Who Can Apply
Eligible candidates are current or incoming postdoctoral research fellows (or equivalent) at the University of Michigan. If accepted to the program, the start date as a Postdoctoral Affiliate is negotiable, but for most applicants will begin at the start of the fall term (for this year, August 25, 2025) and last for the duration of the applicant’s postdoctoral appointment at U-M.
Applicants must have some degree of familiarity with AI and/or data science, but extensive experience is not required.
Application Process
Applicants should prepare the following documents for their application:
- An updated Curriculum Vitae (CV).
- A personal statement (up to two pages, single spaced, 12-point font) that includes the following:
- The applicant’s overall research goals, written in a way that’s understandable for researchers outside of the applicant’s core discipline.
- The applicant’s career goals.
- What types of enrichment the applicant is seeking, including professional development training, collaboration opportunities, technical training, and/or community resources/support.
- How the applicant envisions contributing to the postdoc community centered at MIDAS.
- A faculty mentor letter of support (uploaded by the postdoc applicant–see the application form)
- The applicant’s faculty mentor must provide a letter of support, indicating their support for the postdoctoral applicant to participate fully in the MIDAS Postdoctoral Affiliate program (including the time commitment of 2-4 hours weekly).
- In addition, if the applicant is accepted, the faculty mentor will be required to have MIDAS faculty affiliate status (see here for information about becoming a faculty affiliate).
Note: Applicants may find it helpful to review the contents of an Individual Development Plan (IDP) for identifying and articulating key growth areas.
Selection Criteria
- Fit of the applicant’s research with the types of research that MIDAS supports.
- Fit of the applicant’s career and professional development goals with MIDAS resources/community
- Potential to contribute to the MIDAS postdoctoral community
- Potential to benefit from engagement with the program
- Potential of becoming a strong researcher
Questions should be directed to MIDAS’s postdoctoral program manager, Tim Cavnar ([email protected]).
Submission
Applications and letters of support must be submitted to this Google form by 11:59pm on Monday, June 2, 2025.