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Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP): PhD positions, fellowships and funding

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23 open now. FAPESP, the Sao Paulo Research Foundation, is the public research funding agency of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It funds doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships hosted at universities and institutes in the state, and many calls are open to international applicants.

  • 23 open now
  • 51 verified calls on record
  • Postdoc: 28
  • PhD: 10
  • Multiple levels: 6
  • Brazil
  • Official site: fapesp.br
  • Last verified 9 November 2026

Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) has 23 verified funded calls open as of 9 November 2026, mostly postdoctoral positions in Brazil. The next deadline is 14 November 2026. Every call is read from fapesp.br, and closed rounds stay listed so you can plan for the next one.

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23 open now, 51 records in total. Last verified 13 November 2026.

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Microbial Genomics, neonatal microbiome and sepsis (NICE-MEL) (FAPESP vacancy 9938)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (Unifesp), Infectious Diseases, NICE-MEL project · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0010 November 2026Closed 4 days agoEligibility not stated
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Plant Molecular Physiology, Light and stress signal transduction pathways in crops (FAPESP vacancy 9908)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Departamento de Botanica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo (IB-USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilBRL 12,57010 November 2026Closed 4 days agoOpen to international
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Master’s Fellowship in Cardiovascular Physiology, succinate signalling in the maternal heart (FAPESP vacancy 9922)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (ICB-USP) · Latin America · Masters · BrazilR$ 3.270,009 November 2026Closed 5 days agoEligibility not stated
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Energy Metabolism, sensory neuropeptide control of brown fat thermogenesis (NEUROBURN, FAPESP vacancy 9946)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMRP-USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilBRL 12,5705 November 2026Closed 9 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Doctorate Fellowship in Physiology, efferent branch of the anti-inflammatory reflex in sepsis (FAPESP vacancy 9940)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo (EERP-USP) · Latin America · PhD · BrazilR$ 5.790,003 November 2026Closed 11 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Doctorate Fellowship in Physiology, afferent branch of the anti-inflammatory reflex in sepsis (FAPESP vacancy 9939)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo (EERP-USP) · Latin America · PhD · BrazilR$ 5.790,003 November 2026Closed 11 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Host-Microbiota Interaction, YEATS4-histone acylation axis in intestinal homeostasis and disease (FAPESP-MRC) (FAPESP vacancy 9876)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (IB-Unicamp) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilBRL 12,5702 November 2026Closed 12 days agoEligibility not stated
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Bioinformatics / Image Analysis, Cell Painting screening of natural compounds against intracellular bacteria (MICRONATIB) (FAPESP vacancy 9844)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Institut Pasteur de Sao Paulo (IPSP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilBRL 12,57031 October 2026Closed 14 days agoEligibility not stated
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Bioinformatics, Regulation of innate host responses at the level of interorgan communication (leukocyte heterogeneity in sepsis) (FAPESP vacancy 9647)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (ICB-USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilBRL 12,57031 October 2026Closed 14 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Level 5 Technical Training Fellowship (TT-V) in Preclinical Vaccine Research, humanised mouse model for a recombinant BCG vaccine against bovine tuberculosis (FAPESP vacancy 9945)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by BCGene with Instituto Butantan · Latin America · Multiple · BrazilFAPESP Technical Training fellowship (TT-V) vacancy no.30 October 2026Closed 15 days agoEligibility not stated
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Level 5 Technical Training Fellowship (TT-V) in Bioprocesses, scale-up of a recombinant BCG vaccine against bovine tuberculosis (FAPESP vacancy 9944)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by BCGene with Instituto Butantan · Latin America · Multiple · BrazilFAPESP Technical Training fellowship (TT-V) vacancy no.30 October 2026Closed 15 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Master’s Fellowship in Biotechnology, bacterial biodegradation and valorisation of plastics (FAPESP vacancy 9853)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Universidade de Sorocaba (Uniso) · Latin America · Masters · BrazilBRL 3,27030 October 2026Closed 15 days agoEligibility not stated
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Doctorate Fellowship in Biotechnology, discovery of plastic-degrading enzymes (FAPESP vacancy 9852)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Universidade de Sorocaba (Uniso) · Latin America · PhD · BrazilBRL 5,79030 October 2026Closed 15 days agoEligibility not stated
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Genetics, (Epi)genetic mechanisms in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (FAPESP vacancy 9928)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMRP-USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0030 October 2026Closed 15 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Biochemistry, mitochondria and photobiomodulation in peripheral neuropathy (FAPESP vacancy 9930)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (ICB-USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0030 October 2026Closed 15 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Genomics, tropical forage seed shattering at the Center for Plant Molecular Breeding CeM2P (FAPESP vacancy 9921)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0028 October 2026Closed 17 days agoOpen to international
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Immunology, complement system in leptospirosis (FAPESP vacancy 9927)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo (ICB-USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0028 October 2026Closed 17 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Microbial Ecology, AmazonFACE soil microbiology (FAPESP vacancy 9933)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), AmazonFACE project · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0028 October 2026Closed 17 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Genetic endocrinology, Establishing an epigenetic signature for Noonan syndrome (FAPESP vacancy 9917)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMUSP/USP) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilBRL 12,57023 October 2026Closed 22 days agoOpen to international
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Intensive Care, lung- and diaphragm-protective ventilation trial (FAPESP vacancy 9864)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto do Coracao (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0019 October 2026Closed 26 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Master’s Fellowship in Human Genetics, Genomics and Oncogenetics, germline sequencing in mesothelioma (FAPESP vacancy 9865)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by A.C.Camargo Cancer Center · Latin America · Masters · BrazilR$ 3.270,0018 October 2026Closed 27 days agoEligibility not stated
Closed

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Antibody Sequencing, snakebite humoral response (FAPESP vacancy 9863)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM-Unifesp) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0018 October 2026Closed 27 days agoEligibility not stated
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FAPESP Bolsa de Pos-Doutorado (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilA postdoctoral fellowship that places recent doctorate holders in an active research group at an institution in Sao…RollingOpen to international
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FAPESP Bolsa de Doutorado Direto (Direct Doctorate Fellowship)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) · Latin America · PhD · BrazilA direct doctorate fellowship for students admitted to a stricto sensu postgraduate programme in Sao Paulo state without…RollingOpen to international

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