Postdoc Opportunities

Supports U.S. and international researchers engaged in diverse areas of post-graduate Alzheimer’s and dementia research before their first independent faculty positions (LOI Deadline in February).

Multiple programs provide research training and fellowship support to postdoctoral and clinical research fellows undertaking cancer research projects under mentorship (Deadlines vary by program).

Supports women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents in all fields of study to pursue independent early-career postdoctoral research (Deadline in September).

Supports women preparing research manuscripts for publication, with applicants in all fields eligible and particular encouragement for STEM and gender-issues research (Deadline in September). 

Open to those in early-career postdoctoral training programs based at a U.S. institution to position them for independent careers in cancer research (Deadlines in June and December).

Supports U.S.-based postdocs with no more than five years’ experience or newly appointed faculty launching independent green-chemistry research groups by funding a postdoctoral hire for two years (Deadline in September).

Supports suicide prevention researchers in a variety of disciplines who have received a PhD, MD, or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have had no more than three years of prior fellowship support (Deadline in November).

Provides support to junior scholars across a broad range of disciplines (Deadlines vary by program).

Supports recent PhDs pursuing independent research on Old World prehistory at Harvard University (Deadline in January).

Supports early-career plant scientists with a PhD who have identified an independent research project that would utilize the Arboretum’s living collections of woody plants and research facilities (Deadline in January).

Supports advanced research by postdoctoral scholars within the core areas of fundamental chemistry, such as chemical physics, chemical engineering, or the chemistry of materials (Deadline in September).

Multiple academic and professional track fellowships support pre- and postdoctoral fellows who wish to devote their time to research and writing in fields related to science and international affairs (Deadlines in January and December).