Human Frontier Science Program
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship
3-year fellowship for postdocs pursuing bold interdisciplinary life-science research with international mobility.
Programme guide in progress
We are still researching the full guide for HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship. In the meantime, you will find the live open calls, eligibility basics and related programmes below.
Key facts
- Tracks
- Long-Term / Cross-Disciplinary
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mobility
- Out of both PhD and nationality country
- Key criterion
- Genuine interdisciplinarity
- Success rate
- ~10-15%
Who is eligible?
- •PhD awarded within the last 3 years at the call deadline
- •Host lab must be in an HFSP member country different from PhD country AND nationality country
- •Research must be interdisciplinary (crossing life-science / physical-science boundary)
- •Strong track record demonstrating scientific ambition and rigour
Open calls right now
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027
Deadline: 7 May 2026~€170,000 (3yr salary + research)HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships - Long-Term Fellowships (LTF)
Deadline: 12 May 2026HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships - Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF)
Deadline: 12 May 2026HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 (LTF & CDF)
Deadline: 12 May 2026Living + research allowances for 3 years (country-dependent)HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships (Long-Term Fellowship / Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship)
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships (LTF / CDF)
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027
Curious who tends to win this grant?
See past HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship awardees →Related programmes
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