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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Humboldt Research Fellowship Program
enables young, highly-qualified scholars resident outside Germany who hold doctorates to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany (age limit: 40 years).
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp.htm

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research in Southeast European Studies support postdoctoral research and writing in Southeast European studies in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences.
Award: $25,000 maximum
www.acls.org/seguide.htm#postdoc
American Diabetes Association Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship is granted to an established diabetes investigator to support a postdoctoral fellow.
Award: $45,000 a year for up to four years
www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/research-grant-application-forms/training-awards.jsp
The American Educational Research Association (AERA)/ETS Postdoctoral Program provides intensive research and training opportunities in such areas as educational measurement, assessment design, psychometrics, statistical analyses, large-scale evaluations, and others. The AEPF aims to increase the number of underrepresented minority professionals conducting advanced research or technical assistance.
Award: stipend of $50,000
www.aera.net/fellowships/?id=702
Canary Foundation/American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in the Early Detection of Cancer focus on studies in the tools and technologies for developing strategies for the early detection of cancer. Research should be directed at new approaches to improve clinical methods for the screening of primary tumors and/or metastases.
Award: 3 years in duration with progressive stipends of $42,000, $44,000, and $46,000 per year, plus $4,000 per year for institutional allowance
www.cancer.org/research
Dewitt Stetten Jr Memorial Fellowship in the History of Biomedical Sciences and Technology supports historical research and writing about the biomedical sciences and technology by providing a postdoctoral student, usually at the beginning stages of the professional career, with a year's research experience in residence at museum offices on the NIH campus.
Award: Stipend varies
www.history.nih.gov/01Docs/grants/StettenFellowshipInformation.htm

Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships
are for individuals engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D. or Sc.D. and are designed to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Award: One-year stipends of $40,000
www7.national-academies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpost.html

L'Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship Program
is for women postdoctoral fellows affiliated with a U.S.-based academic or research institution involved in the life and physical sciences including math, engineering and computer science.
Award: $20,000
www2.lorealusa.com
Marshall Sherfield Fellowships enable an American scientist or engineer to undertake post-doctoral research for a period of one to two academic years at a British university or research institute. The aim of the fellowships is to introduce American scientists and engineers to the cutting edge of UK science and engineering and thus build longer term contacts and international links between the United Kingdom and the U.S. in key scientific areas.
Award: laboratory fee/research support grant; approved airfare to/from the UK; allowance to cover residence and cost of living expenses; up to £200 for approved travel; payment of necessary daily expenses in excess of £10 per month for travel between place of residence and place of study.
www.marshallscholarship.org/sherfield.html
Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowships sponsor four three-year terms to begin September 1, 2005 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to promote academic and creative excellence in the humanities and the arts; in the social, physical, and life sciences; and in the professions. Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers and must have received the PhD degree or comparable artistic or professional degree between June 1, 2003 and September 1, 2006.
Award: $47,271
www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html
National Academies of Sciences (NAS) Postdoctoral Fellowship/Research Associateship Program
The NAS/NRC postdoctoral research fellowship can extend up to three years with a generous annual stipend. Applicants will be judged on the merit and feasibility of their proposals.
Deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 (of any given year) - with the focus on the November 1 deadline for the majority of selections.
www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf
National Institute of Health (NIH): Ruth L. Kirschstein National Reseach Service Awards for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32)
is for applicants with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in fields related to the mission of the NIH constituent institutes and centers. Individuals may receive up to 3 years of aggregate Kirschstein-NRSA support at the postdoctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional training grants (T32) and individual fellowship awards (F32).
Award: The NIH will offset the combined cost of tuition and fees at the following rate: 100% of all costs up to $3,000 and 60% of costs above $3,000. There is also an institutional allowance of $5,500 per 12-month period (nonfederal, nonprofit, or foreign sponsoring institutions) or up to $4,400 (Federal laboratories or for-profit institutions).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-067.html
National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
This site includes information and applications to the following programs: East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI), International Research Fellowship Program, Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities, Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, MPS Distinguished International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MPS-DRF), NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships, NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar Program, Postdoctoral Fellowships in Microbial Biology, Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research, Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics, and Science and Technology Studies (STS). www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/fastlane.pdoc.DisplayProgramType

Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
encourages women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California.
Award: $33,800-$35,300 which will increase upon renewal, health, vision and dental benefits and up to $4,000 for research-related expenses. Awards in mathematics, engineering and physical sciences will range from $35,300-$44,000.
www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp

Sandia National Laboratories: President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering provides the opportunity for recipients to pursue independent research of their own choosing that supports the national security mission of Sandia National Laboratories. The appointee is expected to foster creativity and to stimulate exploration of forefront science and technology and high-risk, potentially high-value R&D.
Award: 3-year appointment with a salary of $96,100
www.sandia.gov/employment/special-prog/truman/

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Eurasia Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program aims to provide junior faculty and independent scholars with support to focus on significantly revising and re-writing an existing project or on designing a new research project. The awards are to be used to promote research and/or publication records and to further the recipient's academic career.
Award: Up to $20,000
www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/fellowships

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (ORD) CROSS-ORD INTERDISCIPLINARY POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAM offers several Federal, four-year, post-doctoral positions. Mentors will be assigned from appropriate ORD Labs and Centers based upon the nature of the cross-ORD interdisciplinary research.
AWARD: Salary range of $54,494 - $84,913
http://www.epa.gov/ord/htm/jobs_ord.htm

Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-Ph.D. Research Grants are available for individual scholars without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation holding a doctorate or equivalent in anthropology. Grants are made to seed innovative approaches and ideas, to cover specific expenses or phases of a project, and/or to encourage aid from other funding agencies.
Award: up to $25,000
www.wennergren.org/programs//programs_show.htm?doc_id=368389&attrib_id=13233
Wenner-Gren Foundation Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for scholars without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation within ten years of receipt of the Ph.D. to aid the write-up of research results for publication.
Award: up to $40,000
www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368531&attrib_id=13233
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues, particularly those that help provide the essential background against which current issues can be more thoroughly understood. Most fellows serve for nine months, from September to May, although a few fellowships are occasionally awarded for shorter periods.
Award: $26,200 to $85,000
wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=Fellowships.welcome

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association: www.alsa.org/research/process.cfm
The National Academies: www.nationalacademies.org/grantprograms.html
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM): www.nasm.si.edu

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