All paperwork should be e-mailed to Mrs. Juana Orta: Juanita-at-astro.unam.mx. The applicant will be required to fill in an application form and submit a copy of their birth certificate and PhD certificate (if available). All documents can be sent scanned in pdf format. It is not necessary to send originals. Interested applicants should contact Mrs. Juana Orta (Juanita-at-astro.unam.mx) well in advance of the official deadlines mentioned above.

Before applying, candidates should ensure that they meet the minimum requirements – any application not meeting these requirements is automatically rejected.
Applicants should send by e-mail:
a) Cover letter
b) Abstract of their Ph.D. thesis
c) Curriculum Vitae including a full list of publications
d) Two letters of recommendation
e) A research project, which should be defined with a researcher at the IA with whom the candidate intend to work, and
f) The additional documents indicated at the official UNAM Postdoctoral Scholarship program page

The fellowships are assigned by a specialist University committee in the natural and physical sciences, and the IA will be assigned one or two postdocs each semester.