Research Fellowship Programs

Non-ASA Grants and Opportunities

NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics and AcademyHealth aim to foster collaboration between NCHS staff and visiting scholars on a wide range of topics of mutual concern. The fellowship allows visiting scholars to conduct new and innovative analyses, participate in health policy activities related to the design and content of future NCHS surveys, and take advantage of access to the data resources provided by the CDC.

NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States. These activities (postdoctoral fellowships and follow-up research starter grants) support training and research in the areas of social, behavioral and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.

Funding Opportunities in Biostatistics

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world. StatFund, an online resource maintained by the Surveillance Research Program (SRP) within National Cancer Institute (NCI) of NIH, provides information about biostatistical funding opportunities at NIH, application procedures, and funded grants within NCI/SRP's portfolio.

Amstat News articles about NIH funding:

Biostatistics Funding: Opportunities from NIH, Keith Crank, Amstat News. December, 2009.

R15: The Academic Research Enhancement Award, Michelle C. Dunn, Amstat News. December, 2009.

Statistics Grants from NIH, Louise Ryan, Amstat News. March, 2002.