Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI), US: Harvard Data Science Initiative Postdoctoral Fellows

02/11/2023

13/11/2023

The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is seeking applications for its flagship Harvard Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows Program for the 2024-2025 academic year. We are looking for researchers whose interests are in data science, broadly construed, and including researchers with a primarily methodological focus as well as researchers who advance both methodology and application. Fellows will be provided with the opportunity to pursue their research agenda in an intellectually vibrant environment with ample mentorship. We are looking for independent researchers who will seek out collaborations with other fellows and with faculty across all schools of Harvard University. Available Funding: Stipend: $85,000 is available in salary support per year for an initial two-year appointment. Appointments may be extended for a third year with partial support, budget and performance allowing. Travel: An additional $10,000 will be allocated for research and travel expenses each year. Relocation expenses: Funding is available to support relocation expenses for fellows moving to the Cambridge, MA area.

The HDSI Postdoctoral Fellows Program will support outstanding researchers whose interests relate to the following themes: Methodological foundations including, for example, causal inference, data systems design, deep learning, experimental design, modeling of structured data, random matrix theory, non-parametric Bayesian methods, scalable inference, statistical computation, and visualization. Development of data science approaches tailored to analytical challenges in fields that span the full intellectual breadth of Harvard’s faculties. To give some purely illustrative examples, these fields include health sciences (e.g., life and population sciences), earth systems (e.g. climate change research); society (e.g., data that can affect the experience of individuals or policy); and the economy (e.g., blockchain, labor economics, digital markets). This list is by no means exhaustive.

Career stages Early Career and Emerging in Field Eligibility Note Applicants must be outstanding, intellectually curious researchers at an early stage of their scholarly career. Applicants are required to have a doctorate in a related area by the expected start date of their fellowship. Applicants should have demonstrated a capacity for independent work, and will be expected to engage with researchers and faculty and participate in activities convened by the Data Science Initiative.