Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship

The Department of Energy (DOE) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) sponsors the Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowships Program. These prestigious Fellowships are awarded to candidates with exceptional talent and credentials who have a strong desire for independent research at the frontiers of their fields. The fellowships are three-year appointments and carry a starting annual salary of $103,000. Candidates should be no more than three years past receipt of the Ph.D. at the time of the application. The intention of the program is to select individuals who would qualify for scientific staff positions at BNL upon completion of the appointment.

Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowships: Call for Applications

Applications are being accepted now for the Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship program. Brookhaven Science Associates created these prestigious fellowships in 2000 and they have since been awarded to approximately 60 postdoctoral researchers.

The Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship program provides our scientists with a special opportunity to attract top up-and-coming talent to join research teams at the Lab. The program is also an important tool to help identify exceptional individuals who would qualify for scientific staff positions at the Lab after their fellowship appointments are complete. The recipients – up to two for this round of the selection process - must have a strong desire for independent research at the frontiers of their fields and will be awarded three-year appointments with a starting annual salary of $103,000.

Applicants should have earned a PhD. no more than three years before the time of their application and their qualifications should align with the Lab’s science and technology portfolio. Consideration will be given to candidates with training in any discipline pertinent to the Lab's mission to deliver expertise and capabilities that drive scientific breakthroughs and innovation for today and tomorrow.

 Candidates seeking a Goldhaber Fellowship must have a commitment of support from a prospective mentor here at the Lab. Before an application is submitted, prospective mentors must have an opening and be able to support the candidate at the standard starting salary for postdoctoral research associates for three years. The Fellowship program provides the additional funds to increase the salary to the stated level as well as a modest amount of independent funds for materials and supplies.

More Information for Those Interested:

If you're interested, check the Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship website  for specific guidance about the application process. There, you can also find out more about the Goldhabers, for whom the fellowship is named. Maurice Goldhaber was a physicist and former Lab Director who, among many other contributions, measured the mass of the neutron with James Chadwick in 1934. Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber was a well-recognized physicist, the first woman Ph.D. employed at the Laboratory, and her research helped set the groundwork for the theory of nuclear motion.

Questions? Contact Kathi Barkigia, Special Assistant to the Director, at [email protected] .

How to Apply

Consideration will be given to excellent candidates with training in any discipline pertinent to the Lab’s mission to deliver expertise and capabilities that drive scientific breakthroughs and innovation for today and tomorrow. Please attach the following items to the application as a single PDF document:

--A well-organized research proposal outlining your research interests, not to exceed three pages (literature references don't count toward the three-page limit), and a CV including a list of publications. https://www.bnl.gov/hr/goldhaber/docs/goldhaber-research-proposal-template-for-website.docx

--Be prepared to provide names and contact information for reference requests.

The application is complete when all of these items have been received.

We will select up to a total of two recipients in response to this solicitation.

Applications will be accepted from March 22, 2024 until May 10, 2024.

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