Career Development and Funding Opportunities

IDSA provides information on funding opportunities and career development resources for those pursuing a career in infectious diseases.

Find national and international opportunities for students, fellows, transitional faculty, early faculty, full faculty, and mature faculty.

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Other Research Funding Resources

Grand Challenges in Global Health
Created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help reseasrchers achieve the scientific breakthroughs needed to prevent, treat, and cure the diseases of the developing world.

Grants.gov
Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.

NIH Career Development Awards (K Awards)
Awards for Individuals with a Health-Professional Doctorate

NIH Resources for New Investigators
Helpful resources from the National Institutes of Health

Fogarty International Center Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences
A compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research

CDC National Prevention Information Network
Find private and government funding opportunities for community-based and HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB service organizations. Included are details about eligibility requirements, application processes, and deadlines

ASM: Caribbean Basin Research and Training Network on Infectious Diseases Program
Joint-research and training opportunity for graduate students and post-doctorates in the Americas

Network for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases in Central America (NeTropica)
View an index of grants for project research, graduate and post-graduate educations, and post-doctoral research.

USAID’s Initiative to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases (PDF)
Strategy to reduce the threat of infectious diseases of major public health importance

If you know of other career development or funding opportunities that are not included on this page, please contact IDSA at info@idsociety.org.


Mentorship Resources

Women in Biomedical Careers
Providing leadership in mentoring to sustain the advancement of women in biomedical careers


Resources for Online Research Training

A Survival Guide for Conducting International Collaborative Research in Uganda (PDF)
Second in a series of country-specific survival guides intended to assist Fogarty AITRP scholars planning collaborative research projects in developing countries.