KFUPM Postdoctoral Startup Fellowship
A paid postdoc that lets recent PhDs build a hard-tech company at KFUPM, combining a salary with milestone-based startup funding and DTV venture support.
[ What you get ]
USD 48,000 annual salary, USD 32,000 startup equity funding in milestone-based tranches, housing allowance (three months' salary), campus medical care, lab access and venture support through DTV.
[ Who it's for ]
PhD holders (normally within 3 years of graduation) with an early-stage hard-tech startup or a venture in development, who secure support from a relevant KFUPM research centre and pass a two-stage DTV/KFUPM review.
- Run by
- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) with Dhahran Techno Valley
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- In person
- Where
- Dhahran
- Duration
- 24 months, extendable up to 48 months
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Deep tech · Energy · Advanced materials · Robotics · AI
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:ri.kfupm.edu.sadtv.sa