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          about these opportunities has been forwarded from Juliet
          Tripaldi, MIT's </span><span
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          of Foundation Relations   (<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tripaldi@mit.edu">&lt;tripaldi@mit.edu&gt;</a>)</span></b><span
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            <td>Upcoming Postdoctoral/Fellowship Opportunities</td>
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            <td>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:24:51 -0500</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Juliet Tripaldi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tripaldi@mit.edu">&lt;tripaldi@mit.edu&gt;</a></td>
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      <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I wanted to
        share with you some upcoming postdoctoral/fellowship
        opportunities in case they could be helpful for the postdoc
        listserv. I’ve circulated these through the nolimitfoundation
        RFP digest as well. <o:p></o:p></span>
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                                              be aware that the
                                              administration of these
                                              opportunities as
                                              “fellowship” funding is
                                              subject to confirmation by
                                              the Office of Sponsored
                                              Programs (OSP) in
                                              accordance with Institute
                                              policies. Please contact
                                              OSP if you have any
                                              questions.</span></i><o:p></o:p>
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                                  style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Engineering,
                                  Physical Sciences, Mathematics,
                                  Computer Science, Environmental
                                  Science:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:red">*<b>New</b>*
                            </span><b><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.iau.org/science/grants_prizes/gruber_foundation/fellowships/">International
                                  Astronomical Union &amp; The Gruber
                                  Foundation: TGF Fellowship</a><span
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                                </span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"><a
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href="https://www.iau.org/science/grants_prizes/gruber_foundation/fellowships/procedure/">Deadline</a></span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">: 3/31/17;
                              Award Amount: $50,000 over one year. <i>Proposals
                                must be routed through the Office of
                                Sponsored Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Eligibility
                                Criteria</span></u><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">:
                              applicants in the last months of their
                              PhD, having already made successful
                              contacts for a post-doctoral position, or
                              post-docs in their first year of
                              appointment, are encouraged to apply. In
                              the case of applicants at the PhD level,
                              the PhD must have been awarded by the
                              start of the Fellowship, i.e., no later
                              than Oct. 1st of the award year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Please
                                note</span></u><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">:
                              the host institute for the postdoctoral
                              appointment, must be a center of
                              excellence in the applicant's field of
                              research and located in a country
                              different either from that where the PhD
                              was awarded, or from where the first
                              post-doc contract is being completed (in
                              the case of a second post-doc).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:red">*<b>New</b>*
                            </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://dreyfus.org/awards/postdoctoral_program.shtml"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">The Camille &amp; Henry
                                  Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.: Postdoctoral
                                  Program in Environmental Chemistry</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Applications
                                most likely to be of interest should
                                describe innovative fundamental research
                                in the chemical sciences or engineering
                                related to the environment. Examples
                                include but are not limited to the
                                chemistry associated with: the climate,
                                the atmosphere, aquatic or marine
                                settings, toxicology, soil or
                                groundwater. Also of interest are
                                chemistry-related energy research
                                (renewable sources, sequestration,
                                etc.), and new or green approaches to
                                chemical synthesis and processing, both
                                with a clearly stated relation to the
                                environment.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Deadline:</span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino"> 8/1/17;
                              <u>Award Amount</u>: provides a principal
                              investigator with an award of $120,000
                              over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral
                              Fellow in environmental chemistry.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Eligibility
                                Criteria</span></u><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">:
                              applications are accepted from principal
                              investigators who have well-established
                              research efforts in environmental science
                              or engineering.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                      Research (Cancer):</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><a
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href="http://foundations.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/Melanoma-Research-Foundation-Established-Investigator.pdf">Melanoma
                                                Research Foundation:
                                                Career Development
                                                Awards</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Deadline</span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">: 3/1/17;
                                            <u>Award Amount</u>: up to
                                            $50,000/year for up to two
                                            years; <i>award does not
                                              support indirect costs –
                                              it will incur
                                              underrecovery. Proposals
                                              must be routed through the
                                              Office of Sponsored
                                              Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Eligibility
                                              Criteria</span></u><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">:
                                            applicants who are
                                            postdoctoral fellows must
                                            have less than 5 years of
                                            postdoctoral experience at
                                            the time the grant will be
                                            awarded and must not have
                                            previously received any
                                            major grant support (e.g.
                                            from ACS, NIH, NCI or DoD).
