Fellowship Application

The application process at SKERI starts with identifying a mentor and completing this Application Form.

In response to the announcement of fellowship opening, interested applicants must first identify a mentor (https://ski.org/current-mentors) from among the PIs at Smith-Kettlewell, complete this form, upload a CV and a Letter of Intent, and arrange for a Mentor Statement and two letters of letters of reference/recommendation to be sent to fellowships@ski.org.

More detailed information on the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program can be found here.

Fellowship Applicant's Primary Information*

Required information for application of fellowship at Smith-Kettlewell



Present Address


















Permanent Mailing Address (if different from above)










Mentoring*

The principal investigators at Smith-Kettlewell are world-class scientists engaged in full-time research with few administrative or teaching responsibilities.

Training stems directly from real-world research in daily collaboration with top-notch investigators. (Current list of Mentors at Smith-Kettlewell)

At Smith-Kettlewell, mentors are able to devote an unusual level of attention to teaching the details of research strategy, experimental techniques, and content-specific knowledge. This fosters a fertile and exciting learning environment with researchers who have both the time and motivation to provide meaningful mentorship.


Fellowship Time Period*

Fellowship Start Date*






Fellowship End Date*







Doctoral Degree*

Human Subjects*


One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.

Letter of Intent*

The Letter of Intent should describe in roughly equal parts 1) your academic and research background, 2) your proposed area of research, 3) why you chose to work with a particular mentor, and 4) how the proposed fellowship will advance your career. The limit is 1,000 words.



One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.

Optional Section

The following questions are optional, but helpful to Smith-Kettlewell in the collection of data to present to external funding agencies related to our diversity efforts.