SIAM Postdoctoral Support Program

About the Program

The SIAM Postdoctoral Program provides up to $15,000 in financial support for postdoctoral researchers to work with a mentor from a different institution. The goal is to foster direct research experience and professional development. Up to four postdoc/mentor pairs are selected annually.

Applicant teams design and describe a mentoring, research, and collaboration plan that works best for them. The application remains open until annual funding is expended. At this time, all postdoc/mentor pairs have been identified, including those eligible under the C.H. Robinson criteria. Additional funding for general applications is expected to become available in the fall of 2025.

The SIAM Postdoctoral Support Program is made possible by gifts to the SIAM Postdoctoral Support Fund, which was established by Drs. Martin Golubitsky and Barbara Keyfitz. In the fall of 2024, SIAM received a Strategic Industry Grant from the C.H. Robinson Foundation to support postdoctoral pairs with a research focus in climate, emissions, and/or supply chain management. See below for application details.

If you’d like to make a contribution to the SIAM Postdoctoral Support Fund, please donate now. If you have any questions about giving to SIAM or would like to learn more about the ways that your gift can make a difference, please contact Abby Addy, Director of Development and Corporate Relations, at aaddy@siam.org or (267) 648-3529.

Eligibility Requirements

• Proposed areas of research should be relevant to SIAM (only applications meeting the eligibility for C.H. Robinson Postdoctoral Pairs are currently being considered – postdoctoral pairs focusing on other areas of research will next be considered in fall 2025)
• Substantial, face-to-face collaboration for a minimum of four weeks (which need not be consecutive weeks)
• Period of funding may not exceed two years
• Postdoc shall be no more than three years beyond receipt of their Ph.D. at the time of application
• Postdoc/mentor pairs may not be employed at the same institution or company for the duration of the program, nor shall they have been co-located previously

Mentors may work in academia, industry, or government. U.S.-based postdoc/mentor pairs will receive priority at this time.

C.H. Robinson Postdoctoral Pairs

• Postdoc/mentor must meet all the requirements listed above
• Postdoc research topic falls into one or more of the below categories:
  • Emissions
  • Climate
  • Supply chain optimization

Applicants in these research areas will be evaluated on a rolling basis until funded is used with a priority given to applications submitted prior to February 28, 2025.

Application Requirements

Applicant teams will be asked to provide the following as part of their application.

• CVs of postdoc and mentor
• Description of the research proposed (approximately 4 pages)
• Detailed budget and justification
• Description of the mentorship plan

Apply now!