Virginia Tech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant

Virginia Tech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: November 28, 2025

Summary

The Virginia Tech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to enhance the recruitment of diverse postdoctoral associates by offering competitive salaries, benefits, and professional development support. Recipients can receive up to $10,000 for training expenses and are paired with faculty mentors to develop research proposals. Eligible applicants must be within three years of obtaining their doctoral degree and reside near a Virginia Tech campus during their fellowship period. This initiative promotes diversity in research fields.

Overview

Virginia Tech’s new, competitively awarded Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship seeks to strengthen the university’s ability to recruit outstanding, diverse postdoctoral associates. To prepare postdoctoral associates (postdocs) for the next step in their careers, fellows will receive: Up to two years of support with nationally competitive salaries and benefitsUp to $10,000 for training and professional development-related expenses (to be used over the fellowship period)Mentoring and professional development Fellowships will be awarded in four tracks: Research FrontiersCybersecurityInnovationScience Policy and Research EthicsPostdoctoral Fellows may be from any discipline or field. Faculty Mentors Mentors will work with prospective postdocs to develop a short, three page proposal. Submitted to the Office of Research and Innovation, proposals will be evaluated based on their potential to advance the independent research program of the postdoc, the potential to enhance the research program of the mentor, and alignment with university and sponsor research priorities. Interested faculty may work within their professional network to identify a postdoc to partner with on the proposal. In addition, faculty may fill out this form to be added to the participating faculty list so interested fellows can find them. More information for interested faculty. Potential Fellows Potential fellows may review the list of participating faculty and reach out to mentors whose research interests align with theirs. Additional faculty may be interested in participating, so if a postdoc knows of an advisor that has a research opportunity, but is not on the list, the postdoc may reach out to them independently. Mentors do not need to be on this list to be eligible to host a fellow.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Every proposal must have an eligible postdoctoral scholar identified. Eligible postdoctoral applicants:Must be within three years of earning their doctoral degreeMust expect to complete their doctoral degree prior to the start of their fellowshipIndividuals currently affiliated with Virginia Tech are eligible to apply to the Innovation and Science Policy and Research Ethics tracks.To ensure that postdocs can maximize their experience in the program, all selected Presidential Fellows are expected to reside within commuting distance of a Virginia Tech campus location during their two-year fellowship.

Ineligibility

Competitive applicants for our Research Frontiers and Cybersecurity tracks will not currently be enrolled at or employed by Virginia Tech.