Postdoctoral Research Programs

The US Census Bureau offers a postdoctoral research program to provide postdoctoral candidates opportunities for research on subjects compatible with bureau interests.

Postdoctoral research positions are awarded to those who are in the process of receiving a doctoral degree at the time of application or who have held a doctorate for fewer than six years.

Awardees are offered two-year appointments and are temporary bureau employees. The research positions are not intended to be or compete with permanent professional positions, and an evaluation is conducted after one year to ensure postdoctoral researchers are making suitable progress.

Submit your application to the US Census Bureau by January 31, 2024.

Dissertation Fellowship Program

The US Census Bureau is accepting applications for its dissertation fellowship program for statistics, survey measurement, and data science.

The program offers opportunities for dissertation research that relates to planning, collecting, processing, analyzing, making inferences, and disseminating data and data products.

The application materials and supporting documents for each dissertation fellow must be submitted by their university. Dissertation fellowships will be awarded to institutions of higher education for doctoral candidates of unusual promise and ability whose fields of research are in statistical theory and methodology, survey measurement methodology, or data science methodology.

Application packages and supporting documents should be submitted by January 31, 2024.

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