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Candidates must indicate an interest in schizophrenia research and, if possible, provide evidence of continuing and future involvement and activity in the field.  Individuals must be graduate students, residents, fellows or new/young faculty members that have completed their last training in the last 5 years.  Candidates who are members of an ethnic minority group or from a low income country, underrepresented in biomedical science areas, are strongly encouraged to apply.  Awardees are required to submit a poster or oral presentation abstract.  Awardees will also participate in the meeting as rapporteurs of oral sessions and their reports will be edited into a published summary of the congress after it occurs.  Application deadline is Monday, 21 October 2013.  The travel award recipients will be announced on Friday, 22 November.

The Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship Award supports advanced doctoral students who are completing dissertations that further the understanding of the educational pathways and experiences of high-achieving, low-income students. We seek to provide funding for doctoral candidates whose work informs and advances the following populations/aspects of our mission: high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds, and/or students who demonstrate the potential for achievement, and/or the conditions that promote high achievement (e.g., school settings, interventions, policies).

The Training Award program supports postdoctoral fellows and students working towards doctoral degrees. Applications for the ADA-CDA Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, the Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Minority Fellowship Award and Minority Undergraduate Internship Award will be accepted. Please also visit the Targeted Awards page for additional available training opportunities.

CurePSP, a nonprofit research and grantmaking organization, works to increase awareness of progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and other atypical Parkinsonian disorders; fund research toward the treatment, cure and prevention of such disorders; educate healthcare professionals; and provide support, information, and hope for affected persons and their families. To that end, the organization is accepting applications for student fellowships for research on progressive supranuclear palsy.

The Scleroderma Research Foundation is dedicated to bringing talented early-career scientists to scleroderma research. The Scleroderma Research Foundation Fellows Program aims to attract outstanding postdoctoral fellows with strong records of accomplishment, who have a clear sense of direction and/or novel idea they wish to develop in the field of scleroderma research. In particular, the SRF encourages exploration of new approaches and hypotheses on the pathogenesis of scleroderma.

The Epilepsy Foundation supports a series of grants and fellowships to advance the understanding of epilepsy that will lead to better treatment, more effective prevention, and ultimately to a cure. Funding is available to researchers at all professional levels including students, junior investigators and established investigators.

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers undergraduates the chance to explore clinical and basic science research in laboratories in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The primary goal is to provide students with a foundation for making career choices in the biomedical sciences. Students have the opportunity to work with one of more than 700 faculty members at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, many of whom have active research programs that cover all areas of pediatric medicine, including the study of developmental biology, congenital disorders, genetic diseases, cancer, cardiology, neurology and immunology.

The American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research and the New England Anti-Vivisection Society are offering a $40,000, one-year postdoctoral fellowship grant (with possible renewal) to a woman interested in using alternatives to animal methods in the investigation of women's health or sex differences. The award is available to female postdoctoral scientists researching women's health or sex differences whose research involves the development, validation, or use of non-animal alternatives. Applicants must be interested in using or promoting non-animal alternatives in research.

The ASH Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF) is designed to encourage junior researchers in hematology, hematology/oncology, or other hematology-related training programs to pursue a career in academic hematology. The RTAF awards $55,000 to fellows in training so they will have protected time for research and is to be used primarily for salary support for the applicant. Awards are targeted to two separate groups of researchers: a Junior Investigator RTAF for second and third-year fellows (apply in years one or two of fellowship) and a Senior Investigator RTAF for fourth or fifth-year fellows (apply in years three or four of fellowship).

To that end, the foundation is inviting applications for two Genentech Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research Fellowships. A grant of $40,000 will be awarded to a researcher conducting basic research on AMD, while a second grant of $40,000 will be awarded to a researcher for translational AMD research focused on therapeutics.

The mission of the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation is to improve world health by developing mutually beneficial partnerships between the United States and China, as well as greater Asia. To that end, the foundation is inviting applications from mainland China scholars and investigators for its Fellowship Award in Translational Medicine. The aim of the program is to build enduring partnership between the U.S. and Asia through the training of future Chinese academic leaders and to encourage long-term collaborations between the two regions.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award program supports the training of postdocs in new research areas and methods related to CF as well as the collection of data that can be sued to enable their transition into an independent research career. Research projects proposed through the program should seek to develop new information that contributes to the understanding and basic etiology and pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis. Preference will be given to recent graduates and those just beginning their research careers.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support students at institutions with NIH-funded institutional predoctoral dual-degree training programs. The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA, dual-doctoral degree, predoctoral fellowship (F30) is to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students, who are matriculated in a combined MD/PhD or other dual-doctoral degree training program (e.g., DO/PhD, DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician/clinician-scientists. Applicants must propose an integrated research and clinical training plan and a dissertation research project in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The fellowship experience is expected to clearly enhance the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent physician/clinician-scientist. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow applicants to propose to lead an independent clinical trial, clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial but does allow applicants to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.

