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Postdoc or Term positions
| Place/Institution (alphabetical) |
People (in boldface if accepted) |
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| Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (ad) | Application deadline October 30, 2023 Some interview invitations sent (Nov. 28) |
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| Margaret Burbidge Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astrophysics (ad) | Application deadline October 31, 2023 News? |
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| KICP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (ad) | Application deadline October 31, 2023 News? |
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| American Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition in Astrophysics (ad) |
Application deadline October 19, 2023 (first round) (Has anyone been contacted?) Yes Some rejections received (Nov 16) |
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| Australian National University, postdoc in computational ISM and galaxy evolution, female-only (ad) |
Application deadline December 22, 2023 |
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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" department (ad) |
Application deadline November 22, 2023 Any news? |
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| Arizona State University, Beus Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship (ad) | Application deadline November 13, 2023 | |
| Brinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Experimental Quantum Cosmology at Caltech (ad) | Application deadline November 15, 2023 | |
| Brinson Prize Fellowship (ad) | Application Deadline November 2nd, 2023 | |
| Case Western Reserve University - Richard S Morrison Postdoctoral Fellowship (ad) | Application review begins December 1, 2023 | |
| Case Western Reserve University - Postdoc in CMB instrumentation/analysis (ad) | Application review begins December 1, 2023 | |
| Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) Fellowship (U. Illinois / NCSA, USA ad ) | Applications due Feb. 15, 2024 | |
| Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University - Postdoctoral position in computational cosmology (ad) | Application deadline January 5, 2024 | |
| CITA Postdoctoral Fellowship (ad) | Deadline Nov 6 (27), 2023 | |
| Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellowships in Astronomy and Astrophysics (ad) | Application deadline November 15, 2023. News? | |
| Ciela Institute - Postdoctoral positions in astrophysics and machine learning (Montreal, Canada) (ad) |
Application deadline November 7, 2023 Interview requests sent to some candidates (Dec 8) |
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| Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago (ad) | Application deadline Nov. 7; Any update? | |
ESA (European Space Agency) Independent Research Fellowship at ESAC (Spain), ESTEC (Netherlands), and STScI (USA) ad |
30 people have been invited for a first round of interviews. - Applications are still under review on the website, so are there going to be more interview rounds? some rejections received (Nov 14) |
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| Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona (ad) | News? | |
| James Arthur Fellowship/NYU (ad) | Deadline Nov 15. News? | |
| Jaynes Fellowships (3-4, 3 year positions), Dept. of Physics, Washington University in Saint Louis (ad) |
Application deadline November 15, 2023; News? Some shortlisted candidates were invited for interviews, including Anastasia Sokolenko |
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| Johns Hopkins University (JHU) William H. Miller and Davis Fellowships (ad) | Application deadline December 1, 2023 through academicjobsonline.com | |
| KITP Fellowship University of California, Santa Barbara (ad) | Application deadline Nov. 15; News? | |
| LMU Munich Fraunhofer-Schwarzschild Fellowship (ad) | Application deadline November 10, 2023. Recommendation letters will be requested afterwards. Any news? | |
| Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik, Potsdam.
Computational Galaxy and Cluster Formation Postdoc (ad) |
Application deadline November 15 2023. Some interviews scheduled. | |
| Max-Planck Institue for Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (ad) |
Application deadline Nov. 6. Shortlisted candidates invited for interviews on Nov. 24 have some rejections received? |
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| Missouri University of Science and Technology, Cosmology or Galaxy Evolution postdoc (ad) | Application deadline December 28, 2023 | |
| Postdoc position at Lund University, Sweden, in Exoplanet atmospheres and planet formation (ad) | Application deadline October 13, 2023 | |
| NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (ad) | Application deadline October 16th, 2023 | |
| Ohio State CCAPP Fellowships (ad) | Application (soft) deadline December 1, 2023 | |
| Ohio University Cosmology postdoc (ad) | Application deadline December 31, 2023 | |
| Oort Fellowship Leiden Observatory (ad) | Application deadline December 15, 2023 | |
| University of Oklahoma, Dodge Family Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astronomy/Astrophysics (ad) | Application deadline 2024 January 15. | |
| University of Oklahoma, postdoc in Sun-like and low-mass stars (ad) | Application deadline Jan 15, 2024 | |
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Postdoc positions in multi-messenger astrophysics at Tohoku University (ad) |
Application deadline Sep 26, 2023 | |
| University of Arizona, postdoc in experimental time domain astrophysics (w/ Sand) (ad) | Application deadline Jan 31, 2024 | |
| University of Arizona, postdoc in nearby galaxies and stellar populations (w/ Sand) (ad) | Application deadline Jan 31, 2024 | |
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University of Pennsylvania, data-oriented postdoctral fellowship in the Center for Particle Cosmlogy (ad) |
Application deadline Dec 1, 2023. Offer sent, shortlist notified |
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| University of Southern California, postdoctoral positions in cosmology and gravitational waves (ad) | Application deadline Dec 18, 2023. | |
| UT Austin Astronomy, Postdoctoral Fellows in Cosmology and LSS (ad) | Application deadline Dec 1, 2023. | |
| The University of Texas at Austin, Weinberg Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Gravitation (ad) | Application deadline Nov 17, 2023. | |
| The University of Texas at Austin, Postdoctoral fellowship in gravitational-wave multi-messenger astrophysics and cosmology (ad) | Application deadline Nov 17, 2023. | |
