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Verified funding for life-science students and early-career researchers worldwide: funded PhD positions, standalone fellowships, master's scholarships and postdoc calls. Every record is read from the funding organisation's own website, never from an aggregator, and carries the date it was last verified so you can judge for yourself how fresh it is. Anything that charges a fee to apply is never listed.

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Faculty for the Future Fellowships

Schlumberger Foundation · Global · Multiple · Any host university or research institute abroadFellowships are awarded on academic ability, leadership potential and engagement in STEM outreach in underserved communities in the…6 November 2026Closes in 33 daysOpen to international
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre PhD Programme in Neuroscience, September 2027 intake

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (SWC), University College London · Europe · PhD · United KingdomGBP 30,8399 November 2026Closes in 36 daysOpen to international
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Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award: Advancing Women’s Health: Vaginal Microbiome Science and Innovation (7 to 10 April 2027)

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology · Asia-Pacific · Multiple · SingaporeAn in-person travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia meeting "Advancing Women's Health: Vaginal Microbiome Science and Innovation",…10 November 2026Closes in 37 daysOpen to international
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IMPRS for Biological Intelligence PhD Programme, 2026/27 recruitment round

International Max Planck Research School for Biological Intelligence (IMPRS-BI), Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence · Europe · PhD · GermanyA structured doctoral programme at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (Martinsried and Seewiesen, near Munich).10 November 2026Closes in 37 daysOpen to international
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Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2027-28 cohort

The Azrieli Foundation (Azrieli Fellows Program) · Asia-Pacific · Postdoc · IsraelA two-year postdoctoral fellowship at an Israeli university, with renewal for a third year considered on a competitive…11 November 2026Closes in 38 daysOpen to international
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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences, October 2027 entry

John Innes Centre, Norwich · Europe · PhD · United KingdomA four-year studentship covering full tuition fees paid directly to the University of East Anglia, research and training…12 November 2026Closes in 39 daysOpen to international
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Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

American Philosophical Society (APS) · North America · PhD · United StatesUSD 5,40013 November 2026Closes in 40 daysOpen to international
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ASPB Travel Awards for Plant Biology 2027

American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) · Global · Multiple · United States (meeting venue: Albuquerque, New Mexico)Travel funding to attend Plant Biology 2027 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 31 July to 3 August 2027, for…13 November 2026Closes in 40 daysOpen to international
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NITMB Fellows Program, 2027 appointments

NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB), Northwestern University and the University of Chicago · North America · Postdoc · United StatesA three-year independent fellowship based in Chicago with a competitive salary (no figure published), generous research and travel…15 November 2026Closes in 42 daysEligibility not stated
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grant (2026 grant cycle)

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUp to USD 140,000 over two years (USD 56,000 a year salary plus USD 14,000 a year institutional allowance)15 November 2026Closes in 42 daysEligibility not stated
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Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2027

Zonta International · Global · PhD · United StatesUSD 12,000 each, up to 30 fellowships a year15 November 2026Closes in 42 daysOpen to international
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Travel Award Supplement

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · North America · Multiple · United StatesUp to USD 3,000 for travel only, so that a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow can spend time…16 November 2026Closes in 43 daysEligibility not stated
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Student Traineeship Award

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · North America · Multiple · United StatesUSD 4,000 for a traineeship lasting from 10 weeks up to one year, usable for stipend support, research…16 November 2026Closes in 43 daysEligibility not stated
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Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2027 call

FWO (Research Foundation Flanders, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen) · Europe · Postdoc · BelgiumGross EUR 5,616.81 a month (junior postdoctoral fellow at four years seniority, index 2.1647 on 1 March 2026), plus a bench fee of EUR 4,000 to EUR 10,000 a year, for three years16 November 2026Closes in 43 daysOpen to international
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Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2027 call

FWO (Research Foundation Flanders, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen) · Europe · Postdoc · BelgiumGross EUR 6,081.90 a month (senior postdoctoral researcher at seven years seniority, index 2.1647 on 1 March 2026), plus a bench fee of EUR 4,000 to EUR 10,000 a year, for three years16 November 2026Closes in 43 daysOpen to international
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DKMS John Hansen Research Grant 2027

DKMS Stiftung Leben Spenden, administered by DKMS Group gGmbH · Global · Postdoc · Any country (the grant follows the researcher, not a host country)EUR 240,000 over three years (maximum EUR 80,000 a year)16 November 2026Closes in 43 daysOpen to international
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Baruch Blumberg Grants in Astrobiology

American Philosophical Society (APS) · North America · Multiple · United StatesUSD 7,00016 November 2026Closes in 43 daysOpen to international
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Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program (PPU), Call PPU 2027

Institut Pasteur · Europe · PhD · FranceSelected students receive a salary from Institut Pasteur on a three-year contract, with health insurance, unemployment insurance and…16 November 2026Closes in 43 daysOpen to international
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Career Development Fellowship (CDF), 2027 round

The Royal Society · Europe · Postdoc · United KingdomGBP 703,80018 November 2026Closes in 45 daysOpen to international
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Post-doctoral Fellowship Award

National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) · North America · Postdoc · Worldwide (US and international institutions)USD 40,000 for 1 year18 November 2026Closes in 45 daysOpen to international
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Graduate Research Fellowship

National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) · North America · PhD · Worldwide (US and international institutions)USD 25,000 for 1 year18 November 2026Closes in 45 daysOpen to international
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Lundbeck Foundation Postdoc Grants (LF Postdocs), 2027 call

Lundbeck Foundation (Lundbeckfonden) · Europe · Postdoc · DenmarkA three-year full-time postdoctoral grant administered by a Danish non-commercial research institution.19 November 2026Closes in 46 daysOpen to international
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Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program (2027)

KidneyCure, the foundation of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUSD 50,000 per year for up to two years19 November 2026Closes in 46 daysOpen to international
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KidneyCure Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award Program (2027)

KidneyCure, the foundation of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) · North America · PhD · United StatesUSD 30,000 per year for up to two years19 November 2026Closes in 46 daysOpen to international

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