Postdoctoral

Jansky Fellowship

 The NRAO Jansky Fellowship Program provides outstanding postdoctoral opportunities for research in astronomy. Jansky Fellows formulate and carry out investigations either independently or in collaboration with others within the wide framework of interests of the Observatory. Multi-wavelength projects leading to a synergy with NRAO instruments are encouraged. The NRAO also encourages applications from candidates with interest in radio astronomy instrumentation, computation, and theory.

The 2024 Jansky Fellowship program announcement is now available here.

Jansky Engineering Fellowship

 The National Radio Astronomy Observatory offers post-doctorate fellowships to engineers as part of the Observatory’s Jansky Fellowship program. The program is tailored for the unique needs of post-doctoral engineers whose research is related to the mission of the Observatory of enabling forefront research into the Universe at radio wavelengths through the development of innovative radio astronomy instrumentation.

Postdoctoral Symposium

 Each year all NRAO postdoctoral researchers gather for a science symposium.

Current Jansky Fellows

 Listing with short biographies of each current Jansky Fellow.

Other Postdoctoral Programs

 The NRAO periodically offers other post-doctoral opportunities. When available, these are described at the NRAO Careers web site and in the monthly NRAO electronic Newsletter, eNews.

Past & Present Postdocs

 See a list of all NRAO's Postdocs from both past and present.

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