| The University of Virginia GECO (Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology) Fellowships (ad) | Application deadline Dec 15, 2023. | |
| The University of Virginia VICO (Virginia Initiative on Cosmic Origins) Fellowships (ad) | Application deadline Dec 15, 2023. | |
| The University of Virginia Research Associate in Stellar Astrophysics (ad) | Application deadline Dec 15, 2023. | |
| Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH/University of Crete, Greece Multiple postdoctoral positions in supermassive BHs, binaries and GWs (ad) |
Application deadline Dec 15, 2023 | |
| Flatiron Institute at New York City (NY) Flatiron Research Fellow position (postdoctoral) (ad) | Application deadline Nov 1, 2023; Some interview requests sent Dec 7th |
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| Flatiron Institute at New York City (NY) Software Flatiron Research Fellow position (ad) |
Application deadline Nov 1, 2023. Interview requests sent Dec 7. |
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| Johns Hopkins University, Postdoctoral Fellow (ad) | Application Deadline Dec. 1, 2023 | |
| University of Trento, 2 postdoc positions on novel strategies to look for dark energy (w/ Vagnozzi; ad) | Application deadline Jan. 10, 2024, 12:00 CET. Decision will be made very shortly afterwards. For applicants already holding a PhD: application link (185) For applicants yet to obtain their PhD: application link (186) |
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| KIPAC, Stanford University |
Application Deadline Nov 3, 2023. Some candidates invited to give short talks (Nov) |
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| Korea Institute for Advanced Study (Astrophysics), (QUC) | Application Deadline Dec. 31, 2023; Need separate applications for each position. | |
| Korea Institute for Advanced Study (QUC fellow; non-tenured assistant professor) | Application Deadline Dec. 31, 2023 | |
| Simons Junior Fellows (ad) | Application Deadline Sep. 13, 2023. At least 1 offer made on November 29. | |
| Stanford Science Fellows (ad) | Application Deadline Oct. 13, 2023; Interview requests sent Nov. 15th for Dec. 1 interviews | |
| Postdoctoral positions in Astrophysics, Cosmology, Gravitational Waves at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (ad) | Application Deadline Nov 1st, 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral position in multi-messenger/time-domain astrophysics at Washington State University (ad) | Application Deadline December 15, 2023 | |
| Princeton Future Faculty fellowship (ad) | Application Deadline November 1st, 2023 Some interview requests sent December 1st |
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| Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (Kyoto) postdoc on short gamma-ray bursts in binary neutron star mergers (ad) | Application Deadline December 27th, 2023 | |
| Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (Kyoto) postdoc "Theoretical studies for multi-messenger signals from strongly gravitating objects" (ad) | Application Deadline December 17th, 2023 | |
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Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics postdoctoral fellow (ad) |
Application Deadline December 14th, 2023 | |
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ESO Garching fellowship program |
Application Deadline Oct. 15th 2023. Shortlist candidates invited for interviews on Nov. 17th. Science talks and interviews happened on the week of Dec 4th. |
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| Postdoctoral position in black hole astrophysics at Georgia Tech (ad) | Application Deadline Dec. 1 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral position in plasma/cosmic-ray astrophysics at the Observatory in Nice, France (ad) | Application Deadline: December 15th, 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral Positions in Optical / Radio Survey Science -- Cosmology and Extragalactic at University of Wisconsin-Madison (ad) | Application Deadline: 15 December 2023 | |
| Northwestern-UChicago Brinson Fellowship (ad) | Deadline Nov 6. News? | |
| Postdoctoral position with Lina Necib at MIT (ad) | Application Deadline: 1 December 2023. News? | |
| Pappalardo Fellowship, MIT (ad) |
Some rejections received (Nov 3, Nov 17), some interview invitations sent (Nov 6). Shortlist invited for interviews includes: Suzanne Bintanja, Kiersten Boley, Jiaqi Cai, Yi-Hsien Du, Sepehr Ebadi, Benjamin Sorkin, Aaron Tohuvavohu, Kevin Zhou |
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| Institute for Advanced Study membership (ad) | Application Deadline: Nov 15 2023. News? | |
| YCAA Prize, Yale (link) | Application deadline: Nov 3 2023. News? | |
| Kavli Institute Fellowship and Gavin Boyle Fellowship, University of Cambridge (ad) | Application deadline: Oct. 16. Interview invitations sent (Nov. 28), incl. Anastasia Sokolenko. Some rejections received (Dec. 4) | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow-Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 10 2023. News? | |
| Carnegie EPL Postdoctoral fellowship (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 13 2023. News? | |
| University of Waterloo(ad) | Application Deadline: Nov 10 2023. Interview invitations sent (Dec. 1). | |
| ITC fellowship, Harvard University (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 13 2023. | |
| Clay/CfA fellowships, Harvard University (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 9 2023. News? | |
| PCTS fellowship, Princeton (ad) | Application deadline: Oct 15 2023. News? | |
| Miller fellowship, UC-Berkeley (ad) | Application deadline: Oct 10 2023. | |
| NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 2 2023. | |
| Yale Mossman fellowship, Yale (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 15 2023. Interview invitations sent (Dec. 8). | |
| Burke fellowships, Caltech (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 15 2023. | |
| MIT Kavli Postdoctoral Fellowship (ad) | Application deadline: Dec 4 2023. | |
| THEA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 6 2023. Interview invitations sent (Dec. 6). | |
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Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship and Postdoctoral Positions in the Galaxies and Cosmology Department at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg (ad) |
Application deadline: Nov 30 2023. News? | |
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Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Kavli IPMU (ad) |
Application deadline: Dec 1. Interview invitations sent (Dec. 7) |
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| Postdoctoral Fellowship LMU/Cambridge (ad) | Application deadline: Nov 26 2023. Any news? |