The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder welcomes applications to the 2027 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. We especially encourage applications from specialists in Early Modern European art whose research and teaching include a significant international and/or transcultural component.
We also strongly encourage applications from specialists in Native North American art working in any period, from ancient to contemporary. For information about the Department of Art and Art History’s requirements and its October 20, 2026 deadline for submission of application materials, visit the department’s Postdoctoral Fellowship page: https://www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/chancellors-postdoctoral-fellowship-program

Eligibility
Applicants must have earned a doctorate or other terminal degree before July 1, 2027. Applicants should be preparing for an academic career in research, scholarship or creative work. Faculty mentors must be tenured or tenure-track faculty at CU Boulder.

International applicants may be sponsored for a visa depending on the hiring department’s available funding and the applicant’s eligibility under university policies and applicable law. Visa sponsorship is managed by the International Students and Scholar Services office, in collaboration with the faculty mentor and hiring department. Sponsorship will be evaluated before any official offer is extended.

Fellowships
The one-year fellowship provides a base salary of $60,000, which may be supplemented by campus units up to $75,000 subject to qualifications, departmental discretion, and funding availability. The fellowship offers an additional, one-time $5,000 in professional development funding. The fellowship includes medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance benefits. Moving expenses and signing bonuses may be provided contingent on the department’s moving reimbursement and signing bonus policies.

Two fellowships are anticipated annually.

Application Process and Requirements
All application materials, including required reference letters, must be received through the online application portal (https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=70599) by the application deadline. Incomplete applications or applications with missing materials will not be reviewed. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure all required materials are submitted by the deadline.

The following materials must be submitted through the online portal:

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Personal Statement (4-pages, 2,000-word maximum, single-spaced) including:
- Research, scholarly and creative work plan for the fellowship period;
- Future academic career goals;
- and Academic and personal experiences that will bring a range of perspectives and contribute to an inclusive, engaged scholarly community at CU Boulder.

Reference Letters (2 in total):
- Thesis Advisor: Describe the applicant’s potential for an academic career.
- Joint Faculty Mentor/Department Chair: Describe the applicant's planned research, the facilities and resources available to support the proposed work, and the mentor's ability to support the applicant's career trajectory. The letter must also include the following commitment: "Contingent on available funds, if the primary unit has a strategic need in the postdoctoral fellow's area of scholarly and creative work, it commits to conducting a national search for a tenure-track faculty position in that area, for which the fellow could apply. The position would begin at the end of the postdoc period." This letter should be jointly signed by both the faculty mentor and department chair. In some cases, the chair may also serve as the mentor.