About RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals

RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals describes in detail thousands of grants, fellowships, loans, awards, traineeships, and other funding programs available to support research, study, training, personal and organizational projects, conference and workshop attendance, exchange programs, and creative activities (writing, artistic work, etc.) in the United States and abroad. These programs are open to scholars, academicians, researchers, practitioners, and professionals in dozens of fields, including the fine and applied arts, medicine, library and information service, engineering, social work, the sciences, business administration, etc.

The programs described here are sponsored by government agencies, professional organizations, corporations, sororities and fraternities, foundations, religious groups, educational associations, and military/veterans organizations. All areas of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities are covered. Each program entry is written from current material supplied by the sponsor and provides a concise project that includes purpose, eligibility requirements, financial data, duration, special features, limitations, number awarded, and application date. You can even get complete contact information, including available fax numbers, toll-free numbers, and e-mail addresses.

The database makes it easy for you to locate funding opportunities that match your background and interest. In addition to free-text searching, you can tailor your approach to look for programs by deadline date, applicant characteristics (including disability, ethnicity, gender, and military affiliation), program title, sponsoring organization, type of program, residency requirements, tenability, and many other factors. Refer to Search Examples for more information.

The focus of RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals is on noninstitution-specific financial aid programs that are aimed at professionals or postdoctorates and are intended to support study, training, research, or creative activities in the United States and abroad. Intentionally excluded from this listing are:

The focus of RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals is on noninstitution-specific financial aid programs that are aimed at professionals or postdoctorates and are intended to support study, training, research, or creative activities in the United States and abroad. Intentionally excluded from this listing are:

* Programs not aimed at professionals or postdoctorates. If a program is open only to a different group (e.g., doctoral student) or is not specifically for professionals or postdoctorates (e.g., an environmental essay competition open to any applicant over 18 years of age), it is not covered in RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals.

* Awards not open to Americans. All programs listed in RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals are open to American citizens or permanent residents (as well, sometimes, as citizens of other nations). If a program does not permit Americans to apply (e.g., a program open to applicants from developing nations only), it is not included in the database.

* Programs open only to institutions or organizations. If individuals (affiliated or not) cannot apply for funding, the program is not covered here.

* Programs that did not respond to our request for information. While RSP Funding for Professionals and Postdoctorates attempts to be as comprehensive as possible, some sponsoring organizations did not respond to our research inquiry early enough to be included in the database.

In addition to RSP Funding for Postdoctorates and Professionals, RSP produces two other funding databases distributed by SilverPlatter:

* RSP Funding for Undergraduates

* RSP Funding for Graduate Students

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