Postdoctoral Fellowships

UChicago Fellowship Database

Internal Fellowships

Kadanoff-Rice Fellowship

• Postdoctoral fellowships open to competition for all MRSEC member groups. 
• Applications due and reviewed twice yearly in October and March. 

Yen Fellowship

• The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics awards the Yen Fellowship to postdoctoral researchers at the interface of physical and biological sciences. 

CCTCh Research Fellowship

• The Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry (CCTCh) awards 2-4 fellowships to exceptional young scientists who have recently been awarded, or who are about to be awarded, a the doctoral degree. 
• For further information see https://cctch.uchicago.edu/fellows/

Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

• Yuji Suzuki, a longtime supporter and former Council member of the Physical Sciences Division, has established the Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to recognize outstanding postdoctoral researchers.
• The award consists of a $10,000 salary top-off and is eligible for a competitive renewal for a second year. 
• Nominations typically due in mid-November. This Fellowship is administered through the PSD.

The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows Program 

• Two years support
• Targeted at increasing diversity of faculty in underrepresented groups
• https://provostpostdoc.uchicago.edu/

 

External Fellowships

NRC Research Associateship Program (RAP)

• Promotes excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U.S. government agencies
• Applications due three times annually.  Open to UC Citizens.

The Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship

• The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a two-year postdoctoral fellowship awarded every two years to a Ph.D. candidate who will pursue research at the chemistry and biology interface.  

National Academies Fellowships

Postdoctoral Opportunities at Universities Targeted at Increasing Diversity

NIH

NIH Programs for Postdoctoral Researchers 

• Provides an overview of all types of postdoctoral support programs

Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32)

NASA

Hubble Fellowship Program

• NHFP supports outstanding postdoctoral scientists to pursue independent research which contributes to NASA Astrophysics, using theory, observation, experimentation, or instrument development. (Includes astrochemistry, exoplanets, spectroscopy, chemical evolution) 

Private Foundations

James S. McDonnell Foundation

• Postdoctoral Fellowship for Understanding Dynamic and Multiscale Systems

David Suzuki Foundation

• Fellowship program in complex environmental problems

Schmidt Science Fellows Program

The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation

• Supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences

Arnold O Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Instrumentation
• Supports advanced research by postdoctoral scholars within the core areas of fundamental chemistry or the development and build of chemical instrumentation
• Due September, US Citizens only

Branco Weiss Fellowship 

• all areas of the natural and social sciences and engineering who have conceived an original and independent research idea
• Do not fund mainstream research projects that could also be funded by other scientific organizations
• Designed for independent research to last about five years

Damon Runyon Fellowship Award

• Theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer

Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

• supporting research into the causes and treatment of cancer. 
• three-year postdoctoral Fellowships

Fellowships for work outside the US

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• Humboldt Research Fellowship
• Supports postdocs from all countries to perform research in Germany

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

• European Postdoctoral Fellowships. 
  • Funds research in Europe. These fellowships take place in an EU Member State and can last between 1 and 2 years. 
• Researchers of any nationality can apply.

Fulbright Scholar Program