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Neuroscience funding

October 2026

Career stage
Not stated
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible applicants include higher-education institutions, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, governments, tribal organizations, and eligible foreign organizations. The NOFO does not allow foreign subawards or subcontracts.

Computational NeuroscienceMathematical Modeling
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible applicants include public and private higher-education institutions, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and eligible state, local, tribal, and federal government entities. Non-U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply; the full NIH notice governs foreign components and collaborations.

Research funding

Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Closes in 2 days

Amount
$500,000 – $1,500,000
Career stage
Not stated
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible collaborative teams must follow the current NSF 24-569 PI, organization and submission requirements.

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningComputer Science+1 more
Research funding

Engineering Research Initiation (ERI)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Closes in 2 days

Amount
Up to $200,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Institution applies

Investigators at eligible U.S. non-R1 institutions must satisfy the current NSF 24-590 PI and institutional requirements.

Computer ScienceBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Science+1 more
Scholarship or studentship

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

Karolinska Institutet

Closes in 6 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.

CognitionBiologyOptogenetics+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.

CognitionGeneticsImmunology
Research funding

McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award — 2027

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

Closes

Amount
$300,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Apply directly

Independent investigators at US nonprofit research institutions with at least three years in tenured or tenure-track faculty roles (by September 2023); every co-PI must qualify. Research-track, adjunct, visiting and instructor titles are excluded. Institutions without professorial titles need a senior official’s independence confirmation. After two unsuccessful consecutive applications, wait one year. Applicants cannot apply to both McKnight schemes in one cycle or repeat the same award; earlier recipients of another scheme must finish that funding first.

MedicinePathology
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.

Amount
Up to $275,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible higher-education, nonprofit, for-profit and other organisations listed in the NOFO, including non-US organisations, apply through their institution. Required institutional registrations and the NOFO-specific research conditions apply.

Biomedical EngineeringControl EngineeringElectrical Engineering
Amount
Up to $275,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible higher-education, nonprofit, for-profit and other organisations listed in the NOFO, including non-US organisations, apply through their institution. Required institutional registrations and the NOFO-specific research conditions apply.

Computational NeuroscienceElectrophysiologyClinical Neurophysiology
Amount
Up to $275,000
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Eligible domestic and foreign organizations include higher education institutions, nonprofits, businesses and the government/community entity categories listed in the notice. PIs must have the skills, resources and knowledge to perform the work and apply with an eligible organization.

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.

CognitionMedicineBiomedical Engineering+1 more
Career stage
Not stated
Hosted in
United States
How to apply
Institution applies

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. Foreign components are allowed, but foreign subawards or subcontracts are not allowed under this NOFO.

BiologyMedicineClinical Chemistry+1 more
Research funding

Part the Cloud: Enable the Molecule for AI-Discovered Programs — 2027 Funding

Alzheimer’s Association

Closes

Amount
Up to $1,000,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Full-time investigators at Assistant Professor level or equivalent and above; students and postdocs cannot be lead applicants. Eligible international institutions may apply, subject to programme and sanctions rules. Only one proposal per applicant across the current competition; reporting and institutional exclusions apply.

BiologyMedicinePharmacology+2 more
Research funding

Part the Cloud: Combination Therapies Program — 2027 Funding

Alzheimer’s Association

Closes

Amount
Up to $3,000,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Full-time investigators at Assistant Professor level or equivalent and above; students and postdocs cannot be lead applicants. Eligible international institutions may apply, subject to programme and sanctions rules. Only one proposal per applicant across the current competition; reporting and institutional exclusions apply. Government-appropriated laboratories cannot be applicant institutions.

BiologyMedicineClinical Neurology+1 more
Research funding

Part the Cloud: Phase 1 and Phase 2 Clinical Studies — 2027 Funding

Alzheimer’s Association

Closes

Amount
Up to $1,000,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
Hosted in
Worldwide
How to apply
Institution applies

Full-time investigators at Assistant Professor level or equivalent and above; students and postdocs cannot be lead applicants. Eligible international institutions may apply, subject to programme and sanctions rules. Only one proposal per applicant across the current competition; reporting and institutional exclusions apply.

BiologyMedicineClinical Neurology+1 more
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.

BiologyBio-InformaticsComputational Biology+2 more
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.

BiologyApplied MathematicsEngineering+2 more
Training or summer school

Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Development Scholarship

The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology

Closes

Amount
Up to $2,000
Career stage
Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher
How to apply
Apply directly

Women with an MD or DO and neuroradiology subspecialty certification, or an international equivalent; current ASNR, ACR and AAWR membership and demonstrated leadership potential. Academic candidates should be approaching or early in associate professorship; eligible private-practice candidates may also apply.

Medical ImagingNeuroradiology

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