Physical Sciences funding deadlines

Upcoming grant, fellowship and scholarship deadlines in Physical Sciences, updated daily from the funders themselves. Get these in your inbox with the free weekly digest.

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October 2026

Funding 5 days left

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 6 days left

DAAD Research Grants — Doctoral Programmes in Germany

DAAD · Germany

Deadline October 31, 2026 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

November 2026

Award 8 days left

Churchill Scholarship

Winston Churchill Foundation of the USA · United Kingdom

Deadline November 2, 2026 · PhD

Computer Science Engineering Life Sciences +2

December 2026

Funding

ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowships

ETH Zurich · Switzerland

Deadline December 4, 2026 · up to 220,000 CHF · Postdoc

Computer Science Engineering Mathematics +1

Award

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

Funding

Physical sciences NRF portfolio refresh (invite only)

UK Research and Innovation · United Kingdom

Deadline December 16, 2026

Physics

January 2027

Award

Branco Weiss Fellowship — Society in Science

ETH Zurich · Switzerland

Deadline January 15, 2027 · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Funding

Invite only: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&D

UK Research and Innovation · United Kingdom

Deadline January 20, 2027

Chemistry Life Sciences Medicine & Health

February 2027

Award

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

Award

Newton International Fellowships

The Royal Society & The British Academy · United Kingdom

Deadline March 15, 2027 (expected) · Postdoc

Humanities Life Sciences Mathematics +2

April 2027

Award

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

July 2027

Award

Schmidt Science Fellows

Schmidt Sciences

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

Computer Science Engineering Life Sciences +2

Award

Beckman Young Investigator Award

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation · United States

Deadline July 31, 2027 (expected) · up to 600,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Life Sciences

August 2027

Award

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science · Japan

Deadline August 28, 2027 (expected) · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

September 2027

Award

Royal Society University Research Fellowship

The Royal Society · United Kingdom

Deadline September 9, 2027 (expected) · Early Career

Engineering Life Sciences Mathematics +1

Award

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship

Harvard Radcliffe Institute · United States

Deadline September 10, 2027 (expected) · up to 78,000 USD · Faculty

Arts & Culture Humanities Life Sciences +2

Award

Canada Postdoctoral Research Award

Government of Canada · Canada

Deadline September 10, 2027 (expected) · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Award

Sloan Research Fellowship

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · United States

Deadline September 15, 2027 (expected) · up to 75,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Computer Science Earth Sciences +4

Award

Marshall Scholarship

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission · United Kingdom

Deadline September 29, 2027 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Award

Searle Scholars Program

Kinship Foundation · United States

Deadline September 30, 2027 (expected) · up to 300,000 USD · Early Career

Chemistry Life Sciences Medicine & Health

Award

AAUW American Fellowships

American Association of University Women · United States

Deadline September 30, 2027 (expected) · up to 50,000 USD · Postdoc

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

October 2027

Award

Simons Fellows Program

Simons Foundation · United States

Deadline October 1, 2027 (expected) · Faculty

Mathematics Physics

Award

Rhodes Scholarship

Rhodes Trust · United Kingdom

Deadline October 7, 2027 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Award

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

University of Cambridge · United Kingdom

Deadline October 15, 2027 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Award

Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Doctoral

Government of Canada · Canada

Deadline October 17, 2027 (expected) · PhD

Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering +7

Award

Hertz Fellowship

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · United States

Deadline October 23, 2027 (expected) · PhD

AI & Machine Learning Applied Mathematics Engineering +2

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