Applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is accepting applications for the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship.

The fellowship program supports advanced research by postdoctoral scholars within the core areas of fundamental chemistry or the development and building of chemical instrumentation. Research must be innovative in method, speed, or process or represent new instrument technology. Through the program, fellows will be appointed for two years, with a possibility of a third year by renewal, with an award  of $180,000 over two years for salary, fringe benefits, and research expenditures; instrumentation fellowships will receive an additional one-time amount of up to $200,000. Fellows receiving the year three renewal award will receive an additional $90,000. Fellowships will be offered in two tracks: 

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences: Will support chemists in pursuing advanced research within the core areas of fundamental chemistry, such as chemical physics, chemical engineering, and chemistry of materials research. The fellowship is not intended to fund proposals that are supported by traditional NIH mechanisms in the fields of chemistry, chemical biology, and biochemistry.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Instrumentation: Will support researchers in chemistry in conceptualizing, developing, and building instrumentation suitable for advanced research in chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, and materials science chemistry. Instrumentation projects must be suitable for the two-year fellowship timeframe, be driven by a need in the chemical sciences listed above, be innovative in method speed or process, or represent a wholly new instrument for technical advancement in chemistry and may potentially be used for future research in the broader scientific community.

To be eligible, applicants must be at a U.S. college, university, or institution which offers postdoctoral fellowships and holds a 501(c)(3) or similarly qualifying IRS designation; a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and a current graduate student anticipated to complete a PhD in the chemical sciences by May 1, 2023; or a current postdoctoral researcher with a granted/conferred PhD in the chemical sciences with no more than 18 months cumulative postdoctoral research experience. Additionally, applicants must pursue postdoctoral training in an area of chemical sciences that would likely not be eligible for funding by traditional chemical biology, biochemical, or biological science mechanisms (e.g., NIH-K award). They must have identified a mentor in the chemical sciences at a qualified U.S. nonprofit college, university, or institution with appropriate laboratory facilities to support their postdoctoral research proposal.

Sponsoring mentors must be a PhD, or MD/PhD; a full-time tenured or tenure track with at least a 25 percent appointment in their institution's chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, or materials chemistry department.  

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation website.