Research Admin Offices:

• HRS

Opportunity Type:

• Fellowship

Value:

Varies by host country and applicant need, up to ~ $260,000 over three years.

Disciplines:

• Health Sciences

Sponsors:

• Human Frontier Science Program

Deadlines:

Additional Dates:

• HRS LOI Due Date - April 28, 2026
• Sponsor Initiation of LOI Due Date - May 5, 2026
• Sponsor LOI Due Date - May 12, 2026
• Application Due Date (by invitation) - September 24, 2026

Description:

This opportunity supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences. Applications for high-risk projects are particularly encouraged. The projects should be interdisciplinary in nature and should challenge existing paradigms by using novel approaches and techniques. Scientifically, they should address an important problem or a barrier to progress in the field.

• Long-Term Fellowships are for applicants with a PhD on a biological topic who want to embark on a novel and frontier project focussing on the life sciences.
• Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships are for applicants who hold a doctoral degree from a non-biological discipline (e.g. physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, or computer sciences) and who have no (or little) experience in the life sciences.

Note that restrictions are in place based on applicant nationality for the location of their host institution.

Resources:

Additional Details.

Contact:

If applying from the Faculty of Health Sciences, unless otherwise indicated, you no longer need to send documents to HRS Intake. Your first point of contact is your assigned Senior Grants Advisor.