Science and Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships Blog

The National Academies Research Council in conjunction with federal laboratories is conducting the Research Associateship Program. The Research Associateship Program attracts outstanding scientists and engineers, at the postdoctoral and senior levels for posts as guest lecturers at participating laboratories. A limited number of opportunities are available for graduate students in select fields.

The Research Associateship Program encourages engineering and scientific professionals opportunities to further their research by working in laboratories where they can conduct their own independent research while contributing to the overall vision of the laboratories.

Eligibility and Application: Applicants must have earned a Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., D.V.M., or academically equivalent research doctorate before beginning tenure. If you have not received the degree, the graduate dean, registrar, or recorder (not the department chairman or major professor) must certify in writing–directly to the Associateship Programs Office–that you have met all requirements for the degree.

Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

“Participating laboratories receive a stimulus to their programs by the presence of bright, highly motivated, recent doctoral graduates and by senior investigators with established records of research productivity. New ideas, techniques, and approaches to problems contribute to the overall research climate of the laboratories. Indirectly, Associateships also make available to the broader scientific and engineering communities the excellent and often unique research facilities that exist in the sponsoring laboratories”.