Life Sciences funding deadlines

Upcoming grant, fellowship, and scholarship deadlines in Life Sciences — updated daily from primary sources. Get these in your inbox with the free weekly digest.

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July 2026

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Beckman Young Investigator Award

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation · United States

Deadline July 31, 2026 · up to 600,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Life Sciences

August 2026

Funding

ERC Starting Grants 2026

European Research Council · European Union

Deadline August 17, 2026 · up to 1,500,000 EUR · Early Career

Engineering Life Sciences Physical Sciences +1

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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science · Japan

Deadline August 28, 2026 · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

September 2026

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Pew Biomedical Scholars

The Pew Charitable Trusts · United States

Deadline September 3, 2026 (expected) · up to 300,000 USD · Early Career

Life Sciences Medicine & Health

Funding

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

Wellcome Trust · United Kingdom

Deadline September 5, 2026 · up to 500,000 GBP · Early Career

Life Sciences Medicine & Health

Funding

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health · United States

Deadline September 7, 2026

Cell & Molecular Biology Clinical Research Life Sciences +1

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Royal Society University Research Fellowship

The Royal Society · United Kingdom

Deadline September 9, 2026 · Early Career

Engineering Life Sciences Mathematics +1

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship

Harvard Radcliffe Institute · United States

Deadline September 10, 2026 · up to 78,000 USD · Faculty

Arts & Culture Humanities Life Sciences +2

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Canada Postdoctoral Research Award

Government of Canada · Canada

Deadline September 10, 2026 (expected) · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Job

Postdoctoral Researcher — Machine Learning for Genomics

Stanford University · United States

Deadline September 10, 2026 · up to 85,000 USD

Computer Science Life Sciences

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Sloan Research Fellowship

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · United States

Deadline September 15, 2026 · up to 75,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Computer Science Earth Sciences +4

Funding

Expression of interest: Precision prevention: biological mechanisms of response variation

UK Research and Innovation · United Kingdom

Deadline September 17, 2026

Life Sciences

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HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships

Human Frontier Science Program

Deadline September 24, 2026 · Postdoc

Cell & Molecular Biology Life Sciences Neuroscience

Funding

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

European Commission · European Union

Deadline September 25, 2026 · up to 200,000 EUR · Postdoc

Humanities Life Sciences Physical Sciences +1

Award

Marshall Scholarship

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission · United Kingdom

Deadline September 29, 2026 · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

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Searle Scholars Program

Kinship Foundation · United States

Deadline September 30, 2026 · up to 300,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Life Sciences Medicine & Health

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AAUW American Fellowships

American Association of University Women · United States

Deadline September 30, 2026 · up to 50,000 USD · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

October 2026

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Rhodes Scholarship

Rhodes Trust · United Kingdom

Deadline October 7, 2026 · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

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Gates Cambridge Scholarship

University of Cambridge · United Kingdom

Deadline October 15, 2026 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

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Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Doctoral

Government of Canada · Canada

Deadline October 17, 2026 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

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Hertz Fellowship

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · United States

Deadline October 23, 2026 (expected) · PhD

AI & Machine Learning Applied Mathematics Engineering +2

Funding

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

National Science Foundation · United States

Deadline October 30, 2026 · up to 159,000 USD · PhD

Computer Science Engineering Life Sciences +2

Award

DAAD Research Grants — Doctoral Programmes in Germany

DAAD · Germany

Deadline October 31, 2026 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

November 2026

Funding

Collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative

UK Research and Innovation · United Kingdom

Deadline November 1, 2026

Genetics & Genomics

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Churchill Scholarship

Winston Churchill Foundation of the USA · United Kingdom

Deadline November 2, 2026 · PhD

Computer Science Engineering Life Sciences +2

December 2026

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Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

Blavatnik Family Foundation & The New York Academy of Sciences · United States

Deadline December 10, 2026 (expected) · up to 250,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Engineering Life Sciences +1

January 2027

Funding

Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health · United States

Deadline January 7, 2027

Clinical Research Genetics & Genomics

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Branco Weiss Fellowship — Society in Science

ETH Zurich · Switzerland

Deadline January 15, 2027 · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

February 2027

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L'Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship

L'Oréal USA · United States

Deadline February 13, 2027 (expected) · up to 60,000 USD · Postdoc

Computer Science Engineering Life Sciences +2

Award

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

Leverhulme Trust · United Kingdom

Deadline February 25, 2027 (expected) · Early Career

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

March 2027

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Newton International Fellowships

The Royal Society & The British Academy · United Kingdom

Deadline March 15, 2027 (expected) · Postdoc

Humanities Life Sciences Mathematics +2

April 2027

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Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering

David and Lucile Packard Foundation · United States

Deadline April 20, 2027 (expected) · up to 875,000 USD · Early Career

Engineering Life Sciences Mathematics +1

June 2027

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Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology

Eppendorf & Science

Deadline June 15, 2027 (expected) · up to 25,000 USD · Early Career

Neuroscience

July 2027

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Schmidt Science Fellows

Schmidt Sciences

Deadline July 13, 2027 (expected) · up to 110,000 USD · Postdoc

Computer Science Engineering Life Sciences +2

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