Life Sciences Research Foundation: Postdoctoral Research

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Carole King at carole.king@med.usc.edu.

• Application due: October 31, 2025
• Amount: $225,000 (no indirects)
• Project period is three years

Research proposals are accepted for basic biological research in all areas of life science. The broad categories covering life sciences include: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Organismal Population & Evolutionary Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology, and Virology.

The awardee’s salary/stipend total is $237,000 ($79,000/year) and a research allowance of $18,000 ($6,000/year) is provided.  It is expected that the host institution will cover the institution’s cost of the awardee’s health and/or fringe benefits.

Applicants must apply within 5 years of receiving their PhD (or MD/DVM whichever was awarded later) as of October 1, 2025. If you received your PhD (or MD/DVM) before October 1, 2020, you are not eligible to apply.  You must have begun (or will begin) working in your proposed postdoc lab between August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2026.