Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM), Stanford UniversityFellowship

$80,000 a Year GLAM Postdoctoral Fellowship

Nov 30, 2026 23:59:00 PT

Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Nov 30, 2026 23:59:00 PT

About this opportunity

Stanford University's Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) offers two-year postdoctoral fellowships to early-career scientists working on advanced materials, in theory or experiment. Fellows are paid a salary with benefits, get their own research and travel budget, and pursue research they design with a GLAM faculty host at Stanford in California. It is open to candidates of any nationality, but you need a PhD by your start date and a GLAM faculty member willing to nominate you.

What you get:

Two years of support at Stanford, with an initial salary of $80,000 a year plus benefits
$5,000 a year in discretionary funds for research or travel
Visa responsibility taken on by your host faculty member if you are not a US citizen

What you'll do:

Carry out research you propose with a GLAM faculty host, in theory or experiment
Work across disciplines, with the option of a second mentor elsewhere at Stanford
Start between June and December 2027 for a fixed two-year fellowship

Key dates:

Applications opened September 14, 2026
Applications and all three letters close November 30, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific
Committee review December 2026 to January 2027
Offers in early spring 2027
Fellowships start between June and December 2027

More information:

Apply online through GLAM's SlideRoom portal; there is no interview, and selection is on submitted materials
Offers cannot be deferred to the following year
Administrative questions go to glamfellowships@stanford.edu; research questions go to your proposed faculty mentor

Who can apply

PhD completed by your start date (you may apply before graduating)
No more than two and a half years of postdoctoral experience
Open to international candidates and to current Stanford students and postdocs
A primary faculty host who is a GLAM member, who submits a nomination letter for you
CV with publication list and a two-page research statement (font no smaller than 11 point)
Two letters of recommendation from referees

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Good to know

+Stanford University programme with salary, benefits and research funds stated outright
+Exact closing time stated on both GLAM's page and the SlideRoom portal
+Open to international candidates; host faculty handles the visa
+No application fee: SlideRoom program price is 0

Worth checking yourself

!Postdoctoral level: needs a PhD by the start date, so out of reach for most LOT readers
!You must line up a GLAM faculty host before applying, who has to submit a nomination letter by the deadline
!All letters must be in by November 30, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific; late components are not considered
!SlideRoom requires creating an account to apply

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