Funding to come to the lab
Graduate students in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester are funded via a mixture of training grants, university fellowships, and individual research grants. All graduate students in the program are guaranteed 5 years of funding (graduate students are expected to work as a teaching assistant to BCS classes 3 of the 10 semesters). Post-doctoral fellows are funding via training grants through the department or research grants.
- NIH post-doctoral and graduate fellowships provide generous funding for research at US research universities (see also the career development grants). You can apply for funding for your own project at potentially multiple institutions: http://grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm. These fellowships are also available to non-US citizens. Most of these fellowships do, however, have a strong focus on life and health sciences.
- Human Frontier Science post-doctoral fellowships for international collaborations and post-doc from other countries coming to the US (for at least part of their post-doc) or US citizens going abroad: http://www.hfsp.org/about/AboutProg.php. HFS also provides career development and young faculty grants, as well as regular research grants of up to $US450,000 per year. HFS is focused on funding research in the life sciences (including e.g. chemistry, physics, computer science, engineering).
- Searle scholars program young researchers grants for research in the biomedical sciences and chemistry: http://www.searlescholars.net/.
- Computing Innovations Fellows Project provides funding for one or two year postdocs in computing fields. Our CI Fellows page
- If you're from Germany, you may consider the DAAD short-term visiting grants for graduate students and post-docs.
- The Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability—selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise—to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences.
- Ford Foundation Fellowships Programs. Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships available.
- Visits and research collaborations to HLP Lab for WUN members
For undergraduates preparing for graduate school / Early graduate school
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. These are given based on research experience, promise of the proposed research program, and broader impact, such as community involvement, teaching, etc. (yes, they actually pay attention to that). If you decide to take a year or two off before applying to Ph.D. programs, you can still apply for nationally competitive graduate-study fellowships. They are not deferrable, so you'd wait to apply for them in the fall that you also plan to submit your graduate admission applications.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Intenational Student Research Fellowship. Three year fellowship for international students (in biomedical-related fields including biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, engineering, and plant biology—as well as interdisciplinary research). Open to 2nd or 3rd year PhD students who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies.
Other funding
Proposal and dissertation funding
- The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity at UR has a website with basic information that may be useful to PIs in proposal preparation, particularly those opportunities that encourage underrepresented minority recruitment and broader impact vis a vis diversity.
- Fellowships and grant opportunities in Arts, Science, and Engineering at UR:
- The Office of Research Projects Administration (ORPA) website at UR has information and online resources for PIs with respect to proposal preparation.
Post-doc support
- Omidyar Fellowship at the Santa Fe Institute
- Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Science enables a recent graduate (within the past three years) with a Ph.D. (or equivalent) to acquire further scientific training and to develop professional maturity for independent research.
Post-doc support to other countries
- To Britain: Leverhulme early career post-doc support
- To Germany: Humboldt Foundation post-doc support
- Any country: NSF International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)
Grad support to other countries
- Gates Cambridge (1-3 years at Cambridge for master's or Ph.D.)
- The Fulbright U.S. Student Program for a year-long study or research project in another country. Applicants design their own projects for Fulbright, and they begin the campus application process in spring.
