The SPHERE Social Sciences Group focuses on collating fellowship and funding opportunities for postdocs in the social sciences. We also promote research dissemination and discipline-specific and career-focused opportunities.
Interested in volunteering to support social science postdocs? Join us!
Resources for Social Science Postdocs
Past Events
Since 2023, the SPHERE Social Sciences Group has held an annual career panel during National Postdoc Appreciation Week. We bring social scientists around the country together to discuss the state of the job market and how postdocs can best succeed in their job searches.
Career Exploration and Fellowship Resources
NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Postdoctoral Fellow Research Fellowships
ImaginePhD Career Exploration and Planning Tool
We want to hear from you!
If you have any resources that you know are helpful for postdocs in the Social Sciences, please let us know about them by filling out this form! We will review all submissions and post the helpful ones here so that others can benefit from them.
Meet the members
Neil Vander Most
Associate Director of Postdoctoral Affairs
The Graduate School
University of Utah
Alan Marsh
Associate Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
UNC Research Office
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Maryanne Long
Director of Postdoctoral Affairs & Graduate Fellowships
University of Texas – El Paso
Aaron Reifler
Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Michigan State University
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