Cognition funding

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

Institution applies

Covers: Up to USD 900,000 over three consecutive years, including a maximum 15% overhead. Funding depends on the justified project budget.

MD, PhD or equivalent researchers at eligible nonprofit medical schools, universities or research organisations in the US or abroad, subject to the stated sanctions exclusions. Postdocs may submit an LOI if their institution will appoint them as a research/staff scientist or research professor if funded.

Career stage: PhD · Postdoc

Apply to an advertised position

Covers: Tax-free scholarship; amount is not stated. Set for twelve months at a time and paid every six months, with a maximum of two years within four years after the doctorate.

For incoming foreign researchers living outside Sweden who intend a temporary postdoctoral stay. Residents of Sweden and people who completed any academic education at KI or another Swedish institution are ineligible. A doctorate or equivalent must be completed before the intended start; candidates finishing their doctorate may apply. Scholarships cover at most two years within four years of the doctorate. Extensive circuit/systems neuroscience experience, quantitative methods, statistics, programming and at least one first-author paper are required.

Career stage: Postdoc

Apply with a supervisor or host

Covers: Up to USD 25,000 paid to the host institution for direct research/career-development costs. No fellow salary/stipend, general living costs, non-portable equipment or indirect costs. Canadian research sites receive payment in Canadian dollars; other sites receive US dollars. Conference/training and childcare caps are specified in the RFA.

Current postdoctoral fellows at accredited colleges/universities, or fellows in postdoctoral appointments when funding begins, worldwide and without a US-citizenship requirement. Research must be linked to autism. A tenured/tenure-track or equivalent active autism-research mentor is required and may be named on only one SOS application. One recommendation from someone other than the mentor is required.

Career stage: Postdoc

Apply with a supervisor or host

Covers: Individual awards of CAD 40,000–50,000; duration is not specified on the call.

MD and/or PhD from 2023 onward, subject to documented interruption or clinical-training exceptions; obtain a Neuro supervisor’s agreement and support letter plus two sponsor assessments. Award-specific conditions apply.

Career stage: Not stated

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.