Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship

Lowell Observatory has established the Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship to begin in 2022. The purpose of this fellowship is to attract and support early-career scientists to pursue independent research of their choosing. The program will support four new PhD recipients and bring some of the brightest minds to the Lowell Observatory science research team. We will award the first prize in 2022 and add a one per year until we reach four recipients. We will provide enriching research opportunities for scientists coming out of graduate programs in astrophysics, planetary science, and astronomical instrumentation design.

The recipients of this fellowship will have access to the full range of resources at Lowell Observatory:

• 4.3-meter Lowell Discovery Telescope
• Navy Precision Optical Interferometer
• Several 1-meter class telescopes
• Astrophysical Materials Lab at Northern Arizona University
• Lowell’s instrumentation and engineering resources.

The Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships will last four years, providing competitive salary, benefits, research funding, and travel for the recipients. Total cost per fellowship will be $120,000 per year.

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