Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Awards
Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Awards support postdoctoral fellows through mentored CF basic science research and early faculty work to build independent programs and advance disease understanding and treatment.
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Funder: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Due Dates: December 8, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Phase I: $81,000–$86,000 annually for up to three years | Phase II: $110,000 annually for two years
Summary: Supports postdoctoral CF research training and the transition to an independent faculty research program.
Key Information: Applicants must be in their first four fellowship years and propose CF-related basic science research.
Description
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Postdoc-to-Faculty Transition Awards support promising postdoctoral fellows during their CF fellowship and their transition to independent research faculty positions. The program combines mentored research training with early faculty support to help fellows develop research skills, collect data, and establish independent CF research programs.
Projects should improve understanding of CF disease pathogenesis or develop novel treatment approaches, including work on airway defense, microbial adaptation, mucociliary clearance, airway hydration, and extrapulmonary manifestations. Research may operate at sub-cellular, cellular, animal, or permitted human-sample levels, but applications must focus on basic science. Proposals focused on restoring CFTR protein function or fixing or replacing the defective CFTR gene should instead use the separate Path to a Cure award program.
