Biology grants

Career stage: PhD

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Covers: Doctoral stipend, travel allowances and training support.

European citizens conducting research in Europe or overseas, or non-European citizens pursuing their PhD in Europe. Normally apply before or within six months of starting the project; university-entrance qualification must normally be within eight years. The scheme supports basic experimental biomedical research, not clinical studies, applied development, or the coursework/rotation phase.

Career stage: Not specified

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Covers: DKK 30–75 million over six years for staff, research operations, equipment, computing and collaboration. Applicant and co-applicant salaries, commercial activities and general overhead are excluded.

A tenured or tenure-track independent group leader at an EU, Schengen-area or UK university, hospital or nonprofit institution leads a consortium of two to four groups. The lead needs at least 75% host employment and guaranteed salary. At least one applicant must have a Danish group and at least 75% Danish employment; co-applicants may be worldwide.

Career stage: Not specified

Career stage: Not specified

Institution applies

Covers: Four years; DKK 5m/8m/10m ceilings by appointment level. Covers staff, laboratory establishment, research costs and equipment, but not the recruited candidate’s own salary.

The appointment authority of a Danish university, hospital or nonprofit research institution applies for an assessed candidate and qualifying faculty offer. Mobility to a new institution is required: normally no more than 12 of the previous 36 months at the host. Internal recruitment is excluded; domestic moves normally require career progression.

Career stage: Undergraduate · Master’s · PhD · Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher

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Covers: Up to USD 10,000 per project as an institutional gift; no overhead. The programme’s USD 100,000 total funding is not the individual award amount.

Researchers at any career stage at an accredited US two- or four-year higher-education institution or a US nonprofit non-academic research organisation that can accept the gift. Apply individually; collaborative proposals are excluded. The idea must fit curiosity-driven basic science in the call’s eligible disciplines.

Career stage: Postdoc · Early independent researcher

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Covers: Research team and project costs under the call-specific ERC award limits.

Researchers of any nationality; the reference point for eligibility is the certified date of the successful PhD defence.

Career stage: Not specified

Institution applies

Applicants based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding, with a direct link to current or previous BBSRC-supported funding; international/overseas institutions ineligible.

Career stage: Undergraduate · Master’s · PhD

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Covers: Three funded years of stipend and institutional education allowance over a five-year fellowship.

U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents at an eligible early graduate career stage, pursuing a research-based STEM master’s or doctorate at an accredited nonprofit U.S. institution. Senior undergraduates, eligible degree holders and eligible beginning graduate students may apply; consult the solicitation for exclusions.

Career stage: Master’s · PhD · Postdoc

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Covers: Up to GBP 3,000 toward travel, accommodation and related research-visit expenses.

Applicants must work within a participating journal’s scientific remit. Applications are limited to one journal per person per round and one person per laboratory per journal per round; retrospective visits are ineligible.

Career stage: Established researcher

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Covers: Up to DKK 60 million over seven years for the research programme, including applicant and research-team salaries and eligible project costs.

Principal investigators who have led an independent research programme for at least seven years; at least 75% on-site commitment to a Danish host and the principal group established there within two years. NNF review-panel members and Novo Group employees are excluded; overlapping NNF investigator-grant rules apply.

Career stage: Postdoc

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Covers: Eight years, up to GBP 1,907,400. Covers fellow salary and associated costs, research expenses and permitted staff support. Salary and eligible overheads are generally funded at 80%; research expenses at 100%, with flexible-working provisions.

Open to any nationality with a completed PhD and no more than six years of actual postdoctoral research experience at the deadline, allowing career breaks and part-time adjustments. Applicants must show a current need for flexibility, such as primary caring responsibilities or a clinically diagnosed health condition. Tenure-track, permanent and proleptic postholders, and researchers who hold or previously held an equivalent UK independent-group fellowship, are ineligible. The host must be an eligible UK higher-education, research-council, nonprofit research or public-sector research institution.

Career stage: Mid-career researcher · Established researcher

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Covers: Funds a replacement teacher’s salary up to the host’s minimum lectureship scale, plus up to GBP 5,000 in research expenses, for one term to one academic year. The GBP 5,000 is an expenses allowance, not the total fellowship value.

Applicants need a PhD or equivalent, a permanent post at a UK university or eligible nonprofit research institution, and a well-established independent research programme. They must not have received a total of one year or more of sabbatical or other teaching/administration relief in the three years before application. Other recent funding must not duplicate the requested relief. The fellowship is held at the applicant’s own UK institution.

Career stage: Postdoc

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Covers: Applicant salary and eligible research expenses; current Wellcome limits apply.

Early-career researchers ready to lead a creative research programme who meet Wellcome's career-stage, host-organization and research-remit rules. Applicants should confirm all scheme-specific eligibility before submission.

Career stage: PhD · Postdoc

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Covers: Four years, up to GBP 703,800 for salary and associated costs, research expenses and training. Salary and eligible overheads are generally funded at 80%; research expenses at 100%. Justified relocation and visa costs for the fellow and dependants may exceed the standard cap.

Applicants must identify as Black heritage, including the specified mixed Black backgrounds, and be UK nationals or have completed part of a UK undergraduate, masters or PhD degree or held a UK postdoctoral position. A PhD must be completed by the fellowship start; final-year doctoral applicants may apply with supervisor support. Less than 24 months of full-time postdoctoral experience is permitted at the deadline, with career-break adjustments. An eligible UK higher-education, research-council, nonprofit research or public-sector research host is required; permanent posts are ineligible.

Career stage: Early independent researcher

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Covers: Up to GBP 3,000 for the visitor’s travel and subsistence; research costs excluded.

The applicant is the junior faculty host, within seven years of establishing their first research group, excluding career breaks. The project must already have research funding and must initiate a new collaboration with the visiting early-career researcher.

Career stage: Not specified

Institution applies

Covers: Up to USD 250,000 direct costs per year, excluding consortium facilities and administrative costs, for up to four years. The displayed amount is the annual limit.

Eligible US higher-education, nonprofit, for-profit and other organisations listed in the NOFO apply through their institution. Non-US organisations and non-US components of US organisations cannot apply. Required institutional registrations apply.

Career stage: PhD · Postdoc

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Covers: Eligible short research-visit or practical-training costs, based on the proposed budget; conference attendance excluded.

PhD/MD students, postdocs and qualifying prospective PhD candidates in basic biomedical research. European citizens may work worldwide; non-European citizens must undertake the relevant project in Europe or use the grant to work there. University-entrance qualification normally no more than 11 years earlier for students/graduates or 13 years for postdocs. Programme exclusions and exception rules apply.

Career stage: Not specified

Institution applies

Eligible organizations include United States institutions of higher education, nonprofit non-academic research organizations, and tribal nations. The solicitation states no restrictions on who may serve as principal investigator.

Career stage: Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher

Qualified researchers (as a rule, those holding a doctorate) from all disciplines working at German research institutions.

Career stage: Not specified

Institution applies

US institutions of higher education and US non-profit, non-academic organizations; no restrictions on who may serve as PI and no limit on proposals per PI or organization.