Partnerships
In 2011, the University of California and the University of Michigan created the Partnership for Faculty Diversity to support new scholars interested in faculty and research careers who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research and service. This partnership supports programs at the ten-campus UC system, the three UC-affiliated national laboratories, University of Michigan, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Minnesota, New York University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, Penn State, University of Arizona and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to offer postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. The programs are particularly interested in supporting scholars with the potential to bring to their academic and research careers the perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.
The partner programs share common goals and resources, but may differ in their scope and requirements each year. Please visit the websites below for more information.
University partners
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The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to the diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. Learn more about the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. BERKELEY, DAVIS, IRVINE, LOS ANGELES, MERCED, RIVERSIDE, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ |
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Beginning in 2011, the University of Michigan joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the University of Michigan. In this program, the University of Michigan offers postdoctoral research fellowships in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), economics, and political science fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the University of Michigan President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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Beginning in 2014, the University of Colorado Boulder joins in a collaborative partnership with the University of California and the University of Michigan to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at CU-Boulder. In this program, the University of Colorado Boulder offers postdoctoral research fellowships in all academic fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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The University of Maryland is committed to, and engaged in, building a diverse and inclusive faculty and community. To further these goals in part, the University of Maryland joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California in 2016 to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the University of Maryland. Through the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, the University of Maryland offers postdoctoral research fellowships in all academic fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the University of Maryland President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2017, Carnegie Mellon University also joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the Carnegie Mellon University. In this program, the Carnegie Mellon University offers the potential for postdoctoral research fellowships in all fields represented at the university, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about Carnegie Mellon University President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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At the University of Minnesota, we are Driven to Discover. Building and retaining a faculty and community of diverse field-shapers across the disciplines is integral to the University of Minnesota’s distinctive research, teaching, and service mission and critical to our quality, reputation, and impact as a major research and land grant university. As part of this mission, the University of Minnesota is proud to join this collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral research fellowship opportunities. Our campuses are located in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St Paul, Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester. University of Minnesota offers postdoctoral research fellowships in most academic fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about University of Minnesota President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2017, New York University joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at NYU. This program offers postdoctoral research fellowships in all fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the New York University Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2019, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the UNC Charlotte. In this program, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellowship offers postdoctoral research fellowships in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields or STEM fields as defined by the NSF. This fellowship requires that each fellow have defined faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellowship. |
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As part of a continuing commitment to building a culturally diverse and inclusive intellectual community, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity (CPPFD) is pleased to offer postdoctoral fellowships for a period of two years. The purpose of CPPFD is to develop exceptional scholars from underrepresented groups for possible tenure track appointments at the University of North Carolina and other research universities. Postdoctoral fellows will be engaged full-time in research and may teach only one course per fiscal year. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill strongly encourages applications from individuals that have experience, background and/or scholarship that will contribute to the diversity of the campus community. Learn more about the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity. |
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In 2020, Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering (COE) joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at Georgia Tech. In this program, COE postdoctoral research fellowships are coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and academic networking opportunities. COE views these postdoctoral fellowships as providing an exceptional opportunity to not only train and mentor future faculty, but also to recruit potential new faculty to Georgia Tech. Our program offers postdoc opportunities alone or in combination with a tenure track faculty appointment. Learn more about the Georgia Tech President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2020, Penn State joined a collaborative partnership led by the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at Penn State. In this program, Penn State offers postdoctoral research fellowships in all fields of engineering, science, health, social science, humanities, communications, and the arts—coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the Penn State President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2021, University of Arizona also joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at University of Arizona. In this program, the University of Arizona offers postdoctoral research fellowships in all fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. Learn more about the University of Arizona President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2023, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center joined a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at Fred Hutch. In this program, Fred Hutch now offers postdoctoral research coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and academic networking opportunities. For 2023-2024, Fred Hutch welcomes applications from potential fellows who aim to work with faculty mentors in the following disciplines and sub-fields: Basic Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Clinical Research, Computational Biology, Epidemiology, Health Economics, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Public Health Sciences and Translational Research Learn more about the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs
Additional fellowship opportunities are available at these UC campuses.
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The Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, and eligibility for a hiring incentive to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. Learn more about the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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In 2011/12, UC Davis put out a call for a new Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with the first Fellows beginning in 2012/13. The Program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, and eligibility for a hiring incentive to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. Learn more about the UC Davis Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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Beginning in 2013, UC Irvine funds up to two Chancellor's ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellowships each year. The Chancellor's ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellow is selected from the pool of applicants who identified mentors at UC Irvine and submitted their applications to the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Learn more about the UC Irvine Chancellor's ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Beginning in the 2023-24 academic year, the Department of Psychological Science at UC Irvine will offer a one-year Chancellor's ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellowship. Appointments are renewable for a second year. Applications will be considered every other year. UCI Chancellor’s ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellows in the Department of Psychological Science will be eligible for all the Presidential Postdoctoral professional development and hiring incentive programs. Learn more about the UC Irvine Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychological Science. |
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The UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship provides an additional opportunity to engage in the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for a candidate who intends to spend their fellowship year(s) at UCLA. Application is through the UC PPFP, and candidates will be considered for funding from both programs. Learn more about the UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. As a part of the UCLA Rising to the Challenge initiatives, the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies will administer the selection of five UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows, whose research focuses on Black life and the Black experience. UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows will be appointed broadly across departments and campus units and will work directly with their prospective UCLA faculty mentor. These Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows will be affiliated with the Bunche Fellows Program. The Bunche Center is excited to move forward with developing the first round of this transformative 5-Year UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows initiative (2020-2021 to 2024-2025). For academic year 2023-24, the UCLA Office for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) and the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) with the UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will offer up to four (4) Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program fellowships at UCLA (with a possibility of renewal for a second year). These fellows will form a cohort and are affiliated with the IAC’s four organized research units: American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, and Chicano Studies Research Center. Learn more about the UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities and Institute of American Cultures). As part of the UCLA HSI Infrastructure Initiative, the Chicano Studies Research Center will administer the selection of twenty UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows over the next five years (five fellows per year, with first cohort reviewed during 2021-22 to start in 2022-23). These positions will be funded through the Office of the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost, and each fellowship may be renewable for an additional year (2023-24 for the first cohort). The purpose of the fellowship program is to advance excellence through a commitment to diversity and scholarly research that addresses Latinx life and the Latinx experience. Fellowships are open to postdoctoral scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. In 2023, the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies and UCLA American Indian Studies Center in partnership with the Mellon Foundation will administer the selection of a total of four UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellows over the next two years (two fellows per year, with first cohort reviewed during 2023-24 to start in 2024-25), whose work focuses on issues of race and racialization in Indigenous contexts during the “pre-colonial/early colonial” period and research agenda aligns with the “Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses” project themes and premodern focus; and has the ability to work collaboratively with cohorts composed of Native American and Indigenous community scholars-in-residence, UCLA faculty and students, and Museum and other Cal-NAGPRA staff. |
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The UC Merced Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship (CPF) Program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, and eligibility for the UC-system hiring incentive to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. Learn more about the UC Merced Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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The UC Riverside Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to qualified scholars in all fields whose background, life experiences, research, future teaching, or service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. Learn more about the UC Riverside Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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UC San Diego funds up to two Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships each year. The Chancellor's Office supports one of the fellowships, and the other is supported by a department expressing interest in hosting a fellow. The Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow is selected from the pool of applicants who identified mentors at UC San Diego and submitted their applications to the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are reviewed by Faculty Equity Advisors. Learn more about the UC San Diego Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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Beginning in 2018, UC San Francisco joined the Partnership for Faculty Diversity by establishing UCSF Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships. These fellowships are selected from the pool of applicants who identified mentors on the UCSF campus and submitted their applications to the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Learn more about the UCSF Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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The UC Santa Barbara Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship provides an additional opportunity to engage in the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to qualified scholars in all fields whose research, teaching and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. Learn more about the UC Santa Barbara Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
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UC Santa Cruz funds up to two Chancellor's Postdoctoral research/travel awards that include participation in PPFP professional development activities and eligibility for the hiring incentive. UC Santa Cruz seeks scholars from all academic fields who show promise for a tenure-track appointment and who will contribute to diversity through their research, teaching, and/or service at the University of California. Learn more about the UC Santa Cruz Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. |
UC-Affiliated National Laboratory partners
In 2012, the UC-Affiliated National Labs joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California to offer UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), coupled with mentoring, professional development and networking opportunities. The UC-Affiliated National Labs seek Ph.D. recipients with the potential to contribute to diversity and equal opportunity science and technology through their research careers. The program is particularly interested in candidates with the potential for research and public service informed by the perspective that comes from their understanding of the experiences of groups historically underrepresented in science and technology fields.
Applicants for President’s Postdoctoral Fellowships at one of the UC-Affiliated National Laboratories must submit an online application through the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program application system.
For general questions about the UC-Affiliated National Laboratories President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, please email ppf_nationallabs@lanl.gov
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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