Sandia National Laboratories announces the establishment of the President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering to attract the best nationally recognized new Ph.D. scientists and engineers.
The Fellowship provides the opportunity for recipients to pursue independent research of their own choosing that supports the national security mission of Sandia National Laboratories. The appointee is expected to foster creativity and to stimulate exploration of forefront science and technology and high-risk, potentially high-value R&D.
Truman Fellowship candidates are expected to have solved a major scientific or engineering problem in their thesis work or will have provided a new approach or insight to a major problem, as evidenced by a recognized impact in their field.
The salary for Truman Fellows is $106,600. The Labs also offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, vision, and dental insurance; savings and income plan (401K); and paid holidays and vacation.
Fellows may work at either of the Laboratories' principal locations. Both Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California, offer a complete range of cultural and recreational activities.
Eligibility criteria include: U.S. citizenship, the ability to obtain a DOE “Q” clearance; research in areas of interest to national security; the candidate must have been awarded a Ph.D. (minimum 3.5 undergraduate and 3.7 graduate GPA preferred) within the past 3 years at the time of application or will have completed all Ph.D. requirements by commencement of appointment; and, candidates seeking their first national laboratory appointment (pre postdoc internships excluded).
Sandia National Laboratories is a federally funded research and development organization and contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy. Sandia has research focus areas in advanced computing; information systems and mathematics; bioscience and technology; combustion, chemical, and plasma sciences; engineering sciences; geosciences; intelligent systems and robotics; materials science and technology; microelectronics and microsystems; nanosciences and technology; pulsed power and directed energy; and remote sensing and satellite systems.
The Truman Fellowship is a three-year appointment normally commencing on October 1. The number of appointments is limited. A panel of senior scientists and engineers at Sandia will review candidates.
The application deadline for fellows is December 5 of the year prior to the October start date. Applicants for the Truman Fellowship may be considered for other positions.
(PDF 68KB) and provide the required documentation as detailed within the Guidelines. The Masters Fellowship Program (MFP) is a limited external, hiring program; not for on-roll employees. The MFP Program is designed to help Sandia meet its affirmative action goals while at the same time building Sandia's capabilities with exceptional employees who have earned advanced degrees in Science, Engineering and Technology. Hiring into MFP will be based on a pre-determined maximum number of hires as budget permits each fiscal year.
Candidates will apply to one job posting for consideration. A combination of a matrix system and line organization interest will determine which “top” candidates are invited to attend an on-site, strategic recruiting event to interview with all interested organizations. Each candidate’s research interest and preference in position will determine organizational placement of the candidate.
Sponsored by DOE’s Office of Biological & Environmental Research, and administered by Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education, this fellowship allows postdocs to conduct research at national laboratories in the fields of life science, biomedical, and environmental sciences.
The Computational Sciences, Computer Sciences and Mathematics Center and the Distributed Information Systems Center at Sandia National Laboratories invite outstanding candidates to apply for the John Von Neumann Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Computational Science. The Fellowship is supported by the Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Division at the U.S. Department of Energy and provides an exceptional opportunity for innovative research in scientific computing on advanced computing and software architectures. This appointment is for a period of one year with a possible renewal for a second year, and includes a highly competitive salary, moving expenses, and a generous professional travel allowance.
Sandia directly and indirectly supports a myriad of other fellowships and internships through internal and external application processes. Sandia cooperates with the National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) and the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Inc. (GEM.)
To apply, submit a resume, a brief statement of research interests, and three letters of recommendation to:
