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Funding Opportunities: Post-Doctoral Level (Fellowships / Residencies)

• AHA-PRT Outcomes Research Postdoctoral Fellowships: Two-year postdoctoral fellowships for individuals with a M.D., Ph.D., D.O., D.V.M. or equivalent doctoral degree. Applicants must be U.S.citizens, permanent residents, pending permanent residents, or hold one of the following visa statuses: E-3, F-1, H1-B, J-1, O-1, or TN. Applicants should be exceptional and highly motivated individuals who seek advanced research training and experience to become leaders in cardiovascular disease or stroke outcomes research.
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists: Five-year $700,000 awards for physician-scientists bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research. Proposals in the area of epidemiology should contact BWF to determine their eligibility. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are ineligible. Awards are made to degree granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the awardee.
• The Damon Runyon Fellowship Award: This award supports the training of the brightest postdoctoral scientists as they embark upon their research careers. This funding enables them to be trained by established investigators in leading research laboratories across the country. The Foundation encourages all theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention. Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are granted for a three-year term. Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM.
• NIH Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Awards For Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32):  These fellowships cannot be used to support studies leading to an MD or a PhD.  These are offered under the National Institute of Health's Extramural Office (PA-03-067)
• Pfizer Post-Doctoral Fellowships: Up to two awards are granted in the following categories in the amount of up to $195,000 for three years.
  • ACCF/Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pfizer Fellowships in Clear Health Communication
  • Pfizer Fellowships in Infections Diseases