Through the TRDRP Postdoctoral Fellowship Award program, three-year grants of up to $180,000 will be awarded in support of postdoctoral researchers training under a designated mentor in one or more of the following research areas: cancer prevention, treatment, and/or biology.

Physician-scientists lend vital expertise to biomedical research through their training as both clinicians and researchers. The Physician-Scientist Fellowship program seeks to support the capacity of physician-scientists in subspecialty training to lead and conduct an outstanding clinical research project; ensure research time protection to enable the development of their research skills; and facilitate strong mentoring relations. The award aims to support researchers during the final years of their subspecialty and aid in the transition to a research faculty appointment.

Supported by the American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Networks, there is a two-year postdoctoral fellowship opportunity listed by institution for the funded research networks. Fellows with a strong interest in either prevention, hypertension, disparities, women's health, or heart failure-related to cardiovascular disease and/or stroke research, commitment to multi-disciplinary team science approach at the population, clinical and basic science levels and excellent communication skills. The center fellow will be highly involved in the projects being proposed by their institution, will be encouraged to collaborate with fellows across the network, and work closely with their Center Director and Training Director on their Center's individualized multidisciplinary training plan. Please refer to the SFRN Awardees webpage for a detailed list of each institution's projects within the networks

The year-long Health and Aging Policy Fellows program offers fellows the opportunity to participate in a residential track or a non-residential track. The residential track allows fellows to participate in the policymaking process on either the Federal or state level as legislative assistants in Congress, professional staff members in executive branch agencies or policy organizations. The non-residential track allows fellows to remain at their home institution but work on a policy project that involves brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. Core program components focused on career development and professional enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks. Fellows also have the opportunity to apply for second-year funding to continue components of their fellowship experience/project either at their placement sites, at the state/local levels, or with non-governmental organizations. Our key partner in this effort is the American Political Science Association which has established the most respected and longest running policy fellowship program in Washington, DC.

CurePSP, a nonprofit research and grantmaking organization, works to increase awareness of progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and other atypical Parkinsonian disorders; fund research toward treatment, cure and prevention; educate healthcare professionals; and provide support, information, and hope for affected persons and their families. To that end, the organization is accepting applications for student fellowships for research on progressive supranuclear palsy.

1) Liver Scholar Awards: Three-year grants of up to $225,000 will be awarded in support of basic science research projects. The goal of the program is to provide young scientists with support at an early stage of their careers to bridge the gap between completion of their research training and attainment of status as an independent research scientist. While applications on all liver-related research topics will be considered, preference will be given to projects related to biliary atresia and primary biliary cirrhosis. 2) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award: One-year grants of up to $12,500 will be awarded to support MD, PhD, and MD/PhD postdoctoral fellows in their first or second year of appointment as a postdoctoral research fellow or trainee and who seek professional development, additional training, and experience in liver research. The foundation encourages projects related to transplantation, autoimmune hepatitis, hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, biliary atresia, and primary biliary cirrhosis. 3) Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) Fund for the Cure Award: The PBC Fund for the Cure Award is a one-year award of $100,000 that provides support for a faculty member to initiate a project that addresses a novel and important research question related to the process by which primary biliary cholangitis attacks the liver. The proposed investigation may involve basic, clinical, or translational research. The award supports investigational work related but not limited to pathophysiological studies, clinical trials and applications, or assessment of new diagnostic and/or therapeutic modalities.

The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, in partnership with the Simons Foundation, has announced the opening of its 2018 competition for research fellowships in the neurosciences. Previously known as the Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences, this year's awards are the second from this joint initiative. The awards are presented to highly promising early-career scientists. At a critical juncture in young investigators' careers when funding can be a challenge, the awards are intended to promote higher-risk, and potentially higher-reward, projects. Payable over three years, the $225,000 award may be used for salary support, research assistants, equipment, or any other purpose that promotes the scientific activities of the fellow. To be eligible, investigators must hold a PhD and/or MD degree and have completed all their research training, including postdoctoral training. In addition, the applicant must be an independent investigator within four years (between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2018) of receiving his/her first tenure-track appointment at a university or medical institution.