Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is currently accepting applications for its Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship 2026. Interested applicants are encoruaged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship
The Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship awards up to $5,000 (USD) to each recipient to support direct costs of completing the proposed project, which should include a period in residence at CSHL. While here, Brenner Fellows will have a work space in the Carnegie Library, complete access to our collections, and support from our team of archivists, librarians, and historians. If space permits, Brenner Fellows will have the opportunity to rent accommodation on campus during their stay.
Benefits of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship
- Each fellow will get an award of up to $5,000 (USD).
- The stipend amount can be used to support the direct costs of completing the proposed project, including a period in residence at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in the USA.
- Brenner Fellows will receive full access to CSHL’s collections, a workspace in the Carnegie Library, and assistance from their staff of historians, librarians, and archivists during their stay.
- An opportunity to connect with other top fellows and researchers in the field of life sciences.
- If space permits, fellows may rent accommodation on campus during their stay.
- The fellowship funds can also support travel, transportation, daily expenses, archival research, and other project-related costs.
- Recipients will have the opportunity to present their research findings to the CSHL community.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship Requirements
- The fellowship is open to scholars at any career stage, journalists, and writers undertaking substantial research into the history of the life sciences.
- Applicants should have a strong research project related to the history of biology or life sciences.
- The research, publications, or other dissemination/exhibition of ambitious, original projects in the history of the life sciences.
- Proposals should be detailed, sophisticated, and original.
- The project (proposal) should be relevant to the CSHL collections (and vice versa).
- Selection criteria primarily focus on the overall quality and significance of the project.
Application Date and Process
The application package must include the following:
- A completed application form, including names and contact information for two individuals who are familiar with your work and would be willing to provide letters of recommendation upon request from CSHL.
- A research proposal (see below for detailed instructions).
- A selected bibliography of titles or collections in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives that are relevant to your research proposal.
- A brief budget statement showing the expenses for which support is requested.
- A curriculum vitae. Please include education and employment history, dates of study, areas of study, previous publications, and previous or current fellowships, grants, and awards.
Please submit applications electronically via email to [email protected]. Attach all documents in .pdf, .doc, or .docx formats, with a brief covering letter in the body of the email. Please format the subject line of your email as “Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship application [Year] – [Your Name]”
Application Deadline
31 August, 2026
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