Professional Development Award
The Office of Diversity Programs Professional Development Award was established to support graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UVA by providing funds for activities related to their career development for which funds may not exist. Potential uses of the funds include workshops, short courses, research supplies and or activities, research travel, conference attendance and any other reasonable activity the student deems necessary for their professional development as they prepare for career after the successful completion of their tenure at UVA. Click here to download a pdf flyer with additional information.
External Funding Programs and Opportunities
NSF Postdoctoral Programs
View a current listing of postdoctoral funding opportunities offered by the NSF.
L'Oreal Fellowship for Women in Science
This fellowship program honors female scientists at a critical stage in their careers with grants of $60,000 each. Since 2003, the program has awarded 80 postdoctoral women scientists over $4 million in grants. They are seeking five exceptional female scientists looking to advance their research and serve as role models for the next generation of girls in STEM.
Washington Center for Equitable Growth's Postdoctoral Grants
This academic grants program funds research investigating the various channels through which economic inequality may or may not impact economic growth and stability. In particular, funding interests are organized around the four drivers of economic growth: human capital and well-being; the labor market; macroeconomic policy; and market structure. Any research projects investigating whether and how inequality affects economic growth and stability will also be considered.
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
The American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS supports individual scholars and scholarly teams around the world in their pursuit of research that advances knowledge in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
Cientifico Latino Fellowship Database
Cientifico Latino strives to provide a platform where everyone—regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or immigration status—has equal access to fellowship and scholarship opportunities, and the chance to learn from their peers to becoming successful STEM professionals and other related fields. As such they mantain a database of Fellowships applicable to their mission
Funding Discovery Tools
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