Yale University: Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture
Location
New Haven, CT
Open Date
Aug 01, 2026
Deadline
Dec 01, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
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. The Program prioritizes applicants who bring new ideas and capabilities to the Center and to Yale.
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 2027 and are expected to accept or decline as soon as possible, but no later than March 31, 2027. Successful candidates are expected to begin their program at Yale between July 1 and December 31, 2027.
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 and available funding. 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.
Qualifications
A PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and less than a total of four years of prior postdoctoral experience.
Application Instructions
Complete applications must be submitted to Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/189783) by December 1, 2026, 11:59pm ET. For questions about this position, please contact Toby Bryce, Managing Director, at ycncc@yale.edu.
A complete application includes:
- Full CV, including a complete bibliography.
- Research proposal, 2 pages maximum (not including figures and references) that outlines 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.
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.
