Grants & Funding

Human Frontier Science Program Organization

Published Date: June 21, 2010

Program Information

Program Name:

Long-term Fellowships

Program URL:

http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_LTF.php

Type of Scientists Funded:

Initial PhD Postdoc, Advanced PhD Postdoc

Program Description:

The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) offers fellowships for basic research training in the life sciences across national and scientific boundaries. Proposals should demonstrate the fellow's initiative and knowledge of grants management. HFSP fellows are expected to be exposed to new theory and methods during the tenure of their award while their previous expertise should be reflected in the research project.

Long-Term Fellowships provide early scientists with up to 3 years of postdoctoral research training in an outstanding laboratory in another country. The third year of the Long-Term Fellowship can be used either for repatriation to the fellow's country or in the host laboratory. To be eligible, a fellow must either come from or go to a member country. Long-Term Fellows who return to their home country at the end of the fellowship may apply for the competitive Career Development Award.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Fixed
• If fixed, enter total term?    3  Years
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Individual
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  08/26/2010,
  09/09/2010
• Deadline Comments   
  26 August 2010: Registration deadline (for obtaining a password) and for initializing an application
  9 September 2010: Submission deadline
  
  The instructions for accessing and completing the online application form and the link to the registration website will be available on our website end of June / early July 2010. As of this date, it will be possible to complete the online application documents.

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Not Applicable
• Stipend Details:   
  Exact amount depends on host country - see guidelines
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Not Applicable
• Research Allowance Detail:    A yearly research and travel allowance is provided to cover the expenses for materials and supplies which are needed specifically for the performance of the fellow's research and which cannot be provided by the host institute. Subscription to scientific journals or books, memberships in scientific or professional organizations as well as publication costs (e.g. editing costs and page charges) are accepted as research expenses. Funds to support participation in scientific/academic meetings and travel costs associated with collaborators in different institutions are included in this allowance.
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Percentage
• Percent:    10 %
• Other Costs Details:    The fellowship provides a living allowance, a research/travel allowance, plus other allowances as requested by the fellow or depending on the fellow's family situation; see the guidelines for details. An allowance is also available for language training in the first year.

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Structural Biology, Virology, Zoology, Other (specify): interdisciplinary research including physics, chemistry, bioengineering

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

No

Details:

Applicants must either be nationals of or be going to one of the contributing member countries - see HFSP web site

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

Yes

Details (specify region, state or other restrictions)?

Fellows must be citizens of or go to a member country.

Institutional limits?

Yes

Details

Fellowships can only be held in non-profit research institutions (university, research institute).

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

No

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

• Other eligibility requirements:   
  At the start of the fellowship, applicants must have a research doctorate (Ph.D.) or a doctoral-level degree comparable to a Ph.D. with equivalent experience in basic research (e.g. a research based M.D. or medical Ph.D.). In order to be eligible, candidates with a Ph.D. must have obtained their doctoral degree in the 3 years prior to the submission deadline (between 1 September 2007 and 9 September 2010).
  
  Applicants must have at least one lead author paper either accepted for publication, in press or published, in a peer-reviewed international journal on 9 September 2010. As a lead author, you are either single author, first author or joint first author. In a joint first author paper the applicant may be listed in second place even though he/she has played a primary role. In this case the fact that the first two authors contributed equally to the work must be clearly stated in the published article. The papers must be written in English. Exceptions will be made if the standard publication practice in a given field or in a particular research institution makes first authorship impossible due to e.g. alphabetical listing of authors. These circumstances must be explained in detail in the application. Review articles and patent applications are not taken into account.

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:    750
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:    100
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?    Yes
  Informal tracking of publications and career development. Systematic follow-up is planned - frequency to be determined
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year