RCSA Fellows

RCSA Fellows is a cohort-based, multi-year professional-development fellowship for postdoctoral scholars in the physical sciences. Fellows receive professional development programming, one-on-one support, and cohort community resources to prepare for academic careers and the transition to tenure-track faculty positions. The program provides travel support for a mock interview site and the annual cohort meeting, dependent care support for those meetings, and additional professional development funds.

Professional development programming; cohort community support; mock interview experience; travel funds to mock interview and annual cohort meeting; dependent care expense support; one-on-one professional support.

Nominees must be postdoctoral scholars in chemistry, physics, astronomy, or adjacent fields who do not hold a tenure-track faculty position. Nomination must be prepared by a Cottrell Scholar, Holland Awardee, Scialog Fellow or Scialog Facilitator from the physical sciences, or a Fellows Advisory Committee Member.

Two-step process: (1) nomination submitted via RCSA's PRISM portal by an eligible nominator; (2) invited nominees submit an application via PRISM consisting of a cover letter, NSF/NIH/CCV-compliant biosketch, research statement, and teaching statement.