Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Deadline: Nov 29, 2024

Grant amount: Approximately US $80,000

Funding uses: Fellowship

Location of project: Anywhere in the world

Location of residency: United States

Location of citizenship: United States

Overview:

NOTE: All applications are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. 

The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for research and training in selected areas supported by BIO and with special goals for human resource development in biology. For proposals under this solicitation, these areas are:

• Broadening Participation of Groups Under-represented in Biology
• Research Using Biological Collections
• National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

The fellowships encourage independence at an early stage of the research career to permit Fellows to pursue their research and training goals in the most appropriate research locations in collaboration with sponsoring scientists. It is expected that the sponsoring scientists will actively mentor the Fellows and will greatly benefit from collaborating with these talented early-career scientists and incorporating them into their research groups. The research and training plan of each fellowship must address important scientific questions within the scope of BIO and the specific guidelines in this fellowship program solicitation. Because the fellowships are offered to postdoctoral scientists only early in their careers, NSF encourages doctoral students to discuss the availability of these postdoctoral fellowships with their doctoral mentors and potential postdoctoral sponsors early in their doctoral programs to take full advantage of this funding opportunity. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

For the basic fellowship, the total fellowship amount is $80,000 per year and consists of two types of payments: a stipend ($60,000) and a research and training allowance ($20,000). The stipend is paid directly to the Fellow at $5000 per month. 

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