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The Max Planck Postdoc Program provides talented early career researchers with a range of attractive opportunities to advance their careers in science. Applications are accepted twice a year - on March 1 and September 1. The Max Planck Society offers bundled postdoc positions to interested top talents. 

The current call for applications for the Max Planck Postdoc Program runs from 1 September to 13 October 2026 (12 pm CEST). Open positions can be found on the application platform.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $80,800-$128,700 (9-month academic year salary); however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.

Anticipated start: July 1, 2026

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Open date: August 26, 2025

The flagship of the Commonwealth, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a nationally ranked public land-grant research university that seeks to expand educational access, fuel innovation and creativity, and share and use its knowledge for the common good. Founded in 1863, UMass Amherst sits on nearly 1,450-acres in scenic Western Massachusetts and boasts state-of-the-art facilities for teaching, research, scholarship, and creative activity.

The Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) invites proposals from external scholars and artists to take up a Distinguished Visiting Fellowship. Four 8-month awards will be granted for the 2027-28 academic year.

Fellows will be in residence at the JHI from September 1, 2027 to April 30, 2028, joining an intellectual community that also includes University of Toronto faculty researchers, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students. Fellows are expected to reside in Toronto and contribute to the JHI’s programming and activities.

The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) at Princeton University is accepting applications for the 2026-2027 HMEI Environmental Fellows Program. This postdoctoral program seeks scholars from all disciplines across the sciences, engineering, policy, and the humanities. The fellowship supports early career scholars in developing their research within a highly collaborative community of environmental scholars.

As the hub for Chinese studies at ANU, the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) facilitates cross-campus, national, and international research and teaching collaborations to promote greater understanding of the Chinese world — the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora. CIW is the place to come to understand China and the Chinese world.

The CIW Visiting Fellowship Program brings leading researchers to the ANU campus to conduct and share research that promotes the study of the Chinese world.

The Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania offer many opportunities for support in the form of one-month fellowships for advanced research in residence in either or both institutions.

The Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship is a one-year fellowship that combines art historical research with training in the technical investigation of The Met collection.

Applications are invited for appointments as Post-doctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (Ref.: 532458), to commence as soon as possible.  The initial appointment will be for two years, with the potential for extension for an additional year.