Astronomy funding

Doctoral students or researchers awarded a doctorate in 2022 or later, employed or enrolled at a current SASUF+ partner university throughout the placement. The host must be a current partner university in the other country, with an invitation and home-supervisor or manager approval. Former partner institutions are not automatically eligible.

Mid-career researchers apply through an eligible Australian administering organisation. The PhD award date must fall between 1 March 2012 and 1 March 2022, or be equivalent after allowable career interruptions. A maximum of three applications is permitted. ARC medical-research exclusions apply.

African nationals at recognized African universities or research institutes, with at least a master’s degree or equivalent research qualification. Applicants must demonstrate disruption during the previous three years or continuing effects, provide institutional support and required authorizations, and avoid double-funding the same costs.

PhD completed no more than three years, or equivalent full-time years, before the deadline. Research must have been mainly undertaken in Tasmania or under a Tasmanian organisation. Anyone may nominate another person; self-nominations are excluded.

Individual nominees must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents; group nominees must be eligible Canadian non-profits, postsecondary institutions, non-federal museums or science centres. A Canadian citizen or permanent resident nominates; self-nominations and posthumous nominations are excluded. Nominators normally cannot belong to the nominee’s organisation, with an exception for postsecondary senior administrators. Prior winners generally require a ten-year interval.

Applicants to the TTP-T and TTP-P tracks must follow the current NSF 25-540 organizational and submission requirements.

An Austrian research institution applies for a researcher whose ERC Starting Grant 2026 proposal with that institution received an A rating but was not funded for budgetary reasons. Permanent professors or equivalent leaders, accepted permanent-professorship appointees, and former FWF START, ASTRA or ERC Starting Grant recipients are ineligible. ASTRA application rules also apply.

At least three independent entities in three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, including at least one EU Member State. Austria is eligible. This call is for organisations, not individual students. Doctoral recruits must meet the programme’s degree and mobility rules.

Swedish citizens or permanent residents who received a doctorate within the past six years, or doctoral students expecting the degree within two years, may apply through this route. A host researcher at an eligible Japanese university or research institution is required. All academic fields are eligible.

Postdoctoral applicants normally within four years of the doctorate; experienced researchers within twelve years, with an independent publication record and a leadership role. German host agreement, facilities confirmation and assessment required. Prior Humboldt sponsorship excludes this route. Apply under the joint CAPES-Humboldt procedure.

Nominee must work at a Canadian university, Canadian government laboratory, or private firm active in Canada. Most cited contributions must originate from Canadian employment. Self-nominations, posthumous nominations, current NSERC Council members and previous Herzberg recipients are excluded.

The coordinator must hold a PhD and work at an Austrian member institution. Include at least one Austrian and one African member, all with 2026 fees paid. Participants must be PhD students or graduates. One proposal per coordinator; institutional endorsements and own funding are required.

Women founders or co-founders apply as individuals. Both residence and company establishment must be in an EU member state or Horizon Europe associated country. The company must have been incorporated before 1 January 2025. Only one prize category may be entered.

Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Protected Persons; eligible research graduate programme at an allocated Canadian institution. Normally 0–12 months of study by December 31; specific transition rules apply. First-class grades normally required, with institutional discretion. Prior agency master’s awards and specified Indigenous master’s awards exclude eligibility; only one CRTAS application per academic year.

The lead principal investigator must hold a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at Columbia University, Cornell University, CUNY, SUNY, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York University, the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology or the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Additional principal investigators may participate through subcontracts from eligible U.S. or non-U.S. nonprofit or public research organisations. All applicants and key collaborators must hold a PhD, MD or equivalent degree and a faculty or equivalent research position.

University partnerships require eligible Canadian academics, non-academic partners and qualifying NSERC partnership-grant support in natural sciences or engineering. College partnerships require an eligible Canadian college, non-academic partners and implementation of results from a previous College and Community Innovation grant; broader research disciplines qualify. Self-nominations are excluded. A college research grants officer cannot nominate; previous Herzberg laureates are ineligible.

Applicants must act for a UK organisation producing annual financial accounts prepared or submitted by a qualified accountant, or partner with an organisation able to receive the award. Researchers, science communicators, museums, libraries and community groups may qualify. A subject-matter expert in an STFC-funded remit area is mandatory.

For these awards, nominees must be Canadian citizens or have held Canadian permanent-resident status for at least three years. Nomination requires an RSC Fellow or current College member, or the president, vice-president or CEO of an institutional member. A complete dossier includes the nomination form, appraisal, CV and three scientific references. Tory considers research mainly in the preceding eight years; Synge gives some preference to candidates no older than forty when candidates are otherwise strong.

Individuals with fundamental contributions to cosmology. Nominations may be made by people active in or appreciative of contemporary cosmological research; self-nominations are prohibited.

International students commencing or enrolled in a higher degree by research may apply. New applicants must submit a complete admission application and a separate scholarship application by the deadline; enrolled applicants submit the scholarship form.