Opportunities for Early career in the United States — OppIDX

A one-year nonresident program for scholars and analysts working on rethinking US foreign policy for new global realities.

📍 United States (nonresident)PaidMedium

#fellowship#foreign-policy#think-tank

Apply → instituteforglobalaffairs.org

Early Career

Genetics Society of America DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development

Genetics Society of America

Provides funding for early-career geneticists to attend a conference or training course.

📍 International (US-based society)PaidEasy

#grant#genetics#professional-development

Apply → genetics-gsa.org

Early Career

G. Unger Vetlesen Prize

Vetlesen Foundation / Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Sometimes called the Nobel Prize of Earth sciences, awarded roughly every two years for scientific achievement in understanding Earth, its history, or its relation to the universe.

📍 United States (international eligibility)PaidHard

#prize#earth-science#geology

Apply → lamont.columbia.edu

Early Career

PowerLines Documentary Photography Fellowship

PowerLines Productions

A three-month documentary photography fellowship focused on economic and human issues.

📍 United States / InternationalPaidHard

#fellowship#photography#documentary

Apply → powerlinesproductions.org

Early Career

AIR AMPLIFY New Voices Program

Association of Independents in Radio (AIR)

A program for underrepresented audio producers to develop radio and podcast projects.

📍 United StatesUnpaidEasy

#program#audio-journalism#podcast

Apply → airmedia.org

Early Career

Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

Supports the career development of an early-stage female or nonbinary journalist covering human rights and social justice, including MIT coursework and major newsroom internships.

📍 United States (international applicants)PaidHard

#fellowship#journalism#human-rights

Apply → iwmf.org

Early Career

Points North Fellowship

Points North Institute

Supports early-to-mid-career nonfiction filmmakers, including an unrestricted grant for a feature documentary in post-production.

📍 United States (international projects)PaidHard

#fellowship#documentary#film

Apply → pointsnorthinstitute.org

Early Career

AXS Film Fund

Supports documentary and nonfiction media creators with disabilities and from underserved communities.

📍 United States (international applicants)PaidMedium

#grant#documentary#disability

Apply → www2.fundsforngos.org

Early Career

Firelight Media Documentary Lab

Firelight Media

A twelve-month fellowship for filmmakers of color working on a first or second feature documentary, with production mentorship.

📍 United StatesPaidHard

#fellowship#documentary#film

Apply → firelightmedia.org

Early Career

Inge Morath Award

Magnum Foundation

An annual award to a woman or nonbinary photographer under 30 to complete a long-term documentary project.

📍 Global (administered via USA)PaidHard

#award#photography#documentary

Apply → magnumfoundation.org

Early Career

Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health

Fulbright Program / Fogarty International Center (NIH)

Funds roughly ten researchers annually to conduct public health or clinical research in resource-limited settings abroad.

📍 United States (international placement)PaidHard

#fellowship#public-health#global-health

Apply → us.fulbrightonline.org

Early Career

CDC-Hubert Global Health Award

CDC Foundation

Provides a stipend to past CDC Experience Program participants — medical and veterinary students, residents, physicians, and veterinarians — for continued global health field work.

📍 United States (global health fieldwork)PaidMedium

#award#global-health#medical

Apply → cdcfoundation.org

Early Career

Foundation for Physical Therapy Research Grants

Foundation for Physical Therapy Research

Funds physical therapy and rehabilitation research across specialty tracks including geriatric, pediatric, orthopedic, and cardiovascular/pulmonary care.

📍 United StatesPaidMedium

#grant#physical-therapy#rehabilitation

Apply → foundation4pt.org

Early Career

ASH-EHA Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH)

American Society of Hematology & European Hematology Association

A year-long joint US-Europe training and mentoring program building translational hematology research careers for early-stage fellows.

📍 United States / EuropeUnpaidMedium

#fellowship#hematology#mentorship

Apply → hematology.org

Early Career

KidneyCure Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

Funds postdoctoral fellows conducting original nephrology research under sponsor guidance.

