Applications for this award are due February 1, 2024

Next Award Period: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025

The Ruth K. Broad Foundation offers a prestigious opportunity for a year-long named postdoctoral fellowship. The award supports a postdoc conducting high priority, high potential, basic or translational research in neuroscience. The award amount is the standard postdoctoral stipend and health insurance/fringe as established by Duke University policies applying for postdoctoral appointments. The Foundation does not allow indirect costs for this award.

Applications will be evaluated on the quality of the science and the applicant. Potential for the proposed research to advance the understanding of neurodegenerative disorders and a relationship to Alzheimer’s disease is a strength, but not a requirement.

Applicants will preferably be in their first, second, or third year of postdoctoral study at the time of the application. The award is for a one-year period and requires a research report presentation at the Broad Foundation’s annual Board of Directors meeting in the spring of 2025 and a final written report at the end of the project. International postdocs are eligible for this award and encouraged to apply.

To apply please submit:

1. Completed Broad Fellowship for Postdoctoral Fellows budget and information form.
2. A one-page proposal:
   • Include your name and the project title on the proposal page.
   • Describe the research work to be done and how it is related to the underlying biology of nervous system function in health and/or disease.
   • If applicable, describe the potential for this project to advance the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease or other neurodegenerative diseases.
   • If you are eligible for but have not received other outside funding, please explain.
3. NIH format biosketch, including pending applications for funding.
4. A letter of recommendation from the faculty advisor. Please indicate in this letter the applicant’s year of study.

Please submit applications ELECTRONICALLY as a single .pdf file with pages in the order specified above to RuthKBroadFoundation@mc.duke.edu no later than February 1, 2024. If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your email within three business days, please contact Cathleen Durgin at cathleen.durgin@duke.edu.

Request for Applications and Application Materials (pdf file)

Request for Applications and Application Materials (Word file)