Postdoctoral Fellowships:  Applications for 2012-2014

Postdoctoral fellowships are available to U.S. nationals who complete their Ph.D. after 2006 and before August 2012.  Applicants for the 2012-2014 Postdoctoral Fellowship must submit the online application form (below) and the following materials by 30 April 2012:


  1. A Curriculum Vitae, limited to three pages
  2. A project description, limited to 2,500 words
  3. Contact information for two recognized scholars who have agreed to write letters in support of your application.

Be sure to have all materials and information ready for submission before proceeding--your documents (in pdf or doc format), the abstract (to type or copy/paste onto the form), and the contact information for your references.

Please inform your references that you have applied for a PACHS Fellowship.  We will contact them via email with instructions for submitting their letters of support directly to PACHS.

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV and project description.  Click “Submit” at the bottom of this page to transmit your application to PACHS.  You will receive an email confirmation.

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Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein in 1930
Image courtesy of the American Philosophical Society

For further information or instructions

View PACHS fellowship descriptions.

Call 267-386-3475, or write:

Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science
431 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106