The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC) is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
The YCNCC was established in 2021 to advance fundamental and applied science on enhancing natural Earth systems to create safe, effective, and scalable methods of reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The YCNCC mission strongly emphasizes meaningful ecological and social co-benefits, and the Center’s efforts span departments and schools at Yale, convening faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and staff to work collaboratively on natural solutions for climate mitigation. We welcome applicants to the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with research interests across the Center’s three areas of focus: Ecosystem Capture, Geological & Ocean Carbon Capture, and Industrial Carbon Utilization.
Candidates should identify and contact faculty with the relevant expertise to discuss their proposed project and ensure the faculty member is willing and able to host them. In addition to YCNCC’s Scientific Leadership Team and Faculty Affiliates, faculty hosts can be from any school/department at Yale, including the School of the Environment, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and any relevant department within the Faculty of Arts Sciences. Applications lacking a letter of support from a potential Yale faculty host will not be considered.
Candidates selected for the program will be contacted by the end of February 2026 and are expected to accept or decline as soon as possible, but no later than March 31st, 2026. Successful candidates are expected to begin their program at Yale between July 1 and December 31, 2026.
Successful candidates will be appointed as postdoctoral associates for an initial period of one year and may be extended for a second year upon satisfactory performance. Postdoctoral associated will be provided a stipend based on the current Yale postdoctoral salary scale (currently $68,500/year), and base research funds ($6,000/year), plus health care benefits and limited expenses for relocation.
A PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and less than a total of four years of prior postdoctoral experience.
