The Laboratory Director Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellowship is specifically designed to empower and cultivate early career researchers in the fields of engineering and science, fostering their passion for technical leadership careers in the realm of national security. Jill Hruby Fellows will embark on independent research endeavors that align with Sandia’s overarching mission: the development of cutting-edge technologies to ensure global peace. With the privilege of proposing their own research topics, fellows will gain unparalleled access to Sandia’s state-of-the-art facilities and collaborate with some of the nation’s most brilliant scientists and engineers.

Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders, empowering them to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, investors, commercial partners, and fellow entrepreneurs.

BE Fellows is a global climate program founded by Bill Gates. We provide critical support to scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs with early-stage breakthrough climate technologies - tech with substantial technical risk still to overcome. The Innovator program offers funding, active technology management, access to BE’s world-class network of partners and experts, and top-of-the-line entrepreneurship curriculum. These tools ensure early-stage startups have the resources they need to advance toward commercialization.