Explore New Research Areas with CEMB

The CEMB provides opportunities for faculty and trainees at CEMB research and educational institutions to explore new research areas and learn new techniques. Seed grants allow new faculty members to become faculty scholars in CEMB and are expected to become active participants in Center activities. Pilot grants give trainees the opportunity to propose and manage their own interdisciplinary research projects. Both CEMB investigators and trainees are eligible to apply for short-term “Sabbatical” funds to facilitate exchange with other CEMB labs to foster collaborations.

Funding for
CEMB
Trainees

Unfortunately, we are no longer able to support seed grants.

Travel funds for CEMB Fellows

CEMB Faculty and Trainee Research Exchange

Funding for
New Principal Investigators

Unfortunately, we are no longer able to support seed grants.

Funding Opportunities at CEMB Partner Institutions

National Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities for NSF Grant Programs

Funding Opportunities at CEMB Partner Institutions

GEM Ph.D. Engineering and Science Fellowships

Participating CEMB Universities:

Fontaine Fellowship for Ph.D. students

Participating CEMB University:

Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship

Participating CEMB University:

Olin Fellowship for Women in Graduate Study

Participating CEMB University:

Clare Boothe Luce Program for Graduate Students

The Clare Boothe Luce Program of the Henry Luce Foundation supports a limited number of Graduate Fellowships for women students in the fields of the Physical and Life Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science at Boston University.

Participating CEMB University:

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Participating CEMB University:

PennPORT (IRACDA) Program

Penn – Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PennPORT), an NIH sponsored, Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) postdoctoral fellowship, supported by the NIH division of NIGMS awarded August 2007.

The NIH sponsored PennPORT program combines a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at the University of Pennsylvania with a mentored teaching experience at a partnering institution. The Program is designed to provide an opportunity for postdoctoral appointees to develop their teaching skills. Postdocs will also be able to take advantage of the many research and career success skills training programs provided by Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs (BPP).

The partnering institutions are Delaware County Community College, Lincoln University and Rutgers University Camden Campus.

Participating CEMB University:

President’s & Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Participating CEMB University:

UCLA UPLIFT (IRACDA)

The UPLIFT Program at UCLA supports postdoctoral scholars in the biological sciences who have a demonstrated interest in teaching, research, and mentoring in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. UPLIFT combines a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience with an opportunity to develop academic skills, including teaching, with pedagogical training provided through CEILS workshops and CIRTL courses, as well as faculty mentored teaching assignments at our partner institution, California State University Los Angeles (CSULA). The program is expected to facilitate the progress of postdoctoral candidates toward research and teaching careers in academia. The program is sponsored through Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA), supported by the division of NIGMS at NIH.

Participating CEMB University:

National Funding Opportunities

Ford Foundation Fellowships (for Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Stages)

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Studies

HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program

NIH F31- Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Grant

The purpose of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the candidate’s dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for candidates proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, but does allow candidates to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.

NIH F32- Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award

The purpose of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) is to support research training of highly promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.  Applications are expected to incorporate exceptional mentorship.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for candidates proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, but does allow candidates to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology

Additional Funding Opportunities

NSF Grant Programs: Science and Engineering

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB)

Integrated and Organismal Systems (IOS)

Plant Biotic Interactions

Physiological and Structural Systems

Physics (PHY)

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)

Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

Faculty Early Development Career Development Program (CAREER)

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP)

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES)

Innovation Corps – Nodes (I-Corps Nodes)

Innovation Corps – National Innovation Network Teams (I-Corps TM Teams)

Louis Stokes Alliance (LSAMP)

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR)