D. Ross Robertson Research Fellowship Awards for Field Studies of Neotropical Deep-Reef fishes: The endowment supports field research on any aspects of the biology of living reef-fishes found between 40-300m, anywhere in the Neotropics. Awardees are not required to use STRI facilities nor to conduct research in Panama. For PhD students formally enrolled at a university, and recent PhDs (up to 3 years after receipt of their degree) who are formally affiliated with a research- or teaching institution.

Short-Term Fellowships: The STRI Short-Term Fellowship Program allows selected candidates to come to STRI year-round and is an excellent resource to provide support for graduate students and introduce them to tropical research. Although focused primarily on graduate students, awards are occasionally given to undergraduate and postdoctoral candidates. Duration: 3 months.

3-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship: STRI's most prestigious fellowship provides complete freedom to pursue intellectual curiosity at one or more of our nine facilities in Panama for three years.

Smithsonian Institution Resilience and Sustainability Science Postdoctoral Fellowship: Successful candidate will conduct a two-year research program, typically in the lab of a staff scientist who serves as host or advisor on the project.

Smithsonian Institution 10-Week Graduate Student Fellowships: Students must be formally enrolled in a graduate program. These fellowships are intended for students who have not yet been advanced to candidacy if in a doctoral program.

Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Student Fellowships: Students must be enrolled in a university as candidates for the Ph.D. or equivalent. Duration: 3-12 months.

Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowships: To apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowship, the degree must be completed by the time the fellowship begins. To apply for the Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships, applicants must have held a Ph.D. or equivalent for at least 7 years. Duration: 3-24 months.

Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biodiversity Genomics: Scholars who have held a doctoral degree or equivalent for less than seven years are invited to apply to advance research in fields involving comparative genomic approaches such as phylogenetics, population genomics, metagenomics or transcriptomics, and has a component that involves significant bioinformatics analysis. Duration: 12-24 months.