic or clinical sciences who wish to obtain advanced experience in an area of pharmacology, or for those who are already pharmacologists to gain experience in new fields."
Post-Docs.com: This website provides current job listings of post-docs, faculty jobs and other full-time jobs.
ScholarshipNet.info: Scholarships and Postdocs Resources for International Students: ScholarshipNet.info - International Scholarships Window. We deliver scholarships, postodcs and study abroad related information from around the world to international students.
International Postdoctoral Opportunities Resource: A reference point for parents, students, and guidance counselors that allow them to browse and search for college scholarships: bachelor, master degree, doctoral, PhD, and postdoctoral
Fellowship Opportunities in Federal Technology Transfer: "The NIH Office of Technology Transfer has postdoctoral fellowship opportunities available under the Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) authority to qualified candidates in the field of technology transfer. Technology Transfer Research Training Awards (TTRTA) enable candidates to combine their biomedical, behavioral, or related science background with training and experience in the technology transfer field. The Office of Technology Transfer is responsible for patenting and licensing technologies resulting from basic research to effect their commercialization by business and industry. Fellows will work with OTT patenting and licensing staff and OTT policy staff, NIH scientists and outside industrial or academic collaborators in pursuit of these goals. Fellows will spend 20% of their training time in an assigned NIH laboratory, and 80% at OTT."
The Worst Jobs in Science: The Sequel: Popular Science, November 2004. "Monitoring dumps, extracting worms, lobbying politicians: science's ugly side." #12: Congressional Science Fellow. Look out, AAAS fellows!
FindAPostDoc.com: FindAPost-Doc.com is a new site exclusively dedicated to advertising Post-Doctoral positions.

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