About
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) is an international program of research support that funds basic research into the complex mechanisms of living organisms. HFSP is supported by the governments and research councils of its member countries and provides grants for innovative, interdisciplinary research and fellowships to scientists worldwide.
Funding Opportunities
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
The HFSP fellowship program supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences. Applications for high-risk projects are particularly encouraged. The projects should be interdisciplinary in nature and should challenge existing paradigms by using novel approaches and techniques. HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. Two different fellowships are available: Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) for applicants with a PhD on a biological topic who want to embark on a novel and frontier project focussing on the life sciences, and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) for applicants who hold a doctoral degree from a non-biological discipline and who have no or little experience in the life sciences. The fellowship is awarded for 3 years (36 months) and cannot be renewed. Fellows must begin their fellowship between April 1, 2027 and January 1, 2028. Fellows are granted a Living Allowance as well as a Research & Travel Allowance, and depending on their specific situation, may also qualify to receive a Child Allowance, a Parental Leave Allowance, and a Relocation allowance.
HFSP Research Grants
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Research grants are provided for teams of scientists based in different countries who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches to questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories. Two types of grants are available: Research Grants - Early Career (for all team members within 5 years of obtaining an independent position and not more than 10 years from their first doctoral degree) and Research Grants - Program (for teams of independent researchers at any stage of their careers). Both provide three years of support for 2-4 member teams. The program particularly encourages participation of scientists from disciplines outside traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience, or physics. Teams must be international, preferably intercontinental, and team members should not have collaborated before. The program inherently accepts high-risk, high-reward research that opens new approaches for understanding complex structures and regulatory networks of living organisms.
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- Total Funding Opportunities
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- Source Domain
- hfsp.org
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