Finding a Mentor
The program encourages applicants to select a tenured faculty member as their mentor.
Yes, faculty may serve as a mentor for more than one applicant for the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
The program encourages applicants to select an active faculty member as their mentor.
The program encourages applicants to select an active faculty member as their mentor.
Yes. The University of Maryland President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program office, in concert with your proposed faculty mentor, will request a letter of support from the department chair.
Yes. The University of Maryland President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program office, in concert with the proposed faculty mentor, will request a letter of support from the department chair.
Each applicant should identify a faculty mentor at the University of Maryland. Applicants are encouraged to identify potential faculty mentors through professional contacts in their field.
The program encourages applicants to look for a mentor outside their current department and their home campus unless they can articulate a strong reason for remaining in the same academic location
The program encourages applicants to look for a mentor outside their current department and their home campus unless they can articulate a strong reason for remaining in the same academic location
Please see the Mentor guidelines page.
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship mentors are usually tenured faculty who are expected to (1) take an active role in helping the fellow to plan and achieve his or her research goals, (2) assist t
The e-mail sent by the application system to faculty mentors will ask them to address the following in a letter of support:
The e-mail sent by the application system to faculty mentors will ask them to address the following in a letter of support: