CUNY Postdoctoral Researcher Resources
The Research Foundation of CUNY’s Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support (APPS) is a great resource for Postdoctoral researchers at CUNY. The team hosts webinars and provides information on external funding opportunities. The following is a curated subsection of the resources available on this website.
Past Recordings
To learn more about NSF fellowship programs and how postdoctoral researchers are funded, please view these recorded webinars from APPS:
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NIH Grant Programs for CUNY Postdoctoral Researchers (April 23, 2025)
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NSF Grant Programs for CUNY Postdoctoral Researchers (October 9, 2024)
- NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programs (April 12, 2023)
For more information on these webinars or other APPS inquiries, please contact APPS@rfcuny.org.
External Postdoctoral Grant Opportunities
The following resources outline external Postdoctoral fellowship opportunities:
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowships for Postdoctoral Researchers
- American Association of University Women: American Fellowships
- American Cancer Society: Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: NARSAD Young Investigator Grants
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Awards for Medical Scientists
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Postdoctoral Enrichment Program
- Company of Biologists: Traveling Fellowships
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award
- Department of Defense: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Department of Energy: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE): Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
- EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Fulbright Postdoctoral/Early Career Grants
- Graduate Women in Science: National Fellowship Program
- Health Resources in Action: Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program – Basic Science
- Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
- HHMI: Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
- Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie: Individual Fellowships
- Human Frontier Science Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
- Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Life Sciences Research Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships
- L'Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship
- National Institutes of Health: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
- National Science Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Schlumberger Foundation: Faculty for the Future
- Schmidt Science Fellowships
- Simons Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Wenner-Gren Foundation: Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
- Zuckerman STEM Leadership Postdoctoral Scholarships