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October 2026

Fellowship

Nelson Mandela University Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships 2027

Nelson Mandela University

Closes in 3 days

Career stage
PhD · Postdoc · Early independent researcher
Hosted in
South Africa
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

Postdoctoral applicants need a PhD from the past five years, or a documented thesis submission planned by December 2026; the degree must be completed before starting. Research fellows need a PhD over five but at most ten years old and two years of post-PhD research. Prior NRF A/B/C ratings, continuing 2027 awards and third postdoctoral funding cycles are excluded.

MedicineMathematics
Research funding

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant

American Psychological Foundation and APA Division 56

Closes in 3 days

Amount
$3,750
Career stage
Master’s · PhD · Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher
How to apply
Apply directly

Graduate student or doctoral-level psychologist within ten years postdoctoral, with trauma-research expertise and an eligible nonprofit or governmental affiliation. International applicants from countries with US diplomatic relations; English applications.

PsychologyClinical Psychology
Research funding

Trauma Psychology Grant

American Psychological Foundation and APA Division 56

Closes in 3 days

Amount
$3,750
Career stage
Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher
How to apply
Apply directly

Doctoral-level psychologist no more than ten years postdoctoral; eligible nonprofit or governmental affiliation; demonstrated trauma-research expertise and project capability.

PsychologyClinical Psychology
Research funding

What Ifs…? Fall 2026

The Science Foundation

Closes in 6 days

Amount
Up to $10,000
Career stage
Undergraduate · Master’s · PhD · Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Apply directly

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.

BiologyEcology
Scholarship or studentship

Postdoctoral studies on the function of circuits and neuron subtypes (scholarship)

Karolinska Institutet

Closes in 7 days

Career stage
PhD · Postdoc
Hosted in
Sweden
How to apply
Apply to an advertised position

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.

NeuroscienceCognitionBiology+2 more
Research funding

ERC Starting Grant

European Research Council

Closes

Amount
Up to €1,500,000
Career stage
Postdoc · Early independent researcher
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

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

BiologyComputer ScienceChemistry+1 more
Research funding

2027 Post-Doctoral Save Our Scientists (SOS) Grant Program

Autism Science Foundation

Closes

Amount
Up to $25,000
Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

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.

NeuroscienceCognitionGenetics+1 more
Fellowship

FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships — October 2026 Round

FENS and IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee

Closes

Amount
Up to €4,000
Career stage
Master’s · PhD · Postdoc
Hosted in
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

Master’s and PhD neuroscience students and postdocs within five years of starting their postdoc, currently based in Europe. FENS or eligible Pan-Europe IBRO membership, host acceptance and a home-laboratory recommendation are required. Insurance, equipment, groceries and personal expenses are excluded.

Neuroscience
Fellowship

Clay Research Fellowships 2027 — Nominations

Clay Mathematics Institute

Closes

Career stage
PhD · Postdoc
How to apply
Nomination required

Nominees must demonstrate outstanding research and the potential to lead in mathematics. Nominations require a letter, two further reference contacts, a CV and publication list.

Mathematics
Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Neuro, McGill University

Closes

Amount
CA$40,000 – CA$50,000
Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
Canada
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

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.

NeuroscienceCognitionMedicine+2 more
Fellowship

SOFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship — Zimbabwe 2026

SOuthern aFrica research cApacity netwoRk (SOFAR)

Closes

Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
Zimbabwe
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

Applicants must have received a PhD or submitted their thesis at application, demonstrate academic excellence and provide support letters from two mentors.

MedicinePublic Health
Fellowship

The Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowships — October 2026 Round

The Company of Biologists

Closes

Amount
Up to £3,000
Career stage
Master’s · PhD · Postdoc
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

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.

BiologyCell BiologyDevelopmental Biology
Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
Sweden
How to apply
Apply to an advertised position

PhD in computational biology or a relevant biomedical field with computational expertise, Python/R skills and at least one first-author publication. The doctorate must be completed before starting and normally within the preceding four years. Applicants must meet KI’s foreign-researcher conditions: resident outside Sweden and no academic education at a Swedish institution.

NeuroscienceBiologyBio-Informatics+3 more
Fellowship

NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027

NASA

Closes

Career stage
PhD · Postdoc
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

English-speaking applicants of any nationality with a doctorate in astronomy, physics or a related discipline completed on or after 1 January 2023, or completed before taking up the fellowship. A US host must meet NHFP employment-policy requirements and institutional allocation limits.

AstronomyAstrophysicsPhysics
Fellowship

Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships 2027

The Royal Society

Closes

Amount
Up to £1,907,400
Career stage
Postdoc
Hosted in
United Kingdom
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

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.

NeuroscienceBiologyApplied Mathematics+3 more
Research funding

Trainee Research Grant in Neuroradiology

The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology

Closes

Amount
Up to $5,000
Career stage
Postdoc
How to apply
Apply with a supervisor or host

ASNR members in the specified diagnostic-radiology/neuroradiology training pathways, including senior residents in a dedicated 12-month neuroradiology year and postdocs in a North American radiology department’s neuroimaging programme. Training must overlap January–June 2027. Concurrent-award exclusions apply.

NeuroscienceMedical ImagingNeuroimaging+1 more
Research funding

Foundation of the ASNR Grant Program

The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology

Closes

Amount
Up to $150,000
Career stage
Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
How to apply
Institution applies

North American ASNR members in good standing with an MD, PhD, DO or equivalent and an active or imminent appointment in a radiology department. Physicians need the specified board eligibility/certification and neuroradiology training. Concurrent ASNR, RSNA Research Scholar, GERRAF or ARRS awards can disqualify applicants; seed and prior trainee awards have exceptions.

NeuroscienceBrain ImagingMedical Imaging+3 more
Research funding

Aldon Mark Berger Mental Health Imaging Research Grant

The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology

Closes

Amount
Up to $250,000
Career stage
Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
How to apply
Institution applies

North American ASNR members in good standing with an MD, PhD, DO or equivalent and an active or imminent appointment in a radiology department. Physicians need the specified board eligibility/certification and neuroradiology training. Concurrent ASNR, RSNA Research Scholar, GERRAF or ARRS awards can disqualify applicants; seed and prior trainee awards have exceptions.

NeuroscienceBrain ImagingPsychiatry+2 more

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