📍 United StatesPaidHard

#fellowship#nephrology#research

Apply → kidneycure.org

Early Career

Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award

Thrasher Research Fund

Funds new investigators researching children's health topics to help them establish an independent research career, awarding up to 32 grants a year across two cycles.

📍 Global (US-based fund)PaidMedium

#grant#pediatrics#research

Apply → thrasherresearch.org

Early Career

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Funds recent MD, PhD, or MD/PhD graduates conducting basic cystic fibrosis research, with two application rounds each year.

📍 United StatesPaidHard

#fellowship#cystic-fibrosis#research

Apply → cff.org

Early Career

Alkermes Pathways Research Award

Alkermes

Supports junior-investigator research into schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, and associated sleep and circadian disturbances, now in its eighth year.

📍 United States (international host institutions considered)PaidHard

#grant#psychiatry#research

Apply → alkermes.com

Early Career

Angelman Syndrome Foundation Innovation Seed Grants

Angelman Syndrome Foundation

Funds research on Angelman syndrome, including studies of the UBE3A gene mechanism and symptomatic therapies, through an open annual call for proposals.

📍 Global (US-based foundation)PaidMedium

#grant#rare-disease#neuroscience

Apply → angelman.org

Early Career

Orphan Disease Center CDKL5 Pilot Grant Program

Orphan Disease Center, University of Pennsylvania / Loulou Foundation

One-year pilot grants funding basic and translational research on CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, a rare neurodevelopmental condition, now in its tenth year.

📍 Global (US-administered)PaidHard

#grant#rare-disease#neuroscience

Apply → orphandiseasecenter.med.upenn.edu

Early Career

Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship

Jerome Foundation

A flexible three-year fellowship for early-career generative artists across seven fields — dance, film, literature, music, theater, technology arts, and visual arts.

📍 Minnesota / New York City, USAPaidHard

#fellowship#arts#usa

Apply → jeromefdn.org

Early Career

Art Omi Writers Translation Lab

Art Omi

A twelve-day intensive residency pairing writers with their translators for in-person collaborative work, with access to New York publishing contacts.

📍 Ghent, New York, USAStipendMedium

#residency#translation#writing

Apply → artomi.org

Early Career

Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship

Fine Arts Work Center

A seven-month fellowship (October-May) for emerging writers and visual artists, providing an apartment, studio space, and a monthly stipend.

📍 Provincetown, Massachusetts, USAStipendHard

#fellowship#writing#visual-art

Apply → fawc.org

Early Career

Copland House CULTIVATE Fellowship

Copland House

A week-long, fully-scholarshipped intensive workshop and mentoring institute for emerging composers in their mid-to-late 20s.

📍 Cortlandt Manor, New York, USAStipendMedium

#fellowship#music-composition#usa

Apply → coplandhouse.org

Early Career

Copland House Residency Award

Copland House

A three- to eight-week residency for American composers at Aaron Copland's historic home in New York, providing free lodging, meals, and local transport.

📍 Cortlandt Manor, New York, USAStipendMedium

#residency#music-composition#usa

Apply → coplandhouse.org

Early Career

Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists

Harpo Foundation

Direct cash grants supporting under-recognized visual artists working across any medium, intended to fund materials, space, or time to make new work.

📍 United StatesPaidMedium

#grant#visual-art#usa

Apply → harpofoundation.org

Early Career

NEA Translation Project Fellowships

National Endowment for the Arts

Federal fellowships for individual literary translators bringing prose, poetry, or drama into English, prioritizing underrepresented languages and voices.

📍 United StatesPaidHard

#fellowship#translation#literature

Apply → arts.gov

Early Career

PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant

PEN America

Annual grants supporting the completion of literary translations into English, with preference given to early-career translators and underrepresented languages and authors.

📍 United States (international projects)PaidMedium

#grant#translation#literature

Apply → pen.org

Early Career

100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund

Partners of the Americas / U.S. Department of State

A grant program funding partnerships between universities in the US and Latin America to expand student exchange and study-abroad opportunities across the hemisphere.

📍 United States and Latin AmericaPaidMedium

#exchange#south-america#usa

Apply → 100kstrongamericas.org

Early Career