Fellowship & Grant Opportunities

F. V. HUNT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The F. V. Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship was established by the Society to carry out Professor Hunt's wish that his estate be used to further the science of, and education in acoustics. Fellows receive a stipend, provided jointly by the Hunt estate and a fund established by the Acoustical Society, to support their research on a topic in acoustics at an institution of their choice. One Fellowship is usually awarded each year. A notice giving qualifications and soliciting applications for the Fellowship is published in a spring issue of JASA, for the academic term beginning in the fall of the following year.
F.V. Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Acoustics
Acoustical Society of America

NAVY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Navy, through the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) , sponsors a Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at NRL and a number of Naval R&D centers and laboratories. The objective of this program is to encourage the involvement of creative, capable and highly trained scientists and engineers who have received a Ph.D. or equivalent within the prior seven years in research areas of interest and relevance to the Navy.
Descriptive materials and applications are available from, and completed applications must be returned to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the program administrator.
Navy Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
American Society for Engineering Education
Office of Naval Research
Naval Research Laboratory

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
National Science Foundation offers several postdoctoral fellowship and other programs for individuals who have already earned their PhD.  
Details for the following programs can be found at the NSF Fastlane website.
• East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
• International Research Fellowship Program
• Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
• Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
• MPS Distinguished International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MPS-DRF)
• NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
• NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar Program
• Postdoctoral Fellowships in Microbial Biology
• Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
NSF also offers a Guide to Proposal Writing to help you through the application process.
National Science Foundation

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Several awards advertised by the Department of Defense Directorate of Research are viewable here:
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/research/opportunities.html

PHONETICS & SPEECH PRODUCTION SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship, which was established in 1998, honors the memory of Professor Raymond H. Stetson, a pioneer investigator in phonetics and speech science. Its purpose is to facilitate the research efforts of promising graduate students and postgraduates.
Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics & Speech Production
The Acoustical Society of America

SPECIAL RESEARCH AWARDS IN OCEAN ACOUSTICS
These awards will be given to outstanding Ph.D.'s who wish to continue research in ocean acoustics or the related disciplines of undersea signal processing, marine structural acoustics, and transducer materials science. Applicants must identify an ocean scientist or acoustician at an academic institution or Navy laboratory with whom to work. These postdoctoral awards are 24 months in duration and shall cover full salary and benefits. A detailed technical proposal in the format described located on the "How to Submit a Proposal" webpage is required.
ONR expects to grant 3-5 such awards per year.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
Office of Naval Research

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AWARDS
The Kirschstein NRSA for individual postdoctoral fellows offers basic and clinical scientists the opportunity to receive full-time postdoctoral research training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences within the NIDCD mission by providing support for up to three years of aggregate NRSA support. These fellowships are not intended for study leading to the M.D., D.O., D.D.S., or equivalent, health professional degrees, nor do they support residency training.
The applications are reviewed by the Scientific Review Branch of the NIDCD using a fast-track process that is completed in 4-5 months from submission to award of meritorious applications. Owing to this expedited process, applications must strictly conform to NIH and NIDCD guidelines and late materials cannot be accepted.
Eligibility and Requirements: An applicant must have received a Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.D.S., or equivalent doctoral degree and have arranged for work with a particular sponsor affiliated with an appropriate institution providing adequate facilities and resources for the proposed training plan. Applicants must have U.S. citizenship, legal permanent residency or noncitizen national status in the United States. The major emphasis of the application must be the research training experience to be received and the scientific competence to be gained. Training can be pursued abroad if the foreign site provides opportunities that are not available in the United States.
Scope of Support: The total period of postdoctoral research training support under the NRSA authorization is limited to an aggregate of three years (including NRSA fellowships and traineeships). Kirschstein-NRSA awards provide stipends to predoctoral fellows as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. In addition to stipend support, postdoctoral Kirschstein NRSAs provide partial support of health insurance, training-related expenses, and travel. Supplementation is allowed from nonfederal sources.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health