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The application for the 2025 cohort is closed.

Stay tuned for the announcement of the 2025 cohort! 


The  Leading Edge Fellows program encompasses:
1) Virtual career development programming throughout the year
2) Community-building events throughout the year and a lively Slack workspace
3) Fellow presentations at an in-person symposium in November

Eligibility

Woman and/or non-binary postdocs are encouraged to apply.
You do not need to be planning to apply for jobs at this time, and many Fellows often wish they had applied earlier in their postdocs!

Postdocs who are currently on the faculty job market are not eligible. Specifically, postdocs who have submitted, or planned to submit, more than 3 faculty applications by May 2025, are not eligible.

Application instructions


Application
The application consists of
1) Personal statement
2) Abstract of the work to be presented
3) List of publications
4) 2 letters of recommendation from people with extensive knowledge of you and your work 

Questions?

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page, or email [email protected] with additional questions.