Postdoctoral and Faculty Funding

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program: If you have a PhD or an equivalent degree in one of the social, physical or biological sciences, or are an engineer with a master's degree and at least three years of post-degree professional experience, you are eligible to apply for a one-year AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship programs are designed to provide each qualified individual with a unique public-policy learning experience and to bring technical backgrounds and external perspectives to decision-making in the U.S. government. AAAS is proud to sponsor these programs to facilitate science/government interaction.
http://www.fellowships.aaas.org/

AAAS Congressional Fellowships: Applications are invited from individuals in any physical, biological, or social science, any field of engineering, or any relevant interdisciplinary field.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_index.shtml

AAUW American Fellowships: Support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents. One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships, dissertation fellowships, and summer/short-term research publication grants are offered.
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/american.html

AERA Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program

American Psychological Foundation (APF): Awards and Prizes: APF recognizes the gifted and creative psychologists who work on some of society's most challenging issues and strive to make our world a better place.
http://www.apa.org/apf/scholarships.html

California, University of, Berkeley, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity: Postdoctoral fellowship for academic Diversity at the Univ. of CA-Berkeley established to increase faculty diversity at Berkeley. Special consideration for applicants committed to careers in university research and teaching.
bridget3@uclink.berkeley.edu

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships: The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek 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. To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/index.html 

Franklin Fellowships and Research Grants: Applicants are expected to have a doctorate, or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Pre-doctoral graduate students are not eligible, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their PhDs. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years. Institutions are not eligible to apply.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm

Grant, William T. Foundation:: W. T. Grant Scholars program supports promising postdoctoral (but pre-tenure, tenure-track) scholars from diverse disciplines whose research deepens and broadens the knowledge base in areas that contribute to creating a society that values young people as a resource and helps them live up to their potential. Priority areas for research include youth development, programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people, and adults’ attitudes about and perceptions of young people (ages 8-25), along with the consequences of those attitudes and perceptions. Major grants available to any discipline. Projects should address an issue or question affecting a large number of young people ages 8-25 or a population of particularly vulnerable young people in the age group in the U.S.
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/

IBM Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences: Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The department provides an atmosphere in which basic research is combined with work on technical problems arising in industry. Candidates must have a doctorate and no more than five years of postdoctoral professional experience (with a preference for less) when the fellowship commences.
http://www.research.ibm.com/math/goldstine.html

Lehrman, Gilder Institute of American History Fellowships in American Civilization: Fellowships available: Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank, and Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates in their final year before submission.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships: The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers annual resident fellowships in art history to qualified graduate students at the predoctoral level as well as to postdoctoral researchers. Projects should relate to the Museum's collection. The fields of research for art history candidates include Asian art, arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, antiquities, arms and armor, costumes, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, textiles, and Western art. Some art history fellowships for travel abroad are also available for students whose projects involve firsthand examination of paintings in major European collections.
http://www.metmuseum.org/education/fellowship.html  

Michigan Society of Fellows: Each year the Society selects four outstanding applicants for appointment to three-year fellowships in the arts and humanities, in the social, physical and life sciences, and in the professional schools.
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html

National Gallery of Art Predoctoral Fellowship Program: The National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism.
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvapre.htm

National Humanities Center Fellowships: The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study.
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/

National Institutes of Health Academic Career Award (K07): Supports individuals interested in introducing or improving curricula in a particular scientific field as a means of enhancing the educational or research capacity at the grantee institution.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Independent Scientist Award (K02): Provides up to five years of salary support for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. This award is intended to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. The candidate must have a doctoral degree and independent, peer-reviewed research support at the time the award is made.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships: Awarded to promising applicants with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in fields related to the mission of the NIH constituent institutes and centers.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm

National Institutes of Health Institutional Research Training Grants:: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected by the institution, who are training for careers in specified areas of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research. The purpose of the NRSA program is to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda. Accordingly, the NRSA program supports predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short-term research training experiences.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm

