Minor Planet Center (MPC) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The MPC Fellowship Program is administered by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Fellowship office and is geared towards early career PhD Scientists and Engineers, enabling their pursuit of independent research into astrophysical, computational, data-processing, and/or data-communication topics that are broadly applicable to the field of Near Earth Object and Minor Planet science. These highly talented individuals will perform research to solve problems of their own choosing in an atmosphere that caters to collaborations and translational research.

The MPC Post-Doctoral Fellow will have the freedom to develop their own projects but will receive guidance in terms of ensuring their overarching research/development goals meet the aim of contributing to the MPC’s mission. The incumbent will be expected to independently plan and execute their assignments within those broad guidelines. The incumbent is responsible for independently selecting the approach to be taken and the methodology to be used.