Hubble Fellows

Hubble Fellowships

Overview

NASA is pleased to announce a new postdoctoral fellowship program, the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, to support outstanding postdoctoral scientists whose research is broadly related to NASA Cosmic Origins scientific goals as addressed by any of the missions in this program: the Herschel Space Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope (HST), James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Applications are solicited for fellowships to begin in the fall of 2009. We anticipate offering up to seventeen fellowships this year, with selection by peer review by experts from areas of research spanning the full range of the Cosmic Origins theme. On behalf of NASA, the Space Telescope Science Institute will administer the Hubble Fellowship program.

The new Hubble Fellowship program is an amalgamation of the pre-existing Hubble and Spitzer Fellowship programs, and an opportunity to support wider research efforts that are related to other missions that fall within NASA's Cosmic Origins science theme, Herschel, SOFIA and JWST. NASA also announces two other theme-based fellowship programs: the Einstein Fellowships (incorporating the pre-existing Chandra and GLAST Fellowship Programs) and the Carl Sagan Fellowships to support research encompassed by Physics of the Cosmos and Exoplanet Exploration, respectively.

The research supported by the Hubble Fellowships may be theoretical, observational, or instrumental. This program is open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned) their doctoral degrees on or after January 1, 2006, in astronomy, physics, or related disciplines. The fellowships are tenable at U.S. host institutions of the fellows' choice, subject to a maximum of one new fellow per host institution per year. The duration of the fellowship is up to three years: an initial one-year appointment and two annual renewals contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of NASA funds.

Applications will only be accepted via our on-line application form, to be released for use in early September, 2008.

Applications must include the following materials: a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a summary of previous and current research (limited to 3 pages), and a description of the proposed research (also limited to 3 pages). These documents must be prepared as pdf files. Applicants must also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent as separate pdf files directly by their authors, not the applicants.

Women and members of minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V.

Past Program Information

• List of Past Hubble Fellows
• List of Past Spitzer Fellows
• Spitzer Fellows page