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Research funding, news and events for graduate students and postdocs

GP-ECOS

Research funding, news and events for graduate students and postdocs

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Graduate resources and awards

The College of Science awards a variety of different fellowships and scholarships in collaboration with the Graduate School and private foundations.

Learn more about our annual awards and collaborations

Graduate School External Funding

The Graduate School has a useful page to assist students in finding funding.

Funding opportunities

You can also view a full, filterable list of funding opportunities for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students.

G20 Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP)
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The G20 Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP) and Earthshot Prize have announced the launch of a joint global Coral Innovation Search to fast-track solutions for coral reef protection and restoration.
UC Bolder
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Machine Learning and Environment Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Bayer (Apply through Halo)
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Bayer Pharma is now accepting applications from startups for Co.Lab Cambridge, an in-person incubator designed for early-stage life science startups working in oncology, cardiology, nephrology, CNS and aging-related diseases, and immunology.
BrightFocus Foundation
Deadline:
Letter of Intent due. provides research funds for U.S. domestic and international researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of age-related macular degeneration.
The Greenwall Foundation
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This initiative does not fund bioethics research but, rather, supports bioethics researchers, policymakers, and others to take the next step and bridge the divide between research results and policymaking.
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
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The AACR Immuno-oncology Research Fellowship represent a joint effort to encourage and support postdoctoral research fellows to conduct immuno-oncology research and to establish a successful career path in this field.
Apply through Halo
Deadline:
The industry partner is seeking a low-cost genotyping technology—either lab-based or in-home—that accurately identifies SNPs associated with key micronutrient deficiencies, is compatible with non-invasive sample collection, and can be scaled for high-volume consumer testing.
Apply through Halo
Deadline:
The industry partner is seeking an innovative adhesion promoter suitable for non-transparent artificial nails. They are open to collaborating with experts in materials science, polymer chemistry, or biomedical engineering to develop a viable solution.
General Mills
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Apply through Halo. General Mills is seeking in-line imaging instruments capable of acquiring high-quality data to support computer vision–based quality monitoring of ice cream during manufacturing.
Kraft Heinz
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Apply through Halo. Kraft Heinz is seeking experts in predictive modeling for shelf life of packaged foods, specifically those in experience with leveraging data using machine learning and/or artificial intelligence.
Simons Foundation
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This newly-launched awards program will support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs who plan to perform research in ecology and evolution.
Kraft Heinz
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We are looking for technologies that can continuously measure oxygen concentrations at the waste-heat boiler feed/outlet and electrostatic-precipitator (ESP) outlet of non-ferrous smelters, while operating directly in hot, sulfur-rich off-gas environments that can reach temperatures up to 1,000°C.
Carnegie Corporation of New York and others
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New philanthropic consortium to invest in reducing the modern risks of nuclear war and promoting next-generation expertise.
John Templeton Foundation
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The Life Sciences funding area supports research and engagement projects on the fundamental structures of the biological world, from the origin of life to synthetic biology across all the biological kingdoms. We support experimental and theoretical work on the biological mechanisms that produce life in its diverse forms.
John Templeton Foundation
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We specifically seek Funding Inquiries for hubs consisting of four or more senior researchers and a significantly greater number of junior researchers, visitors, and other scholars. Preference will be given to proposals involving multiple institutions.

Rolling opportunities

Faculty funding opportunities with no set deadline. You can also view a full, filterable list of funding opportunities for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students.

KU Leuven
Our focus is (1) on developing cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to model and forecast energy demand, generation and markets, and (2) on the control of energy flexible resources to provide grid services.
soQuiet
In order to promote further research on misophonia and misokinesia, soQuiet is offering student research grants to graduate students worldwide.
National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this award is to enable promising postdoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from appropriate faculty sponsors while conducting biomedical research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from appropriate faculty sponsors while conducting biomedical research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
Aquatera
Aquatera is looking for experienced professionals and those eager to gain valuable experience in various areas, including planning and consenting support, environmental impact assessment, post-consent environmental management, terrestrial and marine ecology and ornithology support, and socio economic impact assessment and analysis.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
Through this Program, BMS hopes to support research in synthetic organic chemistry, an integral discipline in the discovery and development of transformational medicines. 
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.
National Institute on Aging
This predoctoral fellowship program supports research training of promising predoctoral candidates from diverse backgrounds and emphasizes the development of translational research skills and their application to various aspects of AD/ADRD research (from populations studies to research that can lead to new treatments and diagnostics, including all aspects of behavioral and social research).
The Longevity Science Foundation (LSF)
Letter of Intent. The LSF may consider funding applications that do not align with the current grant call theme of female fertility and longevity, provided they focus on areas such as therapeutics, personalized medicine, AI, or preventive diagnostics. We encourage applicants with high-quality research proposals to apply.
Hop On A Cure
Letter of Intent. Hop On A Cure is dedicated to accelerating groundbreaking research aimed at preventing, reversing, and ultimately curing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).