Postdoctoral Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are open to researchers who have earned a doctoral degree and graduate students who will have defended their dissertations by the end of July 2026. These fellowships are intended to support 12 months of full-time research and writing in residence that will make use of our collections. Fellows will participate in Beckman Center scholarly programs, including the Works in Progress writing group and Fellows’ Talks lecture series. Applicants may be citizens of any country. Postdoctoral Fellowship stipends are US$50,000, paid in monthly installments, with an annual US$1,000 stipend for travel and professional development and an additional available reimbursement of up to US$2,500 for health insurance.

Before you begin, please have the following items ready:

• research project title with 150-word abstract
• research proposal (up to four pages)
• cover letter (up to two pages)
• CV (up to four pages)
• one piece of sample work (e.g., a published paper, dissertation chapter, master’s thesis) preferably of not more than 10,000 words
• personal statement (up to 150 words)
• contact details of two referees—unaffiliated with the Science History Institute—who have agreed to submit recommendation letters

Please read our Application Guide and FAQ carefully before applying.

https://www.sciencehistory.org/research/fellowships/apply/application-guide/