Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Atmospheric, Earth system, and social science research

Positions at NCAR & UCAR

  • Enjoy academic freedom
  • Benefit from competitive salary, travel, and equipment support
  • Gain access to NCAR facilities

ASP Postdoctoral Fellowships
NCAR Advanced Study Program
These fellowships bring recent Ph.D.s to NCAR to work on a research project of their choosing that is relevant to the NCAR scientific mission. Fellowships are for one year with a one-year extension and are located in Boulder, Colorado.

303-497-1328
paulad@ucar.edu
www.asp.ucar.edu/pdfp/postdoc_fellowship.php

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  • Address climate-related public health challenges in a
    transdisciplinary environment
  • Benefit from a new partnership between NCAR and the Centers for
    Disease Control and Prevention
  • Gain access to NCAR and CDC facilities

ASP Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Health Applications and Climate Science
NCAR Advanced Study Program
This new program invites applicants in the fields of public health, epidemiology, ecology, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geography, biology, social and behavioral sciences, health economics or related fields. Fellowships are for one year with a one-year extension; the CDC will host fellows in the first award period at its centers in Fort Collins, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.

303-497-1328
paulad@ucar.edu
www.asp.ucar.edu/pdfp/ch/announcement.php

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  • Seeking postdocs for specific projects at NCAR & UCAR
  • Openings are posted as they become available

Project-specific postdoctoral employment in science and technology
UCAR Human Resources
Click on Current Open Positions from the Working With Us page to find postdoc job openings. Then click on Create your own Job Agent to be notified of future postdoctoral positions that match your qualifications.

303-497-8715
nwade@ucar.edu
www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/employment

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Off-site positions

  • Find your niche in one of a range of research and operational settings
    across the United States

Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise Fellowship Program (PACE)
UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs
PACE develops the pool of scientists working at the interface between climate science and its applications. The program helps bring advances in climate science into decision making tools and frameworks while strengthening collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and sectors.

303-497-8649
vsp@ucar.edu
www.vsp.ucar.edu/cgc

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NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowships (C&GC)
UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs
This program pairs recently graduated postdocs with host scientists at U.S. universities and research institutions to work on questions of mutual interest. The program supports research on climate variations with time scales of seasons to centuries.

303-497-8649
vsp@ucar.edu
www.vsp.ucar.edu/cgc

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More opportunities through UCAR's Visiting Scientist Programs
UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs
Includes a broad range of visiting positions. Openings are posted as they become available.

303-497-8649
vsp@ucar.edu
www.vsp.ucar.edu

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Postdoctoral openings at UCAR Member Institutions
UCAR Community Members
Openings are posted as they become available.

See individual listings for contacts
www.asp.ucar.edu/opportunities/member_opportunities.php

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Solar, solar-terrestrial, and related astrophysics research

Positions at NCAR & UCAR

  • Collaborate with scientists at the forefront of Sun and Sun-Earth research
  • Gain access to a wide range of observational, computing, and technical facilities

HAO Postdoctoral Fellowships
NCAR High Altitude Observatory
Provides one-year and short-term appointments to new Ph.D. scientists interested in theoretical, experimental, observational, and interpretive studies related to solar research.

303-497-8715
whawkins@ucar.edu
www.hao.ucar.edu/people/visitors/postdoc.php

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Off-site positions

  • Help forge the emerging field of heliophysics
  • Participate in NASA's Living With a Star program

Heliophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs
Research is invited on space weather, the Sun-climate connection, and other topics relevant to NASA's Living with a Star, as well as projects that cross the traditional heliophysics subdomains of the Sun, heliosphere, magnetosphere, and ionosphere/upper atmosphere. Fellows are paired with host scientists at U.S. research laboratories and institutes.

303-497-8634
vsp@ucar.edu
www.vsp.ucar.edu/HeliophysicsScience