                                          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:red">*<b>New</b>*<b>
                                            </b></span><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/sohn"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Damon Runyon Cancer
                                                Research Foundation:
                                                Damon Runyon-Sohn
                                                Pediatric Fellowship
                                                Award</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/sohn/forms#Deadlines"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Deadline</span></a><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">:
                                            3/15/17;
                                            <u>Award Amount</u>: an
                                            annual stipend (Year 1:
                                            $52,000, Year 2: $54,000,
                                            Year 3: $57,000 and Year 4:
                                            $60,000) plus $2,000 for
                                            expenses over four years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Eligibility
                                              Criteria</span></u><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">:
                                            candidates who have already
                                            accepted a postdoctoral
                                            research fellowship award
                                            are not eligible. Basic and
                                            physician-scientists must
                                            have received their degrees
                                            no more than 18 months prior
                                            to the FAC meeting at which
                                            their applications are to be
                                            considered. Applicants must
                                            not have been in their
                                            Sponsors’ labs for more than
                                            18 months prior to the date
                                            of the FAC meeting at which
                                            their applications are to be
                                            considered and are expected
                                            to devote 100% of their time
                                            and effort to Damon
                                            Runyon-supported research
                                            activities. Please review
                                            additional eligibility
                                            criteria
                                          </span><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/sohn"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">here</span></a><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">.
                                          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:red">*New*</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">
                                            </span></b><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/fellowship"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Damon Runyon Cancer
                                                Research Foundation:
                                                Damon Runyon Fellowship
                                                Award</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/fellowship/forms"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Deadlines</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">: 3/15/17 &amp; 8/15/17;
                                            <u>Award Amount</u>: an
                                            annual stipend (Year 1:
                                            $52,000, Year 2: $54,000,
                                            Year 3: $57,000 and Year 4:
                                            $60,000) plus $2,000 for
                                            expenses over four years.
                                            <i>Proposals must be routed
                                              through the Office of
                                              Sponsored Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Eligibility
                                              Criteria:</span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino"> basic and
                                            physician-scientists must
                                            have received their degrees
                                            no more than one year prior
                                            to the FAC meeting at which
                                            their applications are to be
                                            considered. Applicants must
                                            not have been in their
                                            Sponsors' labs for more than
                                            one year prior to the date
                                            of the FAC meeting at which
                                            their applications are to be
                                            considered and are expected
                                            to devote 100% of their time
                                            and effort to Damon
                                            Runyon-supported research
                                            activities. Please review
                                            additional eligibility
                                            criteria
                                          </span><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/fellowship"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">here</span></a><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">.
                                          </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><a
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href="http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/granttypes/postdoctoral-fellowships"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">American Cancer Society
                                                Postdoctoral Fellowships</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Deadlines:
                                            </span></u><span
                                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">4/1/17
                                            &amp; 10/15/17;<u> Award
                                              Amount:</u> awards may be
                                            for three years with
                                            progressive stipends of
                                            $48,000, $50,000, and
                                            $52,000 per year, plus a
                                            $4,000 per year fellowship
                                            allowance (an additional
                                            $1,500 is added to the
                                            fellowship allowance in the
                                            last year to attend the ACS
                                            Postdoctoral Fellows
                                            Symposium or a domestic
                                            scientific meeting).
                                            <i>Proposals must be routed
                                              through the Office of
                                              Sponsored Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"> that the
                                              Foundation's Intellectual
                                              Property terms may be
                                              non-negotiable and
                                              approved awards will be
                                              evaluated on a project by
                                              project basis to determine
                                              acceptability. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_443314_Postdoctoral-Fellowship.jsp"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">American
                  Heart Association: Postdoctoral Fellowship</span></b></a><b><span
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              </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Research
                broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease
                and stroke, or to related clinical, basic science,
                bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health
                problems.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Deadline</span></u><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">: 2/10/17;
              <u>Award Amount</u>: $103,320 - $125,120 over a maximum of
              four years; Proposals must be routed through the Office of
              Sponsored Programs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Eligibility
                Criteria</span></u><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">: at the
              time of award activation, the candidate may have no more
              than five years of postdoctoral research training or
              experience (excluding clinical training). Please review
              additional eligibility criteria
            </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_443314_Postdoctoral-Fellowship.jsp"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">here</span></a><span
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                  href="https://hria.org/tmf/King/"><b><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Charles
                      A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
                      Program in Basic Science
                    </span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">To
                    support research that focuses on the causes of human
                    disease and/or is aimed specifically at improving
                    treatment for disease in humans. Proposals focused
                    on cancer, blindness (not visual impairment), or
                    child health are highly encouraged.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Deadline</span></u><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">:
                  2/10/17;
                  <u>Award Amount</u>: two-year grants currently range
                  from $87,400 to $106,350 total, inclusive of a $2,000
                  annual expense allowance.<i><span style="color:black">
                    </span>Proposals must be routed through the Office
                    of Sponsored Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Eligibility
                    Criteria</span></u><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">: by the
                  funding start date (September 1, 2017), applicants
                  must hold a Ph.D., M.D., D.M.D., M.D./Ph.D., or
                  comparable degree; by the funding start date, must
                  have completed at least three (3) years and no more
                  than five (5) years of full-time postdoctoral research
                  experience; eligible applicants will have begun their
                  full-time postdoctoral work between September 1, 2012
                  and August 31, 2014; by the application deadline
                  (February 10, 2017), the applicant must have at least
                  one primary, peer reviewed, research article from
                  their postdoctoral work either published or in press.
