"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."

"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."

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.

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.

Early career award for young mathematicians.

One and two-year program. Congressional internships, fellowships in global stewardship, diplomacy, risk-assessment, technology policy, defense policy, and environmental policy.

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."

"For outstanding investigators of any nationality who have held their doctoral degree for less than five years."

Compiled by the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department. One of the most comprehensive listings of postdoctoral fellowships online.

Some institutions use NRSA stipend levels as the benchmark against which they set postdoc salaries. Here are the numbers for 2006.

A 2 or 3-year postdoc for research in the mathematical sciences.

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.

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.

Postdoc job listings

NIH cuts NRSA postdocs?

"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."

"Research projects specifically focused on women's health issues"

"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."

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.

"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."

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

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Popular Science, November 2004. "Monitoring dumps, extracting worms, lobbying politicians: science's ugly side." #12: Congressional Science Fellow. Look out, AAAS fellows!