The MolSSI Fellowship Program

The MolSSI Software Fellowship Program is suspended for 2026-2027.

The MolSSI takes pride in having funded prestigious software fellowships that recognize advanced graduate students and postdocs pursuing the development of software infrastructure, middleware, and frameworks that benefit the broader field of computational molecular sciences, including biomolecular and macromolecular simulation, quantum chemistry, and materials science. MolSSI Software Fellows received specialized training in state-of-the-art software design principles and tools, while also engaging in outreach and educational efforts organized by the MolSSI.  Each Fellow was mentored by the Institute’s Software Scientists, who directed their software development efforts and training.  In addition, the fellows spent a week at MolSSI HQ at Virginia Tech to interact with the Software Scientists and other MolSSI staff and visitors during the “Software Best Practices Boot Camp”.

These 12-month Fellowships, which have funded a total of 128 graduate students and postdocs, offered recipients the opportunity to work with scientists at the MolSSI in order to implement recommended best practices, putting the Fellow’s project on a firm foundation; they also conducted a targeted research project under the guidance of one or more of MolSSI’s Software Scientists.

Click on the link to find more information about our 2025-2026 software fellows and software fellows alumni.

Inquiries to: fellowships@molssi.org