Undergraduate Fellowships

• ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
  • Application deadline: February/March
    
  • Length: 10 weeks
  • Stipend amount: $4000
  • Citizenship: any country
  • Location of study: United States
  • Notes: mentor must be ASPB member

 

Graduate Fellowships

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Application deadline: October 18, 2021
  • Length: 5 years (3 years financial support)
  • Stipend amount: $34,000/year (salary, 3 years)
  • Citizenship: U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents
  • Location of study: United States
• HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
  • Application deadline: December 9, 2021
    • Must be nominated by September 16, 2021
  • Length: 3 years
  • Stipend amount: $36,000/year (salary) + $10,000 (institution allowance) + $4000 (discretionary allowance)
  • Citizenship: U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents
  • Location of study: United States
• Ford Foundation Fellowship - Predoctoral/Dissertation
  • Application deadline: December 16, 2021
  • Length: 3 years
  • Stipend amount: $27,000
  • Citizenship: U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents
  • Location of study: United States
• USDA-NIFA AFRI Pre-doctoral Fellowship
  • Application deadline: check for update after February 3, 2022
    
  • Length: 3 years
    
  • Stipend amount: $35,000 (salary) + $22,000 (tuition, fees, etc.)
    

 

Post-Doc Fellowships

• NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
  • Application deadline: December 6, 2021
    
  • Length: 2-3 years
  • Stipend amount: $54,000/year (salary) + $15,000/year (research allowance)
    
  • Citizenship: U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents
  • Location of study: any country
• HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowship
  • Application deadline: December 1, 2021
  • Length: 2-4 years
  • Stipend amount: $70,000/year (salary) + $20,000/year (research allowance)
  • Citizenship: any country (non US-citizens must have their PhD and/or MD conferred by a US institution)
  • Location of study: United States
• Life Sciences Research Foundation Award
  • Application deadline: October 1, 2021
  • Length: 3 years
  • Stipend amount: $57,000/year (salary) + $10,000/year (research allowance)
  • Citizenship: any country
  • Location of study: US citizens - any country; Non-US citizens - United States only
• Burroughs Welcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program
  • Application deadline: January 2022
  • Length: 3 years
  • Stipend amount: $60,000 ($20,000/year)
  • Citizenship: United States or Canadian citizenship at time of application deadline
  • Location of study: United States or Canada
• Ford Foundation Fellowship - Postdoctoral
  • Application deadline: December 9, 2021
  • Length: 1 year
  • Stipend amount: $50,000
  • Citizenship: U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents
  • Location of study: United States
• Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship
  • Application deadline: February 1
  • Length: 3 years
  • Stipend amount: $56,000 (year 1 salary), $59,000 (year 2 salary), $62,000 (year 3 salary) + $2000/year (research allowance)
  • Citizenship: any country
  • Location of study: United States
• USDA-NIFA AFRI Post-doctoral Fellowship
  • Application Deadline: check for update after February 3, 2022
  • Length: 2 years
  • Stipend: ~$50,000/year (salary) + up to $60,000/year (research allowance)
    

Deep learning and 3D isosurface rending reveals the spatial relationship of cell mitochondria (blue), Golgi and Golgi vesicles (green) and cell wall with plasmodesmata voids (magenta) in barley root using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. Photo credt: K. Czymmek

Reconstruction of an Arabidopsis first leaf from a six-day old seedling. Photo credit: F. Bossi

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