Schmidt Science Fellows Cohort
Supports postdoctoral researchers at the career transition stage with global fellowships for cross-field scientific growth.
Schmidt Science Fellows is a postdoctoral fellowship program funded by Schmidt Sciences and operated in partnership with the Rhodes Trust through a separate organization, Schmidt Science Fellows, headquartered at schmidtsciencefellows.org. The program selects a global cohort of recently completing PhD researchers who commit to pursuing their postdoctoral work in a scientific field fundamentally di…
Postdoctoral fellowships for recently-completing PhDs who pursue research in a scientific field different from their PhD discipline, awarded through nominated partner universities globally.
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