Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program

March 16, 2021

Application Deadline: April 12, 2020

As part of an ongoing commitment to diversifying our programs, the professoriate and the research workforce, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia solicits applications to the Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program.  This program seeks to recruit postdoctoral scholars who have the potential to assume a tenure-track faculty position and who would benefit from a mentored professional development opportunity. 

Postdoctoral Fellows funded under this program will be appointed for two years contingent on a successful annual review. These are 12-month appointments in a host department which will provide full research, teaching and administrative support.  In addition to salary and benefits, the program will provide a research fund allocation for each Fellow.