Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Sciences Fellowship
Forecasted
Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Sciences Fellowship supports postdoctoral researchers studying geologic and geophysical processes to understand the surfaces of rocky and icy bodies across the solar system.
Funder: Smithsonian Institution
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application and recommendation letters, late March) | August 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: $80,000 stipend plus up to $5,000 health allowance; two-year term
Summary: Supports postdoctoral research on the geologic and geophysical processes shaping rocky and icy bodies across the solar system.
Key Information: Applicants must identify a Smithsonian staff advisor and undertake the fellowship in residence.
Description
The National Air and Space Museum’s Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Sciences Fellowship supports scientific research at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS), the museum’s scientific research unit. CEPS studies the geologic and geophysical processes that shape the surfaces of rocky and icy bodies throughout the solar system, including Earth and the Moon.
Research interests include planetary landscape evolution, volcanism and cryovolcanism, tectonics of rocky and icy bodies, radar remote sensing and radar sounder studies, and terrestrial analog landforms. Competitive proposals demonstrate expertise in quantitative remote sensing analysis, tectonics and tectonophysics, volcanic processes, or quantitative terrestrial and planetary geomorphology. CEPS scientists participate in current and planned NASA and ESA planetary robotic missions, with research supported by archival lunar photographs and images and maps of planets and their satellites.
