Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship

Statement of Research Grant Policy & Procedure

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Click here for the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Online Grant Application System.

Online Application

2020 Program Applications

Open: July 2019

Close: 09/06/19 at 5 PM Pacific

2020 Postdoc Application Materials:

2020 Postdoc Application Chemical Sciences & Instrumentation (145 KB)

2020 Postdoc Application Mentor Research Support Form (719 KB)

2020 Postdoc Award Terms Chem Instruments (240 KB)

2020 Postdoc Award Terms Chem Sciences (240 KB)

Guidelines:

• Fellows will be appointed for two years, with possibility for third year by renewal.
• Fellows will begin in July of program year.
• The award amount is $180,000 over 2 years for salary, fringe benefits and research expenditures; instrumentation fellowships will receive an additional one-time amount of up to $100,000. Fellows receiving year 3 renewal award will receive additional $90,000.
• The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award is a merit based program.
• This program is an Open Call; institutions are not limited to the number of candidates which may apply. 

Application Procedure:

Click on the "Online Application" button in the right corner of this page to acess. Once you’ve created an account, proceed to the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoc Application.

The application portal will generally be open for submissions June – September. Please check the online portal for exact deadlines each year.

Incomplete applications and/or materials received after the deadline will be eliminated from the competition.

Award notifications generally are released in March.

Eligibility:

Criteria for Applicants at time of application:

• At a U.S. college, university or institution which offers postdoctoral fellowships and holds a 501(c)(3), or similarly qualifying, IRS designation; and
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
  • Current graduate student anticipated to complete a PhD in the chemical sciences by May 1, 2020; or
  • Current postdoctoral researcher with a granted/conferred PhD in the chemical sciences with no more than 12 months cumulative postdoctoral research experience (at time of application due date); and
• Must pursue postdoctoral training in an area of chemical sciences that would likely not be eligible for funding by traditional chemical biology, biochemical or biological science mechanisms (e.g., NIH-K award); and 
• Must have identified a mentor in the chemical sciences at a qualified U.S. nonprofit college, university or institution with appropriate laboratory facilities to support their postdoctoral research proposal. 

Criteria for Sponsoring Mentor at time of application:

• PhD, or MD/PhD; and
• Full-time tenured or tenure track with at least a 25% appointment in chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, or materials chemistry department at their institution; and
• Active investigator in the applicant’s area of research; and
• Mentors may only sponsor one applicant per program year for consideration

Any of the following conditions will render an applicant ineligible:

• At the time of application due date, applicants with more than 12 months of cumulative postdoctoral experience in a research lab, or who are more than 3 years from their PhD, are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants may not submit applications to both the "Chemical Sciences" and "Chemical Instrumentation" fellowships in a single program year.
• Visa holders are not eligible to apply. 
• Government laboratories, such as NIH or federally funded national laboratories are not eligible institutions.
• Applicant has not successfully completed their PhD by May 1, 2020. 
• Applicants may not have faculty appointments.