Fellowships & Funding Opportunities

The Office of Research Services (ORS) provides full life cycle administrative support to facilitate innovative research that positively impacts the world. ORS provides excellent customer service through knowledge-based leadership and stewardship. This includes timely clear communication to build partnerships with the Penn research community and our external sponsors.

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• Brody Family Medical Trust Fund fellowships for medical research in incurable diseases (applications open in August)
• Hartwell Fellowship (applications open in April)
• Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation (applications open in December)
• Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Award in Translational Immunology (applications open in June)
• Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Award in Neuroscience (applications open in September)

Information and instructions for application will be distributed to all active BPP Postdocs when applications open each year.

Office of the Vice Provost for Research Funding Opportunities Database - OVPR manages a number of internal funding opportunities on behalf of the University as well as access to external funding opportunities. Users can filter and search opportunities based on various criteria. Links to apply are included with each listing.

PIVOT-RT by Clarivate - PIVOT-RT is a searchable database of global funding opportunities with powerful workflow, intelligence and discovery tools, trusted by over 700 of the world’s leading research institutions. All Penn affiliated users can access this database using their PennKey and Password to find funding opportunities, search previously awarded grants, get automated alerts and deadlines reminders, and locate potential collaborators.

Office of the Chief Scientific Officer Funding Opportunities - Here you will find links to a wide variety of sites with information on both internal and external funding opportunities, curated by the Perelman School of Medicine's Office of the Chief Scientific Officer.

Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) - SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) is a funding opportunity database that provides information on government and private funding sources in both the US and abroad. SPIN contains over 40,000 funding opportunities from more than 10,000 global sponsors. The University of Pennsylvania has subscribed to the SPIN database and provides access to all PennERA users.

Grant Advisor - Information on grant, research, and fellowship opportunities for U.S. institutions of higher education made available through Penn Career Services. Your PennKey is required to access the password to this site, which changes monthly.

• National Institute of Health (NIH)

  • Home Page
  • Office of Extramural Research
  • NIH Research Training Opportunities
    • K Kiosk-Information on Career Development Awards
    • Career Award Wizard - E tool to determine the best K award for you
  • NIH Forms and Applications
  • NIH Guide to Grants & Contracts
  • NIH Institutes and Offices
  • FAQ-Preparing and Submitting an application
  • RePORTER (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools) - provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH supported research.
     

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • NSF Home Page
  • NSF Documents Online
  • NSF Awards Database
  • NSF Funding Opportunities

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
• American Brain Tumor Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Federation for Aging Research
• American Heart Association
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• American Psychoanalytic Association
• The Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation
• Cancer Research Institute
• The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
• Ford Foundation Postdoc Fellowships
• The Hecht-Levi Fellowship in Bioethics
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation
• Leukemia Society of America
• Lupus Foundation of America
• Myasthenia Gravis Association
• National Kidney Foundation
• NRC Research Associateship Program
• National Society to Prevent Blindness
• Penn Global Genomics & Health Equity Fellowship
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• The Rockefeller Foundation
• Society for Neuroscience
• Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
• The Whitaker Foundation
• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation

• Applying for an NRSA
  • NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships FAQs (F32) 
• UPHS Grant Writing Manual
  • This Manual accompanies the annual workshop, "The Art and Science of Obtaining Federal Funding," but can be picked up at any time from the Office of Sponsored Program Services. It is especially helpful at outlining the School of Medicine's resources and procedures to successfully get a grant application "out the door".
• Grant Writing Proposal: Step by Step
  • Eastern Michigan University's Grant Writing Manual offers great guidance on writing your grant application. It covers the anatomy and nuances of each proposal section as well as strategies to beat the competition.
• Proposal Writing
  • University of Pittsburgh Office of Research manages this resource site which offers simple tips on grant writing. Most helpful is their list of selected web sites.