Endowed Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Physics and Astronomy

About this position

The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns

Hopkins University invites applications for endowed postdoctoral prize

positions, most notably the next class of Miller Postdoctoral Prize

Fellows: outstanding early-career scientists who will pursue

independent research of their own choosing (

https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/graduate/miller-postdoctoral-prize-fellowships/

). The department has strong programs in astrophysics, cosmology and

gravity, condensed-matter physics, particle physics, biological

physics, atomic, molecular and optical physics, and the physics of

learning. It also benefits from its close relationship with the Space

Telescope Science Institute, located on the Johns Hopkins campus.

Fellows may work in any of these areas and choose the faculty they

work with after they arrive. More about the department and its

research: https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu . The appointment is

formally for one year, renewable for up to three years, and will be at

either the postdoctoral or assistant research scientist level

commensurate with prior experience and JHU plans. Fellows receive

$5,000 per year in research funds. The salary range for this position

is $77,500 to $80,750 per year. Benefits for the position as described

at Benefits & Worklife | Human Resources. Fellowships start in summer

or fall 2027. Applicants must have completed all requirements for the

PhD by the start of the appointment. Please submit through this site:

• a curriculum vitae, including a publication list;
• a cover letter of no more than one page, which states your primary research area and names up to two faculty members in the department with whom you would like to interact;
• a research proposal of no more than two pages; and arrange for three letters of reference to be submitted to this site. Applications and letters are due by November 15, 2026. Applicants will also be considered for other appropriate postdoctoral and assistant research scientist positions in the department. The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors or demographic characteristics that are irrelevant to the program involved.