Overview
Individual postdoctoral fellowships supporting research and training in mathematics and statistics through either a Research Fellowship or Research Instructorship option.
Complete research opportunity details
NSF states each fellowship totals $190,000. The award period is 48 months, with stipend support provided for 24 months according to the selected fellowship or instructorship option.
Eligibility requirements
The individual applicant must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or U.S. permanent resident at submission; may not have held the doctorate more than two years as of January 1 of the award year; must propose mathematics or statistics research; must meet the solicitation's prior-NSF-award and duplicate-research restrictions; and must have the doctorate conferred before the appointment starts.
Tips for this postdoctoral opportunity
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Match your research background to the project, laboratory, supervisor and required methods rather than applying only from the title.
- Prepare a focused academic CV, transcripts, publications and research statement or proposal when requested by the official call.
- Confirm funding duration, stipend/salary, tuition coverage, start date and eligibility for international applicants.
- Contact a supervisor before applying only when the official instructions recommend or require it.
Verification notes
Current NSF MSPRF program and solicitation verified during this run. NSF lists 21 October 2026, due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time; no single UTC time was invented.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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