HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 (Fully Funded)

Applications are now open for the prestigious HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 (Long-Term Fellowships – LTF and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships – CDF). This program funds frontier, high-risk, and potentially transformative basic research in the life sciences. It is designed for early-career scientists who want to broaden their expertise by moving to a new country and working on a completely new research project that is significantly different from their PhD or previous postdoctoral work.

The fellowships are fully funded for 3 full years, with no application fee. Researchers from almost all nationalities can apply (subject to specific host-country and nationality rules). Both biologists (LTF) and scientists from non-biological fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering or computer science (CDF) are welcome. You can check out BS, MS, PhD and postdoc positions here.

Key Details:

• Degree Level: Postdoctoral research
• Duration: 3 years (36 months)
• Application Deadline: Letter of Intent must be initiated by 5 May 2026 and submitted by 12 May 2026.
• Start Date: Between 1 April 2027 and 1 January 2028.
• Host Country: Any country (strict change-of-country rules apply).
• Open to All Nationalities
• Application Fee: None.

What this scholarship offers:

• A generous living allowance for 3 years.
• An annual research and travel allowance to buy reagents, equipment, attend conferences and build collaborations
• A one-time relocation allowance to cover moving costs.
• Child allowance (10% of the Year-1 living allowance) for fellows with children
• Up to 3 months paid parental leave
• The freedom to choose where to spend the third year.

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Eligibility criteria:

• You must change both country and research topic (the project must be very different from your PhD or previous postdoc)
• You cannot apply to work in your country of nationality.
• You must not have lived or worked in the proposed host country for more than 12 months before the fellowship starts
• Your PhD must have been awarded no more than 3 years before the Full Proposal deadline (exceptions granted for parental leave, illness or military service)
• You must have at least one lead-author original research publication.
• The project must be basic life-sciences research (no purely clinical, applied, drug-development or observational screening projects)
• Your host supervisor cannot be a former collaborator or supervisor
• Each host supervisor can endorse only one applicant per year

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Programs available

The HFSP Fellowships support basic research in any frontier area of the life sciences. Eligible fields include:

• Molecular Biology
• Cell Biology
• Genetics and Genomics
• Biochemistry
• Biophysics
• Developmental Biology
• Neuroscience
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Systems Biology
• Structural Biology
• Plant Biology
• Marine Biology
• Computational Biology
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Engineering
• Computer science

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How to apply:

1. Go to the ProposalCentral platform (now open since 12 March 2026).
2. Create an account and initiate your Letter of Intent (LOI) before 5 May 2026 to get your 7-digit ID.
3. Submit the completed Letter of Intent by 12 May 2026 (9:00 am Eastern US Time).
4. If selected, you will be invited in late August 2026 to submit a Full Proposal by 24 September 2026.
5. For the Full Proposal you will need a recommendation letter from your host supervisor and two reference letters.
6. Download the official 2027 Application Guidelines (PDF) for detailed templates and instructions.

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