UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Fellowship details
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. 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.
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.
Each award is for a 12-month period, beginning on July 1. A renewal of the fellowship for an additional term may be granted upon demonstration of academic productivity and participation in program events, such as the Fall Meeting and the Spring Academic Retreat. All renewal terms will terminate on June 30, regardless of the start date. If an awardee has received an offer for a tenure track faculty position at the time of selection or has other postdoctoral fellowship awards, the fellowship may be awarded for one year, without renewal.
Online Application Opens
September 1, 2026
Application Deadline
November 1, 2026
Letter of Recommendation
December 1, 2026
Decisions Announced
March 31, 2027
More information:
President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
University of California
visit online: ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
email: ppfpinfo@ucsd.edu