| 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. |
