The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
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Smithsonian Institution is currently accepting applications for its Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 26 Aug, 2026
Applications are currently being accepted for the Smithsonian Institution James Smithson Fellowship Program 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 26 Aug, 2026
Applications are currently being accepted for the Smithsonian Institution Biodiversity Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Aug, 2026
Applications are currently being accepted for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Aug, 2026
Applications are currently being accepted for the Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opporunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Aug, 2026
Smithsonian is currently accepting applications for its National Museum of the American Latino Futures Internship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 12 Mar, 2026
The Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest 2025 is now accepting entries. Interested candidates are urged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.
Date Posted: 27 Oct, 2025
Applications for the Smithsonian Magazine Annual Photo Contest 2024 are now open. This opportunity is open to photographers around the world who are 18 years old or older. Apply now and stand a chance to win up to $2,500.
Date Posted: 17 Oct, 2024
Applications are now open for the Smithsonian Environmental Justice Fellowship. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for the Smithsonian Climate Change Fellowship. Climate change is dramatically and profoundly altering our planet, and for decades, Smithsonian researchers have been conducting studies and collecting data to understand these changes. Apply now to become a part of this unique opportunity!
Date Posted: 28 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Smithsonian Resilience and Sustainability Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025. Through the Resilience and Sustainability Fellowship, the Smithsonian seeks to support up to five post-doctoral fellows as they conduct independent research in support of the Smithsonian's goals to understand and expand resilience.
Date Posted: 31 Aug, 2024
Applications are now open for the Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship. The goal of the program is to identify current students from Big Ten Academic Alliance universities who have been admitted into doctoral candidacy and satisfied all requirements except completion of dissertation.
Date Posted: 17 Jul, 2024
Applications for the Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program are now open. This program offers opportunities to conduct research and gain further training in the conservation of museum collection objects. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 17 Jul, 2024
The Smithsonian Institution (SI) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biodiversity Genomics promotes collaborative research in these fields involving comparative genomic approaches such as phylogenomics, population genomics, metagenomics or transcriptomics, and have a component that involves significant bioinformatics analysis. Applications for this opportunity will open in August 2024.
Date Posted: 17 Jul, 2024
Applications are now open for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP). The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff.
Date Posted: 17 Jul, 2024