Disclaimer: For accurate and up-to-date information, consult the official sources. This summary may contain errors or omissions.

Nationwide opportunities

Canada

  1. CITA National Fellows
    • specific to theoretical astrophysics
    • Duration: up to 3 yrs

Chile

  1. Fondecyt Postdoctoral Competition
    • Duration: mostly 2-3 yrs

European and associated countries

  1. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Duration:
      • Global Postdoctoral Fellowships: 2-3 yrs (only for applicants with EU citizenship or a long-term resident in EU).
      • European Postdoctoral Fellowships: 1-2 yrs

Germany

  1. Humboldt Research Fellowship
    • Duration: 6-24 months
    • Official successful rate: 20-25%
    • For applicants who do not hold Germany citizenship and do not live longer than 6 months in the last 18 months before submitting the application.
    • Applicants with Germany citizenship if the applicant have lived and worked abroad for 10+yrs and intend to continue doing so.

Ireland

  1. Goverment of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
    • Duration: one or two years

Japan

  1. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships
    • Duration: 12-24 months

Netherlands

  1. NWO Talent Programme Veni
    • Duration: 3 yrs maximum

United Kindgom

  1. Royal Society Newton International Fellowships/ British Academy International Fellowships
    • Duration: 2 yrs
    • For applicants who do not hold UK citizenship and are based outside the UK
    • British Academy - social sciences and humanities
    • Royal Society - nature sciences
  2. Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellwships
    • Duration: 3 yrs

United State

  1. Lindemann Fellowships
    • Eligibility (copied from their website, date: 10/11/2025): Applicants have to fulfill all the criteria below.
      • Hold British, Irish or Commonwealth citizenship, or have UK settled status
      • Be normally resident in the UK
      • Either be in the final stages of your doctoral studies at a UK university, or have completed your doctorate at a UK university and have no more than a total of three years’ research experience since completion
    • Subject: pure and applied physical sciences
    • Duration: 2 yrs

Institutional opportunities

University of Cambridge

  1. Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    • Fellowships for researchers in biological and physical sciences
    • Eligible institutions related to astronomy include the Institute of Astronomy (IoA), the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) and the Department of Physics. Note not all of them are open to applicaions every year.

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