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51 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.

By institute: THSTI, Faridabad · NIPGR, New Delhi · CSIR-IHBT, Palampur · inStem, Bengaluru · ICGEB · IISER Kolkata · Keystone Symposia · RCB, Faridabad · The Biochemical Society · PhRMA Foundation · IISER Tirupati · FAPESP

51 open now, 105 records in total. Last verified 3 October 2026.

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Wellcome Early-Career Awards

The Wellcome Trust · Europe · Postdoc · United KingdomYour salary plus up to 400,000 pounds for research expenses, usually over five years, shorter in some disciplines…RollingOpen to international
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Walter Benjamin Programme

DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation) · Europe · Postdoc · GermanyFunds an early-career postdoc to carry out their own research project, abroad as a fellowship or in Germany…RollingDomestic applicants only
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FARA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) · Global · Postdoc · United StatesTrainee salary for up to two years.Not statedOpen to international
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Research Fellowship Awards

Cystic Fibrosis Canada · North America · Postdoc · CanadaTraining award providing salary support for early postdoctoral researchers working on cystic fibrosis, applied for through ProposalCentral, with…1 October 2026Closed 3 days agoEligibility not stated
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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Parkinson's Foundation · North America · Postdoc · Worldwide (US and international institutions)USD 140,000 over 2 years (USD 160,000 for clinical neurologists)1 October 2026Closed 3 days agoOpen to international
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HDF Postdoctoral Fellowships

Huntington's Disease Foundation (formerly the Hereditary Disease Foundation) · North America · Postdoc · Worldwide (laboratories in any country)USD 100,000/year for 2 years1 October 2026Closed 3 days agoOpen to international
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ASAB Research Grants

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) · Europe · Postdoc · United Kingdom (applications accepted worldwide, but rarely funded for applicants based in the Americas)GBP 15,0001 October 2026Closed 3 days agoOpen to international
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Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Life Sciences Research Foundation · North America · Postdoc · United States or abroadUSD 255,000 over three years1 October 2026Closed 3 days agoOpen to international
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David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship, 2027-2028 cohort

The Cedar Tree Foundation, administered by the Society for Conservation Biology · North America · Postdoc · United StatesTwo years of full-time postdoctoral support.30 September 2026Closed 4 days agoOpen to international
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ARISE2 Postdoctoral Fellowship

EMBL, co-funded by Horizon Europe MSCA COFUND · Europe · Postdoc · Germany, UK, France, Italy or Spain (EMBL sites)EUR 3,228.38 to EUR 4,118.45 per month, varying by site30 September 2026Closed 4 days agoOpen to international
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

US National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUSD 220,000 over two years29 September 2026Closed 5 days agoDomestic applicants only
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Project Research Scientist-I (two posts), phage-modified degradable nanoclusters for radio-immunotherapy of triple negative breast cancer (ICMR project), IIT Hyderabad

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) · India · Postdoc · IndiaTwo Project Research Scientist-I posts at Rs 72,800 a month inclusive of HRA in Dr Aravind Kumar Rengan's…28 September 2026Closed 6 days agoEligibility not stated
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Postdoctoral Fellow, structure-based classification of MGnify metagenomic protein families, Finn Research Group, EMBL-EBI (JR4408)

EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) · Europe · Postdoc · United KingdomGBP 3,535/month after tax (Year 1 stipend)27 September 2026Closed 7 days agoOpen to international
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EMBL-EBI and Sanger Postdoctoral Fellowship (ESPOD)

EMBL-EBI and Wellcome Sanger Institute · Europe · Postdoc · United Kingdom (Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton)A three-year project-based contract.27 September 2026Closed 7 days agoOpen to international
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National Glaucoma Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (FY27)

BrightFocus Foundation · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUSD 125,000 over two years24 September 2026Closed 10 days agoOpen to international
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Project Research Scientist-I, lipid metabolic pathways in non-responder NACT-treated luminal breast cancer (Advt. No. 34/Project/2026/HR)

Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad · India · Postdoc · IndiaRs. 56,000/month + 30% HRA23 September 2026Closed 11 days agoEligibility not stated
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Research Associate, small molecules and peptide conjugates against microglial inflammasome activation in Alzheimer’s disease, Prof. T. Govindaraju (Advt. No. NCU-EMR-178)

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru · India · Postdoc · IndiaOne Research Associate post in Prof.22 September 2026Closed 12 days agoEligibility not stated
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AACR-World Cancer Research Fund International-Prevent Cancer Foundation Cancer Prevention Research Fellowship

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) · North America · Postdoc · United States (host institution may be anywhere in the world)USD 130,00022 September 2026Closed 12 days agoOpen to international
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Project Research Scientist-II, BRAIN-TB bacterial regulators of CNS tuberculosis (Recruitment Notice THS/RN/17/2026)

BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · India · Postdoc · IndiaOne Project Research Scientist-II post at Rs 67,000 a month plus house rent allowance on the BRAIN-TB project,…21 September 2026Closed 13 days agoEligibility not stated
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Principal Project Associate, polyphosphate signalling in microbial pathogenesis and host immunity, Dr Ramandeep Singh (Rolling Recruitment Notice THS/RN/01/2026/08-II)

BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · India · Postdoc · IndiaRs 49,000 per month plus HRA16 September 2026Closed 18 days agoEligibility not stated
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France and Europe EMCR Mobility Grants

Australian Academy of Science · Asia-Pacific · Postdoc · AustraliaAUD 8,50016 September 2026Closed 18 days agoEligibility not stated
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Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)

CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Canada Research Training Awards Suite) · North America · Postdoc · CanadaCAD 70,000 per year for 24 months16 September 2026Closed 18 days agoOpen to international
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuro-Epigenetics, Boulard Group, EMBL Rome (JR3986)

EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) · Europe · Postdoc · ItalyOne postdoctoral post in Mathieu Boulard's group in the Epigenetics and Neurobiology Unit at EMBL Rome (Monterotondo, 30…15 September 2026Closed 19 days agoOpen to international
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Individual Grants for Young Researchers 2026: Postdoctoral fellows in France, autumn session

Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer · Europe · Postdoc · FranceEUR 57,20415 September 2026Closed 19 days agoEligibility not stated

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