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Postdoc jobs at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: newly funded NIH labs that may be hiring

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research labs with a new NIH R01 or an R00 start, across every NIH institute. A PI who just landed a new grant often has new positions to fill, so if you want a postdoc at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, these are the labs worth writing to first.

NIH award notices from August 7, 2026 to November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026

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Newly funded labs at a glance

Newly funded labs (90 days)
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New R01 awards
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R00 starts (new faculty)
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No new R01 or R00 awards to Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research appeared in NIH award notices in the last 90 days. Award notices cluster near the end of the federal fiscal year (September), so check back, or see newly funded labs across Massachusetts.

Which NIH institutes fund Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research research

In fiscal year 2026, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research received $14.4M in NIH awards. These institutes administered the most of it, which tells you which kinds of labs are most common there.

NIH instituteFY2026 fundingAwards
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) · newly funded cell and molecular biology labs$7.1M8
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) · newly funded genomics labs$2.6M2
NIH Office of the Director (OD)$1.9M2
National Cancer Institute (NCI) · newly funded cancer research labs$1.0M3
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · newly funded immunology and infectious disease labs$900K1
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · newly funded child health and development labs$544K2

Full funding history, rankings, and largest awards: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research NIH funding.

How to approach a newly funded lab at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

  1. Read the funded project. The abstract and specific aims on the RePORTER record tell you what the new money pays for, which is the work a new postdoc would do.
  2. Match one skill to one aim. In a short email, name the aim you could help with and the technique or result from your own work that fits it.
  3. Write early. A lab that just received a notice may not have posted a position yet. An R00 start means a brand-new lab, often with no postdocs at all.

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Questions

Which Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research labs count as newly funded?
Labs at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research whose NIH award notice in the last 90 days was a new (Type 1) R01, or an R00 award, the independent phase of the K99/R00 that starts when a former postdoc opens their own lab. Competing renewals, non-competing continuations, and later R00 years are left out. Awards are matched to Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research by the NIH recipient organization code, so affiliated hospitals and institutes that receive NIH awards under their own name have their own pages.
Are these Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research labs hiring postdocs?
Not necessarily. A new award is a signal that a lab has new money and new work to staff, not a job posting. Many positions are filled before they are ever advertised, so a short, specific email to the PI soon after an award is the earliest way to ask.
Where does the data come from?
NIH RePORTER, the public NIH database of funded projects. Counts on this page refresh from RePORTER award notices about twice a day; each lab links to its official RePORTER record.
Why are the labs blurred?
The counts are free. The PI, department, and project for each lab are part of the Postdoc job leads plan ($59/year or $9.99/month), which also emails you new matching R01 and R00 awards daily or weekly.

More postdoc jobs at MIT

NIH funds MIT labs through several institutions. Newly funded labs at each: Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Newly funded labs at other Massachusetts institutions

Massachusetts General Hospital · Brigham and Women's Hospital · Boston Children's Hospital · UMass Chan Medical School · Boston University Medical Campus · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · Harvard Medical School · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · Tufts University Boston · All of Massachusetts

Data from NIH RePORTER award notices. A new award does not mean a lab has an open position. GotGrant is independent and is not affiliated with NIH, the U.S. government, or Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. See our data methodology.