Funding opportunities for postdoctoral scholars of all levels, from those just defending their PhD to those transitioning to their first faculty position are available on this page. Video recordings provided by Southwestern Graduate School relating to Grant Writing are available on a campus networked computer or by VPN. Information on career planning and various job boards are available on the Career Services website.
Copies of several funded grant/fellowship applications and boilerplate text for applications are available upon request from the Postdoctoral Affairs Office.
Funding Search Engines and Lists
COS Funding Database - Research funding opportunities in Community of Science (COS) through the UT Southwestern Library web page. Using "postdoctoral fellowship" as the search term brought 8,887 citations. There are numerous ways to learn about COS: an on-line tutorial, classes offered by the Library, one-on-one assistance from a librarian, and a 51 minute video recording entitled COS: Grants & More available on a campus networked computer or by VPN.
Two features of COS are of particular interest:
- Funding Opportunities - Database of announcements for grants, fellowships, and awards
- Funding Alerts - Create and save searches to receive weekly notification of new funding announcements that match individually designated search topics
NIH F Kiosk – Information about Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Fellowship Funding Opportunities - Lists information about the NIH NRSA funding opportunities.
NIH K Kiosk - Information about NIH Career Development Awards - Lists information about the NIH career development and transition awards.
NIH-NRSA stipend levels FY2008
NIH Postdoctoral Research & Training Opportunities - Lists NIH grant opportunities available to postdoctoral trainees.
Office of Grants Management Grant Opportunities - Maintained by the Office of Grants Management, here at UT Southwestern, the list offers a variety of current funding opportunities, some of which may be appropriate to postdoctoral scholars.
Science Careers - Funding (formerly GrantsNet) - Comprehensive source for graduate and post-graduate funding, grant writing tips and tools, and advice for grant seekers; membership is free.
The Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicer
Are you on a H1B visa and thought you could not apply for a fellowship?
That may not be true! There are some funding agencies that are willing to pay employee salaries through the university (rather than a stipend to you directly). If a fellowship is particularly well suited for your research and citizens from your country are eligible, you may contact the funding agency to ask if they will pay salary rather than stipend.
Examples of funding agencies that have paid fellowships as salary to H1B visa-holders in the past are:
American Brain Tumor Assoc
American Diabetes Assoc
American Heart Assoc
Arthritis Foundation
Department of Defense
Epilepsy Foundation
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Life Sciences Research Foundation
National Kidney Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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