Human Frontier Science Program - Fellowship Program
The HFSP Fellowship funds postdocs to conduct innovative, high-risk basic research in the life sciences through international, interdisciplinary collaborations requiring a change in country and research topic.
Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Due Dates: May 5, 2026 (LOI initiation) | May 12, 2026 (LOI submission) | September 24, 2026 (Full Proposal, invited applicants)
Funding Amounts: 3-year postdoctoral fellowship; living allowance varies by host country (e.g., CAD 69,900–72,228/year in Canada) plus research, travel, child, and relocation allowances.
Summary: International postdoctoral fellowships for frontier, interdisciplinary basic research in the life sciences, supporting high-risk, innovative projects.
Key Information: Applicants must propose a change in country and research topic; strict eligibility and publication requirements apply.
Description
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Fellowship supports early-career scientists to conduct innovative, high-risk basic research at the frontiers of the life sciences. The program is designed to foster international and interdisciplinary collaborations by funding postdoctoral researchers who move to a new country and take on projects distinctly different from their previous work. Two fellowship tracks are available:
- Long-Term Fellowships (LTF): For applicants with a PhD in a biological discipline seeking to pursue a novel research direction in the life sciences.
- Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF): For applicants with a PhD in a non-biological field (e.g., physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computer sciences) wishing to apply their expertise to biological research.
The fellowships are awarded for three years and emphasize projects that challenge existing paradigms using novel approaches. Only basic, fundamental research is supported; projects with applied, clinical, or pharmaceutical aims are not eligible.
