JDRF: Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships Grant

The JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to attract talented health scientists for full-time research training in diabetes-related fields. This program supports promising individuals transitioning to independent research positions with a funding maximum of $95,000 per year for three years. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and cannot be serving an internship or residency. The fellowship also accommodates personal and COVID-related career disruptions, promoting diversity and inclusion among applicants.

NOTE:  Applications in the area of LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS will not be accepted.
The Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship program is designed to attract qualified and promising health scientists, to provide an opportunity to receive full-time research training, and to assist these promising individuals in transitioning from a fellowship to an independent (faculty-level) position. Breakthrough T1D envisions the 3-year award term as a period in which fellows will receive critical research training that will position them to work at the leading edge of their chosen field. An additional, optional 1-year transition award will further assist fellows to proceed to independent faculty or research appointments and will serve as a bridge between the fellowship and independent competitive research funding. During the fellowship phase, the applicant is required to work with a sponsor who can provide a training environment conducive to beginning a career in diabetes-relevant research. At the time of activating the award, the applicant must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) from an accredited institution and must not be simultaneously serving an internship or residency.

Eligibility

Institutional Eligibility:Domestic & foreign non-profit organizations; public & private universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories; units of state & local governments; eligible agencies of the federal governmentApplicant Eligibility:Required: MD, DMD, DVM, PhD, or equivalent. This fellowship is intended for applicants who have completed some postdoctoral training, show extraordinary promise and are preparing for a transition to an independent research position. Generally, the most recent doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) will have been received no more than 6 years before the application is submitted.
Breakthrough T1D is sensitive to personal and COVID-related matters that impact career trajectories. Applicants who have taken leave from their career (e.g. parenting of a child, childbirth, long-term care of a parent/spouse/child/dependent, personal health issues), or experienced a delay in their training due to COVID shutdowns and the cancellation of the Breakthrough T1D FY21 training call that put them outside of the eligibility time frame for the award mechanism should feel free to reach out to Breakthrough T1D staff ahead of their application submission. Breakthrough T1D aims to be flexible and adjust these time frames if necessary and appropriate.For a project proposing Human Subject Research, please review the Scientific Guidelines.The applicant must be sponsored by an investigator who is affiliated full-time with an accredited institution and who agrees to supervise the applicant’s training. The sponsor does not necessarily need to have a background in diabetes, but the research project must be in a diabetes-related.

Ineligibility

The applicant must not be simultaneously serving an internship or residency.