CRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

CRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship — Seed

Runs students and early career scholars with mentoring support for CRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.

Eligibility · United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy +7 more

The Cystinosis Research Foundation (CRF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship supports early-career scientists entering the cystinosis research field. Established in 2006, the fellowship is specifically designed to attract researchers who do not yet have a cystinosis focus, providing them with structured entry into a rare-disease community that has collectively produced 122 peer-reviewed publications and more than 255 funded studies since 2003. CRF's scientific agenda — spanning kidney pathology, myopathy, neurological complications, corneal cystinosis, gene therapy, stem cell approaches, iPS cell research, and novel pharmacological strategies — is explicitly open to the postdoctoral fellows it trains.

Fellowship applications follow the same bi-annual spring and fall call schedule as CRF's research grants, with both tracks drawing from a shared pool of approximately $2 million per year. Stipend levels and individual award amounts are not separately published; applicants should contact nstack@cystinosisresearch.org to request current rates and application materials. Award duration aligns with the one-to-two-year window used for research grants, and grant payments are linked to progress report submission. Global eligibility applies — CRF has funded researchers at institutions in 13 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, and Singapore. For-profit entities are not eligible.

Because stipend amounts and per-cycle deadlines are not published in advance, prospective applicants are advised to register for CRF's announcement list well before the August 1 fall guideline release. The fellowship is most appropriate for postdoctoral researchers seeking to establish or pivot into cystinosis science; it is not intended for established faculty or independent investigators, who should instead apply through the CRF Research Grant mechanism.