Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funding Amount
Full salary + benefits + $10,000/yr research costs (up to 24 months)
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Individuals
Geography
- New York
Overview
Postdoctoral fellowship at the Boyce Thompson Institute (Ithaca NY) launched Oct 2025 from Dr. Jane Silverthorne's estate, for high-risk/high-reward, interdisciplinary plant-science research. Provides full salary and benefits plus $10,000 annually in research costs for up to 24 months. Encourages recent PhDs and scientists from other fields bringing new directions to plant science.
How to Apply
Fellowship for early-career scientists (recent PhD graduates and cross-disciplinary scientists) to conduct transformative plant-science research at BTI. Full salary + benefits + $10,000/yr research costs, up to 24 months.
What Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 7
- Total given
- $587K
- Median grant
- $41K
- Range
- $6,010–$197K
- 34% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in New York, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 34%, New York 34%, Arizona 17%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Ithaca, NY; Tucson, AZ.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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Oklahoma State University · Ardmore, OK
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Fields of Work
- Science research
Project Locations
- NY
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