Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

Synopsis

The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in a host institution only in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences within the purview of NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors and starter research grants for Fellows.

Special note regarding this program

May 8, 2009

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Program contacts

Name	Email	Phone	Organization
Carter Kimsey Program Director	ckimsey@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8470	BIO/DBI
Fahmida Chowdhury	FChowdhu@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4672	CISE/IIS

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This program provides educational opportunities for Post-Doctoral fellows.

Program status: Archived

Program 06-586 was archived.

Program guidelines

Previous guidelines NSF 06-586

Published:

July 13, 2006

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Updates and announcements

Special note regarding this program

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Updates and announcements

Special note regarding this program

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

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