The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics is home to a wide array of fundamental research projects and is involved in many cutting-edge facilities. We offer numerous prize fellowship opportunities for individuals to join our stimulating intellectual community to pursue independent research projects. In addition, the Department serves as a host institute for several external postdoctoral fellowships. We encourage interested applicants to get in touch with our faculty.
Internal fellowship opportunities
- E. Margaret Burbidge Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astrophysics
- Northwestern-UChicago Brinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astrophysics
- KICP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The Enrico Fermi, Robert R. McCormick, & Mafalda and Reinhard Oehme Postdoctoral Research Fellowships