Grant/Funding

Seeking applications for the 7th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award

Fred Hutch is seeking applications for the 7th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding postdoctoral fellows from any discipline conducting research on cancer, infectious diseases, or basic science. The award was created to recognize Dr. Méndez’s commitment to cancer research and supporting early-career scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.

2025 Dissertation Fellowship and Sandell Grant Programs - Research on Retirement or Disability Policy

2025 Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement or disability research. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement or disability issues. Individuals from historically underserved or underrepresented communities are encouraged to apply.

2024 Dissertation Fellowship and Sandell Grant Programs - Research on Retirement or Disability Policy

The Center for Retirement Research was established in 1998 through a grant from the Social Security Administration. The Center's mission is to produce first-class research and forge a strong link between the academic community and decisionmakers in the public and private sectors around an issue of critical importance to the nation's future. To achieve this mission, the Center sponsors a wide variety of research projects, transmits new findings to a broad audience, trains new scholars, and broadens access to valuable data sources.

Seeking applications for the 6th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award

Fred Hutch is seeking applications for the 6th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding postdoctoral fellows from any discipline conducting research on cancer, infectious diseases, or basic science. The award was created to recognize Dr. Méndez’s commitment to cancer research and supporting early-career scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.

Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program

Deadline: January 18, 2024

The Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.

Seeking applications for the 5th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award

Fred Hutch is seeking applications for the 5th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding postdoctoral fellows from any discipline conducting research on cancer, infectious diseases, or basic science. The award was created to recognize Dr. Méndez’s commitment to cancer research and supporting early-career scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.

2023 Grants and Fellowships, Retirement and Disability Policy

Steven H. Sandell Grant Program

  • Opportunity for junior or non-tenured scholars to pursue research on retirement or disability policy.
  • Up to three $45,000 grants awarded to researchers with a Ph.D. or comparable credentials.
  • Read guidelines & apply online: crr.bc.edu/sandell
  • Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

Dissertation Fellowship Program

  • Opportunity for doctoral candidates to pursue research on retirement or disability policy.