National Institutes of Health Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award (K08): Supports the development of outstanding clinician research scientists. Provides specialized study for individuals with a health professional doctoral degree committed to a career in laboratory or field-based research. Candidates must have the potential to develop into independent investigators.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01): Provides support for an intensive, supervised career development experience in one of the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Candidates for this award normally must have a research or health-professional doctorate and postdoctoral research experience at the time of application. In addition, the candidate must be able to demonstrate the need for a three, four, or five-year period of additional supervised research as well as the capacity and/or the potential for highly productive independent research. The proposed career development experience must be in a research area new to the applicant and/or one in which an additional supervised research experience will substantially add to the research capabilities of the applicant. The candidate must provide a plan for achieving independent research support by the end of the award period.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

National Institutes of Health Senior Scientist Award (K05): Provides stability of support to outstanding scientists who have demonstrated a sustained, high level of productivity and whose expertise, research accomplishments, and contributions to the field have been and will continue to be critical to the mission of the particular NIH center or institute. The candidate must be a senior scientist and a recognized leader in the field with a distinguished record of original contributions; must have a record of support from a funding institute or center; and must have peer-reviewed grant support at the time of the award. Scientists whose work is primarily theoretical may, depending on the policy of the institute or center, apply for this award in the absence of research grant support.
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

Revelle, Roger Fellowship in Global Stewardship Program: Fellows will work for one year in an environmental policy area, domestic or international, within the Congress, a relevant executive branch agency, or elsewhere in the policy community. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. in any biological, physical, or social science, plus at least three years of relevant post-degree professional experience. Applications are invited from candidates in any physical, biological, or social science, any field of engineering, or any relevant interdisciplinary field.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_Global_Stewardship.shtml

Sloan, Alfred P. Foundation: Fellowships for faculty in chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics; postdoctoral fellowships for career transitions into computational molecular biology from physics, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, and related fields; Sloan Industry Center Fellowships, Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Ph.D.’s for underrepresented minorities fellowships also available.
http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml

Smithsonian Molecular Evolution Fellowships: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Molecular Evolution are available to support research that uses the resources and research opportunities offered at one of the following Smithsonian Institution units: National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.); National Zoological Park (Washington, D.C.); Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama). This fellowship rotates annually among these units.
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm

Social Science Research Council: Sponsors fellowship and grant programs on a wide range of topics, and across many different career stages. Most support goes to predissertation, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships, offered through annual competitions. Some programs support summer institutes and advanced research grants. Although most programs target the social sciences, many are also open to applicants from the humanities, the natural sciences, and relevant professional and practitioner communities.
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/?Predissertation

Society of Fellows in the Humanities:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/

Supreme Court Fellows Program: This is a one-year appointment, beginning in August or September. Fellows become employees of the federal court system and are eligible for benefits. Candidates must have at least one post-graduate degree, two or more years of professional experience, multi-disciplinary training etc.
www.fellows.supremecourtus.gov

von Humboldt, Alexander Foundation 2-year Post-Doctoral Fellowships for U.S. Scientists and Scholars: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) enables young highly qualified U.S.-American Scientists and Scholars holding a doctorate to carry out a research project of their own choice in Germany (age limit: 40 years). Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of 24 months.
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/tshp1.htm

von Humboldt, Alexander Foundation Linked Postdoctoral Awards (NRC/AvH):: The National Research Council of the United States (NRC) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany offer opportunities for international postdoctoral research to allow U.S. citizens who hold recent doctoral degrees to conduct research first in Germany, and then in the United States (age limit: 40 years).
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/nrc.htm

von Humboldt, Alexander Foundation TransCoop Programme: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports transatlantic research cooperation among German, American and/or Canadian scholars (Ph.D. required) in the humanities, social sciences, economics, and law by means of the TransCoop Programme.
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/transcoop.htm

White House Fellows Program: Annual program to give outstanding, promising Americans the opportunity to receive a firsthand introduction to the workings of government at the highest level. Applicants should be out of school and working in their chosen profession. There are no formal age or educational requirements although candidates called for interviews have tended to range from their mid-twenties to their early forties.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/