2026 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is dedicated to ensuring that outstanding degree recipients have an opportunity to work with UC tenured faculty, to prepare for careers of distinction. The program is open to all scholars holding terminal degrees in their discipline.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNovember 1, 2025
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorUniversity of California

Benefits

The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards approximately 30 postdoctoral fellowships annually in all fields for research conducted under faculty sponsorship on any one of the University of California’s ten campuses. The fellowship provides a salary at $69,073 and $5,000 for research expenses and professional development. The award also includes benefits (health, vision and dental), paid sick leave, family/medical  leave, and 4 weeks of paid time off during the fellowship term.

Requirements

Applicants will be considered who:

• Are engaged in new fields of research; or
• engage in innovative approaches to research in existing fields; or
• have developed scholarly perspectives or work on research topics that differ from those currently available in the University of California campus department where they would be placed to pursue this opportunity; or
• whose life experiences and educational background would help to broaden the perspectives represented in the faculty of the University of California.

Application Deadline

November 1, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to University of California on ppfpapply.ucop.edu to apply

For more details, visit UC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program webpage