Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship 4075 views

University of Kentucky offers the Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowships to support postdoc fellows in graduate and professional areas. The fellowships are named in honor of UK’s first African-American graduate student, Lyman T. Johnson.

About the fellowships:

  • Selected candidates undertake an individualized research program under the mentorship of one or more UK professors and actively participate in departmental and professional research related activities.
  • Selected Fellows play a lead role in designing, developing and implementing research programs that contribute to a department’s overall graduate education and research mandates.

Eligibility:

  • Applicant must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
  • Applicants must have completed the PhD degree within the past two years or will complete the PhD degree before the date of appointment.
  • Applicants who do not have a prior or present postdoctoral appointment at UK will be preferred.
  • Applicants who received their PhD at UK must be affiliated with a research group other than the one in which they did their prior research.

Fellowship value: $47,476 stipend plus benefits; $2,000 for support of research activities.

Duration: up to 2 years; initially for 12 months; may apply for a second year.

Applications:

Application dossier should contain, in this order and as a single PDF document:

  • Letter of application describing how involvement in this program would contribute to the compelling interest of diversity at the University of Kentucky and in their profession
  • CV including the references providing letters of recommendation
  • Research proposal independently written by the applicant in a way that non-experts can evaluate (max 1,500 words)
  • Sample publications or dissertation chapters (max 2)
  • Applications to be sent to vprgrants@uky.edu with the applicants name in the subject line.
  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • Support letter from the potential UK mentor
  • Supervisor CV , including current and pending funding (5 page limit)
  • A letter from the potential UK departmental chair indicating endorsement and appropriate departmental resources such as space and computer support
  • Completed applications should be emailed to vprgrants@uky.edu
Quick Overview————-
Organization University of Kentucky
Fellowship Level Postdoctoral
Country USA
Subject areas All disciplines
Fellowship amount $47,476 stipend
Eligibility Open to citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States
Deadline November 1, 2020
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