Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB), FY2027 round
US National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences
Who can apply: Citizenship restricted. You must be a US citizen, a US national or a US permanent resident with a green card at the time of submission, so most international readers are not eligible even with a US host. The award is aimed at graduate students seeking independent support for a first postdoctoral position and at… What is funded: The fellowship pays USD 110,000 a year for two years, USD 220,000 in total. Each year is split into a USD 85,000 stipend paid directly to you and a USD 25,000 fellowship allowance you spend at your own discretion on research and training costs, including health insurance, moving expenses and conference travel. NSF… Deadline: 28 September 2027, 5 p.m. submitting organisation’s local time. Round: FY2027 competition (second dated deadline printed in solicitation NSF 26-504).
Read the full call and apply on the official page: US National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences, official page.
Who can apply
- Citizenship restricted. You must be a US citizen, a US national or a US permanent resident with a green card at the time of submission, so most international readers are not eligible even with a US host. The award is aimed at graduate students seeking independent support for a first postdoctoral position and at postdocs early in their careers, and you must not have held a post requiring a doctoral degree for more than 15 full-time months before the deadline. Your doctorate must be awarded before the fellowship starts, and your research plan must sit at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the biological sciences. You may submit one proposal a year and two in total, and the host institution may be in the United States or abroad.
Stage dates
Full proposal, submitted by you through Research.gov, not by your host institution. Two reference letters are submitted directly by their authors. Awards are made the following spring, and the appointment must start between 1 June of the year after the deadline and 1 September of the year after that.28 September 2027
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.