The 2025-26 application cycle is now open.
Request for Proposals: Fellowship Award for Postdoctoral Fellows
Application due: February 1, 2025
Next award period: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026
Award Overview:
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 to 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. The potential for the proposed research to advance the understanding of neurodegenerative disorders and their 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 2026 and a final written report at the end of the project. International postdocs are eligible for this award and are encouraged to apply.
Please submit applications no later than February 1, 2025. If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your email within three business days, please contact Cathleen Durgin at cathleen.durgin@duke.edu.
The Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, Inc. is a support corporation of Duke University. The Foundation funds research in the neurosciences with a specific focus on projects that advance the knowledge, prevention, or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
