How to apply
Applications for the President’s and Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs must be submitted via the online application.
The online application for the next award cycle is available each year from September through October. The application deadline is November 1.
Applicants may apply to the University of California, University of Michigan, University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Minnesota President's Postdoctoral Fellowship programs, the University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship program and the California Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with the same application provided they submit separate mentor letters and research proposals.
All applications submitted to the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will automatically be included in the competition for Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs if there is one at the UC campus where the proposed UC faculty mentor is located. Applicants may apply to only one University of California campus.
All UC campuses host President's Postdoctoral Fellowships. The following UC campuses also sponsor chancellor's fellowships:
- UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC Davis Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC Irvine Chancellor's ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC Irvine Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society
- UC Los Angeles Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC Merced Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC Riverside Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC San Diego Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- UC Santa Cruz Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The UC-Affiliated National Laboratories
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 more information, please contact: ppf_nationallabs@lanl.gov