I am pleased to announce that Stanford University is launching a new fellows program for postdoctoral researchers. I welcome your help in encouraging promising candidates to apply. The deadline for application is November 1, 2019.
The Stanford Science Fellows program is focused on incubating new directions in foundational scientific research through an interdisciplinary community of exceptional postdoctoral scholars from around the world who are driven by a sense of wonder about the natural world. The goals of this new postdoctoral training program are:
- To deepen our understanding of the natural world by advancing and bridging disciplines in the physical, mathematical, and life sciences;
- To provide opportunities for exceptionally qualified early-career scientists to develop academic leadership skills focused on fostering scientific discovery, developing interdisciplinary approaches to foundational scientific research, and broadening science communication skills;
- To recognize and support scholars who bring a diversity of perspectives, identities, and backgrounds, including those from groups who are underrepresented in the sciences;
- To build community at Stanford around frontier research problems.
Stanford Science Fellowships are intended for exceptional early-career postdoctoral scholars who have recently been awarded their PhD or will be awarded their PhD by the start of the fellowship and who want to pursue research and training in any natural science discipline. International scholars and those who earned their PhD at Stanford or currently hold postdoctoral positions at Stanford are encouraged to apply.
Between 4 to 8 fellows will be selected to start appointments between July 1 and September 1, 2020. Prospective fellows will be considered by a committee of Stanford faculty from departments and schools across the natural sciences at Stanford. An explicit goal of these selection committees, in addition to selecting candidates with tremendous intellectual strength, will be the enhancement of demographic and intellectual diversity in the scientific community at Stanford.
Learn more about the Stanford Science Fellows and the application at stanfordsciencefellows.stanford.edu.
Stanford Science Fellow appointments will be for three-year terms. Fellows will receive an annual stipend of $83,000 per year, benefits, and up to $8,000 per year supplemental funds to support research and professional development.
Interested applicants must apply online (stanfordsciencefellows.stanford.edu) by November 1, 2019.
Inquiries may be directed to stanfordsciencefellows@stanford.edu.