The Naval Research Laboratory sponsors Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs at a number of Naval R D centers and laboratories. The program is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry to scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Navy. Fellows are competitively selected on the basis of their overall qualifications and technical proposals addressing specific areas defined by the host Navy laboratories. The selected participants will work in a unique Navy laboratory environment, while interacting with senior laboratory scientists and engineers. Fellowship awards will be based upon the technical quality and relevance of the proposed research, recommendations by the Navy laboratories or centers, academic qualifications, reference reports, and availability of funds. Applicants will need to contact the research facility at which they are interested in working in order to develop a suitable research proposal. Proposals developed closely with the proposed host facility stand the greatest chance of success in the selection process. The proposal should be prepared addressing a problem of mutual interest to the applicant and the Navy research facility. Since the proposal is a basic component of the application, it should be a concise, well-written statement of the proposed research. Awards are for one year, and are renewable for a second and third year, given satisfactory performance and availability of funds. Applications are accepted and processed on an ongoing basis. Please visit the fellowship's website for more information.