NASA Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowships
For early-career PhDs
The NASA Jack Eddy Fellowship at a glance
Established by NASA’s Living With a Star program and UCAR/CPAESS in 2009, this prestigious fellowship program is named after pioneering solar researcher John A. “Jack” Eddy. The two-year fellowship is designed to train the next generation of interdisciplinary heliophysics researchers. It matches early-career PhDs with experienced scientists at U.S. host research institutions.
There are no Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship positions available for 2025.
Please check back in the fall of 2025.
Preference give to:
Recent PhDs (PhD within 3 years) whose project directly addresses the objectives of the LWS program.
Application deadline:
Please check back in the fall of 2025 for a new announcement.
Why apply for this fellowship?
- Work on Sun-Earth questions from a truly interdisciplinary perspective
- Get the freedom and support to pursue your own research
- Establish a relationship with a new mentor at the start of your career
- Benefit from engagement in the preeminent fellowship available to the astrophysics community
Current and past NASA Jack Eddy Fellows
Each year several students are awarded a Jack Eddy Fellowship to pursue their own research project. They work with scientist mentors at institutions ranging from universities and science centers, to NCAR’s High Altitude Observatory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
MOST RECENT JACK EDDY FELLOWS
2024 NASA Eddy Fellows: Sunil Kumar, Prateek Mayank, Morgan Stores, Waqar Younas, Yang Zhang