                  Please review additional eligibility criteria
                </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://hria.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/King-FAQ-2017.pdf"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">here</span></a><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">.
                </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"><a
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                    href="http://www.hhmi.org/programs/hanna-h-gray-fellows-program"><b>Howard
                      Hughes Medical Institute: Hanna H. Gray Fellows
                      Program </b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">The
                    goal of the Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program is
                    to recruit and retain individuals who are from
                    gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups
                    underrepresented in the life sciences at the career
                    stages targeted by this program, including those
                    from disadvantaged backgrounds. The competition is
                    open to those dedicated to basic research from both
                    doctoral and/or medical training paths in all
                    biomedical and life science disciplines including
                    plant biology, evolutionary biology, biophysics,
                    chemical biology, biomedical engineering, and
                    computational biology.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Deadline</span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">: 2/15/17;
                  <u>Award Amount</u>: $80,000/year for over four years
                  of postdoctoral training and $270,000/year for up to
                  four years of the faculty phase, if program criteria
                  are met;
                  <i>in the faculty phase 20% of the research grant may
                    be used for indirect costs. Proposals must be routed
                    through the Office of Sponsored Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Eligibility
                    Criteria</span></u><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">: the
                  program is open to individuals who are from gender,
                  racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in
                  the life sciences at the career stages targeted
                  by this program, including those from disadvantaged
                  backgrounds; applicants must have a PhD and/or MD (or
                  equivalent) by the start of the grant term; applicants
                  can have no more than 12 months of postdoctoral
                  research experience at the time of the application due
                  date. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  href="http://hdsa.org/bermantopperfellowship/"><b><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Huntington’s
                      Disease Society of America (HDSA): Berman/Topper
                      HD Career Development Fellowship</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Deadline</span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">: 3/17/17;
                  <u>Award Amount</u>: up to $80,000/year ($75,000
                  salary and research support, plus $5,000
                  travel/education budget) for three years.
                  <i>Proposals must be routed through the Office of
                    Sponsored Programs.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Eligibility
                    Criteria</span></u><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">:
                  applicants should be no more than 5 years removed from
                  obtaining their PhD or completing their
                  residency/fellowship.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://www.cureepilepsy.org/research/grant_flight.asp"><b><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Citizens
                      United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE): 2017 CURE
                      Taking Flight Award</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">T<span
                      style="color:black">o promote the careers of young
                      investigators to allow them to develop a research
                      focus independent of their mentor(s). Researchers
                      may propose basic or clinical studies, but this
                      award mechanism is not intended to support
                      clinical trials. Research that involves
                      collaboration and a multidisciplinary approach is
                      desirable.
                    </span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Letter
                    of Intent (LOI) Deadlines:</span></u><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black"> 
                  4/12/17;
                  <u>Award Amount</u>: up to $100,000 over one year. <i>LOI
                    does not need to be routed through the Office of
                    Sponsored Programs; however, a full proposal must be
                    reviewed by OSP prior to submission. 
                  </i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Eligibility
                    Criteria</span></u><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">:
                  these awards will be provided for senior postdoctoral
                  fellows who have a minimum of 3 years of postdoctoral
                  experience, clinical fellows who are Neurology
                  Residents in their Neurology training who are
                  considering Epilepsy Fellowships, or newly appointed
                  faculty within one year of having completed
                  postdoctoral training.  Individuals from any country
                  are eligible to apply. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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