Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships for International Applicants in USA

Sagan
Postdoctoral Fellowships

The NASA Exoplanet
Science Institute solicits applications for Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships to
begin in the fall of 2016.

The Sagan
Fellowships support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists to conduct
independent research that is broadly related
to the science goals of NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration
Program. The primary goal of missions within this program is to discover
and characterize planetary systems and Earth-like planets around nearby stars.
Sagan Fellowships are joined by two other NASA astrophysics theme-based
fellowship programs: the Einstein Fellowship Program which supports the Physics of
the Cosmos research, and the Hubble
Fellowship Program which supports Cosmic Origins research.

We anticipate
awarding 5 fellowships for 2016.

The proposed
research may be theoretical, observational, or instrumental. This program is
open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned)
their doctoral degrees on or after January 1, 2013, in astronomy, physics, or
related disciplines. The fellowships are tenable at U.S. host institutions of
the fellows’ choice, subject to a maximum of one new fellow per host
institution per year (see note on host institutions below). The duration of the
fellowship is up to three years: an initial one-year appointment and two annual
renewals contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of NASA funds.

We accept the
submission of up to three host institutions. The purpose of designating of more
than one host institution in the application is to provide the program with
flexibility should there be several highly ranked applications at any single
institution. Barring this circumstance, it is expected that awardees will use
their Fellowships at their first-choice institutions.

Meet current and
past Sagan fellows here.

Applicants

• Applicants
  must follow all the instructions given in Sagan Fellowship
  Guidelines.
• Applications
  are to be submitted here: Application Submission Page.
• Letters
  of reference are to be submitted here: Letters
  of Reference Submission Page.
• Applicants
  FAQ page for questions about the application process.
• Awardees FAQ
  page for questions following an acceptance of a Sagan Fellowship.

A complete
application will include:

1. A
   completed application submission form.
2. Curriculum
   vitae and list of major publications and all first-author papers (do not
   include reprints).
3. Summary
   of previous and current research (not to exceed 3 pages including figures,
   tables, and references).
4. Research
   proposal (not to exceed 3 pages including figures, tables, and
   references). Note:
   If you are submitting more than one choice host institution, you may
   increase the length of your research proposal by 1 additional page for
   each host institution, for a total of up to 5 pages (including figures,
   tables, and references) if three host institutions are submitted.
5. Three
   (3) letters of reference each
   not to exceed two pages. One of the reference letters may
   come from the applicants advisor, however this is not a requirement. These
   letters are submitted through a web
   interface.

The deadline for
applications and all letters of reference is Thursday, November 5, 2016 at 4 PM
PST. Offers will be made before January 20, 2016, and new appointments are
expected to begin on or about September 1, 2016.

For
inquiries, email us at: saganfellowship@ipac.caltech.edu