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106 open now. Postdoctoral fellowships and funded research posts across the life sciences: Marie Curie actions, EMBL COFUND fellowships, AACR awards, and postdoc positions at ICGEB and India's BRIC institutes. Each record is verified on the funding organisation's own website and shows its deadline as a plain date.

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106 open now, 198 records in total. Last verified 23 October 2026.

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University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP), 2027 cohort

University of California, Office of the President · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUSD 69,0731 November 2026Closes in 8 daysDomestic applicants only
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Junior Researcher in Ecology and Natural Resource Management, MEDTRACK aquatic tracking project (ref. CCMAR/IJ/12/2026)

CCMAR (Centro de Ciencias do Mar do Algarve), University of the Algarve · Europe · Postdoc · PortugalEUR 2,408.112 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to international
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Postdoc in Analytical Chemistry: natural toxins and metabolites in perennial rye (GoodGrain consortium)

Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry (GoodGrain consortium, Plant2Food funding) · Europe · Postdoc · NetherlandsEUR 3,706 to 5,760 gross (full-time 38 h, CAO-NU scale 10)2 November 2026Closes in 9 daysEligibility not stated
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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 2026Closes in 9 daysEligibility not stated
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NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Office of Fellowships · North America · Postdoc · United StatesA guest-researcher associateship at a sponsoring US federal laboratory, awarded for self-directed research agreed with that laboratory.2 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to international
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Ambizione 2026, the final call

SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) · Europe · Postdoc · SwitzerlandA grant of up to four years that lets an early-career researcher run and lead their own independent…3 November 2026Closes in 10 daysOpen to international
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Postdoctoral position: hybrid and de novo-designed nanopores for single-molecule protein sensing (vacancy 2502)

University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (Maglia lab), within an SBO consortium with VUB-VIB and imec · Europe · Postdoc · NetherlandsEUR 4,251 to 4,763 gross per month4 November 2026Closes in 11 daysEligibility 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 2026Closes in 12 daysEligibility not stated
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2027 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship & Leadership Award

A.P. Giannini Foundation · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUSD 70,0005 November 2026Closes in 12 daysDomestic applicants only
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NOMIS Foundation ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship

ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) with the NOMIS Foundation · Europe · Postdoc · SwitzerlandThree-year postdoctoral fellowship at ETH Zurich plus one extension year (the fourth year is granted after a review…6 November 2026Closes in 13 daysOpen to international
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Nurse Lab, CDK control of the eukaryotic cell cycle in fission yeast (Job reference R2842)

The Francis Crick Institute · Europe · Postdoc · United KingdomGBP 47,5007 November 2026Closes in 14 daysOpen to international
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Researcher in Medical Inflammation Research (humanized mouse models of autoimmune disease)

Uppsala University, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM) · Europe · Postdoc · SwedenA one-year, full-time fixed-term researcher post in the Medical Inflammation Research group led by Prof.9 November 2026Closes in 16 daysEligibility not stated
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Postdoctor in Experimental Hepatology and Metabolism (LiU-2026-04658)

Linkoping University, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Division of Diagnostics and Specialist Medicine · Europe · Postdoc · SwedenA full-time, two-year temporary postdoctoral employment with possible extension to three years, starting by agreement.10 November 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not stated
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Postdoctoral Researchers (m/f/d), Applied and Computational Mathematics for the life sciences, Center for Systems Biology Dresden (Job Code 2026-PostDoc-AppliedMathematics-1120)

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Center for Systems Biology Dresden (Max Planck Society) · Europe · Postdoc · GermanyTwo positions, each a 2-year full-time postdoc with possible extension, salary under TVöD Bund up to E13 depending…10 November 2026Closes in 17 daysOpen to international
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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 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility 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 2026Closes in 17 daysOpen to international
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Postdoctoral candidate for medicinal chemistry and chemical biology on the synthetic lethality target EXO1

Leiden University, Faculty of Science, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Pomplun lab, with the Noordermeer group at LUMC · Europe · Postdoc · NetherlandsA full-time postdoctoral position at LACDR, initially for one year and extendable to three years after a positive…11 November 2026Closes in 18 daysEligibility not stated
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Chemistry, Citrus metabolomics and Huanglongbing (FAPESP vacancy 9935)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de Sao Paulo, with Instituto de Quimica UNICAMP · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0011 November 2026Closes in 18 daysEligibility not stated
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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 18 daysOpen to international
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Biomedicine, recombinant BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (FAPESP vacancy 9934)

FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), vacancy hosted by Instituto Butantan · Latin America · Postdoc · BrazilR$ 12.570,0014 November 2026Closes in 21 daysEligibility not stated
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Postdoc in crop root development and root zone water and nitrogen dynamics

University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences · Europe · Postdoc · DenmarkA salaried 34-month postdoc position starting 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.15 November 2026Closes in 22 daysEligibility not stated
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2-Year Postdoctoral Position in Modeling of Microbial Soil Carbon Cycling

University of Copenhagen (Koebenhavns Universitet), Department of Biology, Center of Excellence VOLT · Europe · Postdoc · DenmarkTwo-year salaried postdoctoral position starting 1 February 2027 or soon after.15 November 2026Closes in 22 daysEligibility not stated
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Postdoc in lipidomics at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology (gangliosides and Parkinson’s disease)

University of Copenhagen (Koebenhavns Universitet) · Europe · Postdoc · DenmarkDKK 39,90015 November 2026Closes in 22 daysOpen to international
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Human Impact, Biodiversity and Ecosystemic Functioning, freshwater ecosystems under global change (FAPESP vacancy 9846)

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 12,57015 November 2026Closes in 22 daysOpen to international

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