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Sandia offers various fellowship opportunities to exceptional individuals in support of our national security mission. We offer opportunities for fully funded graduate degrees as well as self-directed research.
Ph.D.-level candidates can explore amazing postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at Sandia. For example, Sandia’s Truman Fellows can choose their research areas and are fully supported with state-of-the-art instruments, research mentoring, and generous salaries. Sandia provides postdoctoral fellows with professional-development opportunities and prepares fellows to conduct independent, groundbreaking research. Best of all, Sandia surrounds postdoctoral fellows with a lasting community of thoughtful researchers united in their goal to make the world a better place.
- President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Science and Engineering
- John Von Neumann Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Computational Science
- Jill Hruby Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering
- Data Science Fellowship
Application procedure
- Use Sandia’s Careers tool to create a username and password.
- Enter “fellowships” into the Keywords text field, and click Search.
- Browse the list of fellowship opportunities.
- Complete an online application for a specific job opening.
Detailed instructions for using Sandia’s Careers tool to apply for a position are also available.