Description

The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC) is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Complete applications must be submitted to Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/171518) by December 1st, 2025, 11:59pm ET. 

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.

 Application Instructions: 

A complete application includes: 

• Full CV, including a complete bibliography. 
• Research proposal, 3 pages maximum (including figures but not including references) that includes an explanation of how the proposed project would advance the mission of the Center. 
• 2 Letters of Recommendation 
• PDFs of 1 to 2 publications (in prep or submitted manuscripts are permissible)  
• Letter of support from a Yale faculty member, 1 page maximum, which should: 
  • Specify the research infrastructure that will be available to the applicant to complete their project, such as facilities, equipment, computing resources, field sites, etc. 
  • Provide a brief description of the faculty advisor’s mentoring philosophy and approach, including how they foster an inclusive environment
  • Explain how the candidate’s project expands the faculty member’s research enterprise and adds to Yale’s overall expertise in the field
  • Note that this letter should not be about the applicant’s qualifications, but rather about the support that will be provided by the faculty mentor. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement 

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. Additionally, in accordance with this Policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions; race; color; national or ethnic origin; religion; age; disability; protected veteran status, or other protected classes as set forth in federal and Connecticut law.

Requirements

A PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and less than a total of four years of prior postdoctoral experience.