Clinical Neurology 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.

Host approval and eligible university, medical research, nonprofit or public health employment are required.

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.

Fellowship-trained cerebrovascular/endovascular specialists who are board certified, hold a CAST neuroendovascular certificate or demonstrate substantial open cerebrovascular practice, and have practised independently for at least five years. Applicants must be dues-paying members in good standing of the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section or SNIS. A suitable host invitation is required; the selection committee determines applicant and host eligibility. Only nonprofit charitable hosts, or for-profit hosts affiliated with a nonprofit, qualify.

Medical students in accredited U.S., Canadian or Mexican programmes who will have completed at least one year of medical school by the fellowship start. Caribbean medical schools with U.S. clinical campuses may be considered. PhD, MD/PhD, gap-year and post-baccalaureate students are ineligible. Applicants must identify an AANS-member neurosurgical investigator sponsor.

Research fellowship: physicians accepted into or currently enrolled in approved North American neurological-surgery residencies, with 80% research effort. Young clinician: neurosurgeons within two years of residency or clinical-fellowship completion, with full-time faculty appointments at North American teaching institutions and 50% research effort; exceptions may be considered. Applicants without a confirmed faculty position for the award period are encouraged to apply. Sponsor and institutional endorsement are required.

A relevant doctorate is required by the scholarship decision. Priority is given to applicants within three years of the doctorate; stated special circumstances can permit an earlier degree. Strong neuroimaging preparation, fMRI and DTI analysis, relevant software experience and English fluency are required.

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.

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

PhD under five years old at the deadline (or expected by 19 May 2027); change of research environment; Type 1 Denmark-based for five years going abroad, Type 2 moving to Denmark.

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.

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.

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.

Independent researchers at Canadian institutions; postdocs and adjunct faculty are excluded. Nominees must author eligible peer-reviewed research published or accepted October 1, 2024–September 30, 2026. Self-nomination or nomination by a colleague, mentor or former supervisor is permitted.

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.