CIRES Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship Program 2026 (up to $70,000) – YOA

Deadline: January 2, 2026

Applications are open for the CIRES Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship Program 2026. The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences on the University of Colorado Boulder sponsors a prestigious Visiting Fellows program, inviting scientists to be part of the thriving group of researchers in Boulder, Colorado. CIRES Visiting Fellowships are supposed to stimulate interdisciplinary analysis throughout the institute by way of engagement with CIRES researchers on campus and in Boulder’s NOAA Laboratories.

Sponsored by CIRES Fellows, Visiting Fellows work with CIRES researchers on a variety of environmental science matters. The CIRES Visiting Fellows Program has attracted greater than 350 scientists from all over the world over the previous 50 years; many have gone on to lasting careers in CIRES and NOAA. They encourage purposes from members of teams beneath-represented within the environmental sciences and associated disciplines. This program is funded primarily by way of the CIRES Cooperative Agreement with NOAA.

Benefits

• Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships can be found in two-12 months phrases. The annual wage is $70,000 the primary 12 months with a second-12 months enhance consistent with campus advantage and/or different base-constructing compensation will increase, relying on begin date. 
• A analysis finances of up to $8,000 is included within the award, together with a modest relocation stipend for the person (no household prices will be lined). 
• A laptop computer shall be offered, which is separate from the $8,000 analysis finances.

Eligibility

• The applicant needs to be not more than 4 years out from completion of PhD on the time of application (exceptions could also be made for day without work due to caretaking tasks or different distinctive circumstances. Contact Becca Edwards, [email protected]).
• Past or present CU Boulder graduate college students and postdocs are not eligible.
• Current or former CIRES Visiting Fellows are not eligible.
• An applicant will need to have a Ph.D. granted in an space associated to CIRES work; this consists of finishing the protection and all thesis revisions authorized earlier than the beginning of the CIRES appointment. Proof of diploma shall be required earlier than the official begin date. 

Application

Candidates are required to submit the next supplies:

• CV (2 Page NSF Template)
• Transcripts
• Cover Letter (1-2 pages)
  • Expected begin date, the title(s) of the sponsoring CIRES Fellow(s) and different CIRES, NOAA, and University of Colorado researchers with whom you propose to work, and an outline of the character of the collaboration with every scientist.
  • Justification of how you’d be a powerful addition to the CIRES scientific group. Be positive to align your solutions to the CIRES Strategic Plan.
  • Short description of an expertise or occasion that was pivotal in your progress as a researcher, when it comes to what was realized and the way it informs your method to your analysis. Higher precedence shall be given to those that can clearly clarify how this place will ahead their progress as a researcher, each when it comes to methodology and skillset.
• Research proposal (3 pages max together with figures, 12 pt font. Figure captions will be 10 pt font. References not included in 3 web page restrict.)
  • Proposals ought to define your motivation for the work, its novelty and potential contribution to the sector, the analysis query, the strategies to be pursued, and the anticipated outcomes. Higher precedence shall be given to those that point out an applicable timeline for reaching these outcomes.
  • Proposals must also embody the scientific rationale for doing the work in CIRES, similar to linkages with the analysis of the CIRES Fellow/Senior Research Scientist supporting your proposal.
  • Remember that the proposals shall be reviewed by an interdisciplinary scientific workforce and may subsequently be written for a broad scientific viewers. Feel free to contact Becca Edwards if you need clarification on this request.
• Names and speak to data of three individuals to present letters of advice
  • Letters of advice ought to embody particular examples to illustrate the candidate’s means to full duties on an affordable timeline, impartial pondering expertise, artistic downside fixing expertise, ardour for the sector of study, examples of perseverance when met with a problem and the power to work collaboratively on a workforce.
  • CIRES sponsors can not write suggestion letters.
  • Applicants are liable for following up with their suggestion letter writers to be certain that they get their letters submitted by the deadline. 

For extra data, go to CIRES Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship.