Life on a Sustainable Planet (LSP) Fellowships

Life on a Sustainable Planet (LSP) Fellowship is a vital initiative from the Smithsonian designed to advance and inspire global engagement in environmental stewardship.  The Life on a Sustainable Planet Fellowship program is currently under review. Once a more definite budget scenario is established, updates will be available at https://science.si.edu/   

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)

Applications for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) are now open!  Deadline: October 15, 2025 11:59 PM EST - The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers in-resident opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. Fellowships are offered to graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior researchers to conduct independent research and to utilize the resources of the Institution with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff serving as advisors and hosts.

Short-Term Fellowships

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

The Short-Term Fellowship Program allows selected candidates to come to STRI at any time of the year and is an excellent resource to provide support for graduate students and introduce them to tropical research. Although focused primarily on graduate students, awards are occasionally given to undergraduate and postdoctoral candidates. These fellowships enable selected candidates to work in the tropics and explore research possibilities at STRI.

3-Year Tupper Postdoctoral Fellowship

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) invites applications for the Earl S. Tupper three-year postdoctoral fellowship. We strongly encourage applicants in disciplines including ecology, anthropology, paleontology, paleoecology, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, functional genomics, microbial ecology, sensory ecology, chemical ecology, animal behavior, neurobiology, soils sciences, and physiology of tropical plants and animals. Research should be based at one of the STRI facilities. Proposals that include comparative research in other tropical countries will be considered.

D. Ross Robertson Research Award Fellowship for Field Studies of Neotropical Deep-Reef fishes

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
This endowment was established to support field research by early-career fish biologists on deep-reef fishes in the neotropics. Such research includes all aspects of the biology of living deep-reef fishes found between 40-300m depths anywhere in the Neotropics. Proposals for collaborative research involving both the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Division of Fishes of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) are encouraged.