| British
Council
British Embassy
3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008-3600
study.uk@bc-washintondc.sprint.com |
The BC
provides British Marshall Scholarships to enable
U.S. citizens to study for two years at a British
university (and obtain a degree). Postdoctoral work is
also supported (1 year) through Marshall Sherfield
Fellowships. |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
4709 Creekstone Drive
Suite 100
Durham, NC 27703
Email: info@bwfund.org
www.bwfund.org |
Research
Travel Grants enable scientists to work for up to six
months in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.
Candidates must have a M.D. or Ph.D and hold an academic
appointment at the assistant professor level or above at
a degree-granting institution. |
| Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Mission for Science and
Technology
4101 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington DC 20007
Email: dmartin@cnrs-usa.org
www.cnrs.fr/DRI/W |
Chateaubriand
Scholarships awarded to American Postdocs who wish to
work in a French lab for 6-12 months. |
| Civilian Research and
Development Foundation
E-mail: jmod@crdf.org
www.crdf.inter.net |
Cooperative
Grants Program supports collaborative research
projects between U.S. and FSU (Former Soviet Union)
scientists. Also has joint program with NIH for grantees
and FSU scientists. |
| Deutscher Akademischer
austauschdienst (DAAD)
German Academic Exchange
Service
950 Third Avenue
NewYork, N.Y. 10022
E-mail: daadny@daad.org |
Provides
information on an array of programs for students,
post-docs, and faculty to support work in Germany. |
| European Molecular
Biology Organization (EMBO)
www.embl-heidelberg.de/ExternalInfo/embo |
Embo
Fellowships support exchange of post-docs between U.S.
and EMBO participating countries (24 to date) for up to
24 months. Applicant should have less than 4 years
postdoc experience. Short-term fellowships (up to 3
months) are also available. |
| John E. Fogarty
International Center
National Institutes of
Health
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda MD 20892-2220
www.nih.gov/fic/opportunities/ |
The source at
NIH for foreign support. Among the many programs are Fogarty
International Research Collaboration Awards, Senior
International Fellowships, International Research
Scientist Development Awards, Minority International
research Training Grants, and Foreign-Funded
Fellowships (Germany, Israel, Japan, Sweden and
Taiwan). |
Fulbright
Program/Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
3007 Tilden Street NW
Suite 5L
Washington DC 20008-3009
Email: scholars@cies.iie.org
www.iie.org/cies/ |
The CIES
administers several exchange programs of the Fulbright
Program for the U.S. Information Agency. They include
the American Scholar Program for U.S. citizens to
work overseas, the Visiting Scholars Program for
foreign scientists to work in the U.S. and Pre-Doctoral
Fellowships for U.S. and foreign graduate students. |
John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation
90 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016
E-mail: fellowships@gf.org
www.gf.org |
The Fellowships
to Assist Research and Artistic Creation are awarded
through two separate competitions, one for citizens of
the U.S. and Canada and the second for citizens of Latin
America and the Caribbean. They are generally for one
year and may be used while on sabbatical. |
Human Frontier Science
Program
Bureaux Europe
20 place des Halles
67080 Strasbourg Cedes
France
E-mail: dkrotoski@hfsp.org
www.hfsp.org |
The HFSP
provides both Research Grants for collaborative projects
among labs of different countries (3 years) and
Fellowships (short-term or long-term) for Postdoctoral
work in a different country. The principal investigator
or fellow must be from (or going to) a member country
which includes 16 European countries, the U.S., Canada
and Japan. |
| Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation
E-mail: select@avh.de
www.avh.de/engl/Prog.htm |
The AvHF has
five separate programs supporting work in Germany or
overseas. They are the Humbolt Research Fellowships
for foreign scientists under age 40 to work in Germany(1
yr), Humbolt Research Awards for internationally
recognized senior scientists (associate professor and
full professor or equivalent) to work in Germany, Feodor-Lynen
Research Fellowships for German post-docs under the
age of 38 to work abroad, and two prestigious awards,
the Max Planck Research Award for foreign and
German scholars to foster cooperative research projects,
and the Bundeskanzler Scholarships to leading
U.S. scholars under 35 to carry out research in Germany. |
| International
Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
51, Bd. de Montmorency
75016 Paris
France
E-mail: ibro@pratique.fr
www.ibro.org |
IBRO
collaborates with UNESCO to support a Fellowship
Program focussed on neuroscientists from developing
countries. Information on this and other programs ( eg.
the H.H.Jasper Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in
Neuroscience to work at the Universite de Montreal)
are announced in the October issue of the IBRO News. |
| Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
6-26-3 Kioicho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
www.jsps.go.gp/e-home.htm |
The JSPS
supports three programs for scientists interested in
working in Japan. The Invitational Fellowship Program
supports senior scientists (more than 6 years post-doc
experience) for short or long-term periods (from 2
months to10 months); the Postdoctoral Fellowship for
Foreign Researchers provides up to 2 years of
support for those with less than 6 years post-doc
experience; and the Postdoctoral Fellowship for
American Researchers which provides 1 year of
funding for American graduates with less than 10 years
post-doc experience. This award can be combined with the
previous one for a total of three years. Application is
done through the Fogarty International Center (NIH) or
NSF. |
James S.
McDonnell Foundation
1034 S. Brentwood Blvd.
Suite 1850
St. Louis, Mo 63117
E-mail: eesi@jsmf.org
www.jsmf.org |
The
foundation provides support for Collaborative
Research Projects in Cognitive Neuroscience
($35,000 / year for three years) proposed by researchers
in Eastern Europe, Central Europe, or the Commonwealth
of Independent States and their North American
colleagues. |
National
Institute of Drug Abuse
c/o Capital Consulting Corp.
Suite 350
11900 Parklawn Drive
Rockville, Md 20852-2624
E-mail: invest@md.capconcorp.com
www.nida.gov/International/Invest.html |
NIDA supports
the INVEST Research Fellowship for foreign
scientists with 2 years post-doc experience to work in a
U.S. lab. It is expected that the fellow develop a
potentially fundable collaborative research project with
their mentor to be carried out in the fellow’s home
country. |
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
6001 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, Md
E-mail: turnerp@nswide.ninds.nih.gov
www.ninds.gov or
www.who.int/msa/mnh/nrs/neuro7.htm |
In
collaboration with the World Health Organization, NINDS
administers the International Neurological Science
Fellowship Program for junior or mid-level
scientists from developing countries to work in the U.S.
Only three fellowships are awarded annually. |
National
Research Council
Office of International Affairs
2101 Constitution Ave.
FO2060
Washington, D.C. 20418
E-mail: ocee@nas.edu
www4.nas.edu/oia/oiahome.nsf |
The Cobase
Program, funded by the NSF, offers two types of
grants to American scientists who want to establish
research partnerships with colleagues from
Central/Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.
Short-term Project Development Grants are for
visits of up to two weeks (up to $2,750) to prepare a
collaborative proposal for submission to NSF. Long-term
Grants are for collaborative periods of one to six
months (up to $15,300). |
National
Science Foundation
Division of International Programs
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, Va 22230-0935
E-mail: sparris@nsf.gov
WWW: www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/9614rev.htm |
NSF provides
support for a wide variety of international activities
including the International Research Fellowship
Awards and Cooperative Research awards as
well as having agreements with specific countries and
organizations (eg. NATO Science Fellowships and
Collaborative Linkage Grants). |
David and
Lucille Packard Foundation
300 Second Street
Suite 200
Los Altos, Ca 94022
www.packfound.org |
The Packard
Foundation has established a new program, Science in
Developing Countries. Guidelines for this program
are not yet available. |
Parkinsons
Disease Foundation
710 West 168th Street
New York, N.Y. 10032
www.parkinsons-foundation.org/grants.htm |
The PDF has
an International Research Grants Program which
provides $35,000 for one year. Other information on
eligibility, etc. was not available. |
US-UK
Fulbright Commission
62 Doughty Street
London WC1N2LS, England
E-mail: education@fulbright.co.uk
www.fulbright.co.uk |
The
Commission provides scholarships for postgraduate study
and fellowships for research , through the Fulbright
Awards Program, for UK citizens to work in the U.S.
or U.S. citizens to work in the U.K. |
