Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
YCNCC’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Progam welcomes applicants with research interests across the full range of disciplines related to the Center’s three focal areas: Ecosystem Capture; Geological & Ocean Capture; and Industrial Carbon Utilization.
Candidates need to identify and contact faculty with the relevant expertise to discuss their proposed project and ensure the faculty member is willing and able to host them. Faculty hosts can be from any school/department at Yale, including the School of the Environment, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and any relevant department within the Faculty of Arts Sciences. Applications lacking a letter of support from a potential Yale faculty host will not be considered.
The program accepts applications annually between August 1st and December 1st. Candidates selected for the program will be contacted by the end of February and are expected to accept or decline as soon as possible, but no later than March 31st. Successful candidates are expected to begin their program at Yale between July 1st and December 31st of the following year.
The link to the 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellowship application will be posted after August 1, 2025.
Qualifications:
A PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and less than a total of four years of prior postdoctoral experience.
Application Instructions:
A complete application includes:
• Full CV, including a complete bibliography.
• Research proposal, 3 pages maximum (including figures but not including references) that includes an explanation of how the proposed project would advance the mission of the Center.
• 2 Letters of Recommendation
• PDFs of 1 to 2 publications (in prep or submitted manuscripts are permissible)
• Letter of support from a Yale faculty member, 1 page maximum, which should:
o Specify the research infrastructure that will be available to the applicant to complete their project, such as facilities, equipment, computing resources, field sites, etc.
o Provide a brief description of the faculty advisor’s mentoring philosophy and approach, including how they foster an inclusive environment
o Explain how the candidate’s project expands the faculty member’s research enterprise and adds to Yale’s overall expertise in the field
o Note that this letter should not be about the applicant’s qualifications, but rather about the support that will be provided by the faculty mentor.