Individual projects

Individual projects

F.J. McGuigan Early Career Investigator Research Grant on Understanding the Human Mind

The F.J. McGuigan Early Career Investigator Research Grant is given biennially to recognize and support the efforts of an early career psychological scientist who is pursuing research that aims to address any aspect of mental function (e.g., cognition, affect, motivation) and seeks to understand the mind from both a behavioral and neural perspective.

Deadline: June 5, 2026

Amount: $15,000

Sponsors: APF

Jeff Thompson Research Award on the International Baccalaureate® (IB)

Sorry, this fellowship programme is no longer available!

The Jeff Thompson Research Award seeks to honour Professor Thompson's efforts to establish the research profile of the International Baccalaureate (IB) by providing IB practitioners, graduate students and early-career university professionals with awards to conduct research related to IB programmes.

GWIS National Fellowships Program for Women Scientists

The Graduate Women In Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program promotes knowledge in the natural and social sciences and encourages women’s academic and professional careers in the sciences. Endowment funds, mostly generated from bequests, provide the annual income that supports scientific research conducted by GWIS fellowship winners. During the 2025-2026 funding cycle, we distributed $75,000 in research awards to ten outstanding women scientists and recognized nineteen graduate students and six early-career honorable mentions.

National Geographic Society Early Career Grants

We are working to increase global understanding of our planet and create a community of change by advancing key insights about the world and probing some of the most pressing scientific questions of our time.

All proposed projects should be bold, innovative, and potentially transformative and have a primary focus in conservation, education, research, storytelling, or technology. Projects should also align to one of our three focus areas. 

Gerda Henkel General Research Grants: Scholarships

Type and scope of the funding

Applications for research scholarships can be made directly by Postdocs or scholars with Post Doctoral Lecture Qualification. A research scholarship is usually applied for by one scholar who will work on a specific project on his own. An institutional affiliation is not necessary. The simultaneous receipt of salary or retirement pension and a research scholarship is not possible.

The funding period is generally between one and 24 months.

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