GradFunding Newsletter November 2012
The Smithsonian offers internships, fellowships, and postdoctoral fellowships in areas ranging from art
to astrophysics and from museum studies to marine science. The application deadlines vary, but many
are in early spring. Therefore, this is a good time to investigate some of the possibilities through the
Smithsonian. Most opportunities are open to international students.
Below you will find a partial list of opportunities in alphabetical order. A more comprehensive list is on
their website: http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm#fnasm
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American Art - Fellowship Opportunities
American Indian Program - Research Collections Grants
Astrophysics - Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship
Biodiversity Genomics and Bioinformatics - Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Conservation of Museum Collections Program – Postgraduate Fellowships
Earth and Planetary Sciences - Postdoctoral Fellowship
Global Volcanism Program - Visiting Scientist/Postdoctoral Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship - pre-or post-doctoral research in aviation and space history.
Horticulture - Enid A. Haupt Fellowship
Latino Museum Studies Program (LMSP)
Latino Studies Fellowship Program
Lemelson Center Fellowships: support for projects that present creative approaches to the study
of invention and innovation in American society.
Lemelson Center Travel to Collections Award: support for research on the history of invention
and innovation based on the holdings of the Museum's Archives Center and curatorial divisions.
Minority Visiting Students
Molecular Evolution Fellowships
Museum Practice Fellowships
National Museum of the American Indian - Conservation Department Opportunities
National Museum of Natural History - Peter Buck Fellowship Program Postdoctoral and
Graduate Fellowships
Native American Community Scholars Awards
Native American Visiting Student Awards
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Predoctoral Fellowships
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Resident Scholar Programs
Smithsonian Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Tropical Biology - Postdoctoral Fellowships
Verville Fellowship: analysis of major trends, developments, and accomplishments in the history
of aviation or space studies.
Compiled and distributed by
Shelley Hawthorne Smith, PhD
Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement
University of Arizona Graduate College
520-626-0870
ssmith@grad.arizona.edu