The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff.
The fellowship is offered through the Smithsonian’s Office of Fellowships and Internships for postdoctoral students to conduct independent research and to utilize the resources of the Institution with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff serving as advisors and hosts.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
– Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics
– Anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology
– Astrophysics and astronomy
– Earth sciences and paleobiology
– Evolutionary & systematic biology
– Folklife
– History of science and technology
– History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts
– Materials research
– Molecular biology
– Social and cultural history of the United States
