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Key dates:
- Online application opens: November 15 (Fri), 2024
- Virtual info sessions: TBD
- Application submission deadline: January 10 (Fri), 2025 at 11:59 pm ET
- Interview status notification: Feb-March 2025
- Virtual interview: March 2025
- Notification of fellowship status: April 2025
- Intent to accept fellowship deadline: May 2025
- Fellowship start date: September 1, 2025
Application materials
- Application survey(found on the online portal) with biographical, personal, and research interest information
- Curriculum vitae
- Cover letter: Include a statement (1-page maximum) on why this program is a good fit for you and how your identity and/or background has informed your pathway. Include which area of engineering you wish to work. Indicate a possible faculty
advisor at MIT. - Research statement: Include a research statement (2-page maximum) describing your accomplishments, current work, future research direction, and impacts of work with a faculty mentor.
- Broader impact statement (1-page maximum): The broader impact statement can cover topics including but not limited to service, contributions to the university community, and/or other means of supporting the educational environment or needs of the broader community.
- Three reference letters: Applicants should request their references and submit a letter of recommendation directly to the application portal. Referees will need the applicant’s name and registered email address for the submission.
Fellows selection process
Applicants go through a review process that includes an application review and an interview. Following the application review, the program contacts all applicants and invites selected candidates for a virtual interview. In addition, we provide a mentor and resources to help guide you in preparing a presentation for the interview. The interview will consist of a research presentation on past research work as well as a vision for future work. The audience includes program faculty and staff, including those who may later serve as your postdoctoral advisor or serve you in another mentorship capacity.
Frequently asked questions
- Learn more about the application process in our FAQs.
Questions? Please contact us at soe-pfpfee@mit.edu.
- Virtual Information Sessions
This information session is part of the MIT School of Engineering Virtual Graduate Fair for minority-serving institutions. Make sure to select the 1:30 pm session for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence.
DATE: To be determined