Funding Opportunities
The following lists can direct investigators to external & internal funding sources relevant to neurobiological research. Please go to the websites for up-to-date information about deadlines and application instructions.
This list is constantly changing; therefore, please let the Neurobiology office know if you are aware of funding databases and sources not listed here.
- Funding Databases
- Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
- Post-Doctoral Funding Opportunities
- Junior Faculty Funding Opportunities
- All Faculty Funding Opportunities
- Office of Research Funding Opportunities Resources
Funding Databases
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Pivot (formerly Community of Science) -Subscription (Free to NU) |
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Find the right funding opportunities |
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- Subscription (Free to NU) |
The Northwestern Libraries have licensed the Professional version of this directory that includes over 120,000+ foundations, corporate donors, and grant-making public charities. The directory website will recognize your Northwestern-based computer IP address. |
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Use the "Search the NIH Guide for" tool at the top of this webpage. |
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NIH RePORTER search tool |
This webpage allows individuals to search for projects throughout the nation which have been funded by the NIH. |
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NSF-National Science Foundation |
Tips: you can search by: |
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students, Post-Docs, and Faculty
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Supports outstanding international predoctoral students studying in the United States |
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Biomedical research |
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Recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines |
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TGS Fellowships and Grants (Internal) |
The Graduate School sponsors a number of internal fellowships and grants for students at all stages of their graduate experience |
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Supports global biomedical research into the diagnosis, causes, prevention, and treatment of autism or its disabling symptoms |
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Designed to support novel therapeutic discoveries |
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Supports the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution |
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface |
Early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences |
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Chicago Biomedical Consortium (Internal) |
Funds innovative research conducted by postdoctoral fellows under the supervision of their faculty advisor/mentor in core research facilities at the CBC universities |
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Awards for a period of up to two years and support post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe and the world |
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Aims to accelerate research aimed at finding a specific treatment for fragile X syndrome. |
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Supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences |
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Encourages early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country |
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Provides support to the brightest individual scientists pursuing careers in cancer research |
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Funded nearly 500 outstanding postdoctoral fellows in all areas of the life sciences |
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Open to researchers of all ages and levels of experience, regardless of nationality |
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Career development/from mentored to independence |
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Support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources |
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Biomedical Research |
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Seeks to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise |
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Encourages neuroscientists in the early stages of their careers to focus on disorders of learning and memory |
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NARSAD Brain and Behavior Research Foundation – New Investigator |
Provides support for the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research |
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The goal of this initiative is to foster truly bold, innovative science with the potential to transform the field of neuroscience research |
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Committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research |
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Supports innovative, basic neuroscience research that often falls outside the scope of traditional funding sources |
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Administers four awards which support young and established neuroscientists and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration |
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Strong emphasis is on funding translational and clinical research but also support high-risk/high-reward discovery work to help keep new ideas flowing into the drug development pipeline. |
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Has a research program dedicated to finding the cause(s) of and a cure for Parkinson's disease. |
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Early-stage, cutting-edge research |
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A research campaign set to improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding, catalyzing and driving innovative research of the greatest quality and relevance. |
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The John Merck Fund: Developmental Disabilities Translational Research Program |
Supports researchers in developing treatments and improving outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities |
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The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology |