Trainee Funding

How are postdocs in the lab funded?

• Most postdocs in the lab are funded through postdoctoral fellowships or grants that they write themselves.
  
• Some postdocs are funded through existing grants. In this case, the postdoc must spend a significant portion of their time working on that project. However, the lab also provides postdocs the room to develop their own ideas.
• We have the opportunity to request Diversity Supplements for our NIH grants. If you qualify for such a fellowship (which includes individuals from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, disadvantaged backgrounds, or rural/low-income areas), please contact Dr. Poldrack to discuss your interest.

Postdocs should pay close attention to the details of their funding arrangement. For example, F32 NIH funding to the university comes with a financial account where the institutional allowance is included. Stanford taps this allowance for ‘university insurance’, so one should be aware that funds will deplete faster than may be presumed.

Postdoctoral funding opportunities

• NIH F32
• Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute Postdoctoral Scholar Award
• Human Frontier Science Program
• BBRF Young Investigator Grant
• BWF’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
• Sir Henry Wellcome Trust Fellowship (requires UK host institution)
• BBSRC Future Leader Fellowship (requires UK host institution)

Non-exhaustive list of graduate research fellowships and additional funding opportunities:

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
• NDSEG Fellowship Program
• PD Soros Fellowship Program
• Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
• Stanford RAISE: Research, Action, and Impact through Strategic Engagement Doctoral Fellowship
• Stanford DARE: Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence Fellowship
• GEM Fellowship Program
• Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF)
• EDGE: Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral Fellowship Program
• SGF: Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science & Engineering
• Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellowship Program
• Stanford Data Science Scholars
• The Hertz Foundation Fellowship Program
• Stanford Gerald J Lieberman Fellowship
• Stanford Wu Tsai NeuroTech Program
• Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology (MBCT) Student Membership Program
• Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31)
• Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity (F31)

Johns Hopkins University provides a continuously updated source for funding opportunities for graduate students.