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ACLS Humanities and Social Science Fellowships 2025: How to Win Up to 60000 for Full Time Writing and Research

If you work in the humanities or interpretive social sciences, you already know the bad joke: the world wants your teaching and your service, but your actual research time survives on scraps and stolen weekends.

Amount: Up to $60,000 (prorated $5,000/month; minimum $30,000) Deadline: Sep 25, 2025 Location: United States

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

Prestigious Canadian postdoctoral fellowships supporting top-tier researchers in health, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.

Amount: $70,000 per year for two years Deadline: Sep 17, 2024 Location: Canada

Mitacs Elevate Fellowship 2025: How to Win CAD 60,000 Per Year for Postdoc R&D with an Industry Partner

If you finished your PhD in the last few years and you want to do more than publish papers — if you want to build something a company will use and get paid to do it — Mitacs Elevate is one of the cleanest routes in Canada.

Amount: CAD $60,000 per year Deadline: Oct 8, 2025 Location: Canada

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025: How to Win €89,000+ for Your Postdoc Research and Mobility

If you finished your PhD and you’re hungry for a fellowship that pays well, changes your CV, and forces you to think internationally, the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are the ticket.

Amount: €89,000+ stipend and mobility allowances Deadline: Sep 11, 2025 Location: European Union and International

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japan 2025: How to Secure a Fully Funded JSPS Research Stay

If you are a postdoc dreaming of doing serious research in Japan but your bank account is stubbornly saying “absolutely not,” the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships are the funding line you should be obsessing over.

Amount: Monthly stipend of JPY ¥362,000 plus settling-in, travel, and research support allowances Deadline: Sep 1, 2025 Location: Japan