Multiple Fellowships Available
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory seeks Fellowship Candidates
Earth Science
New York, New YorkAlfred Wegener Institute seeks Applicants for Helmholtz Groups
Polar and Marine ScienceSCAR and COMNAP seek Fellowship Candidates
Early Career Antarctic ResearchUniversity of Tromso seeks Research Fellow
Biosystematics
Tromso, Norway
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory seeks Fellowship Candidates
Earth Science
New York, New York
The Earth Institute and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (EI/LDEO) seek
applicants for the 2011-2012 Marie Tharp Fellowship. Fellowship awards
may used to pay salary, research, and travel expenses over a three-month
period during the time span of September 2011 through August 2012 and
must be taken in residence at one of the earth science units of the
Earth Institute at Columbia University.
The competition is open to junior and mid-career scientists in the earth
sciences. Applicants must hold a PhD at the time of application. The
goal of this award is to promote women in science. Full-time or adjunct
faculty and researchers at Columbia University are not eligible to
apply.
Applicants should submit a proposal that includes a description of their
proposed project, the name of their collaborator at Columbia, a
curriculum vitae, a proposed budget that follows the guidelines
available online (website below), and two letters of reference. It is
strongly recommended that applicants contact their Columbia
collaborators prior to submission.
A committee of scientists and administrators at EI/LDEO will review
proposals. The criteria for selection will be based on scientific
excellence and potential contribution to EI/LDEO research activities.
The following specific points will be considered: quality of scholarly
record as evidenced by publications and reference letters; feasibility
and quality of the proposed research as evidenced by the research
proposal and reference letters; and relevance of the proposed research
to the LDEO/EI research activities as evidenced by the research
proposal.
Application materials must be submitted as a single combined PDF
document via email to Kuheli Dutt (Kuheli.Dutt [at] columbia.edu). Incomplete
applications will not be considered. References may be included in the
combined document or sent separately, via email.
Application deadline: Thursday, 31 March 2011.
For further information about the Marie Tharp Fellowship, please click
on the 'Funding Opportunities' link in the header, at:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ldeo/dir/academic-affairs-diversity/.
Or contact:
Kuheli Dutt
Email: kdutt [at] ldeo.columbia.edu
Phone: 845-365-8603
- Alfred Wegener Institute seeks Applicants for Helmholtz Groups
Polar and Marine Science
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research seeks
applicants for up to 20 positions in the 2011 Helmholtz Young
Investigator Groups involved in the Polar Regions and Coasts in a
changing Earth System (PACES) research program. The funding term is five
years.
The Helmholtz Association seeks to promote talented young scientists by
providing career opportunities as investigator group leaders in
association with one of their 17 research centers in Germany. Topics of
research include:
- Modern modeling approaches in the research of the earth system;
- Observation and formation of scenarios in polar oceanography;
- New approaches for combining observation and modeling in
glaciology;
- New approaches for combining physical, biogeochemical, and
biological sea ice research; and
- New approaches in coastal research in temperate and polar regions.
As group leaders, successful applicants will be expected to develop and
sustain close contacts with a partner university in their field of
research and assume the same rights and responsibilities as those of a
junior professor. The groups must perform scientific work for both
partnership institutions and may be based at the university, a Helmholtz
center, or at both institutions.
Applicants must have completed university education in physics,
geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, geology, biology, or an
equivalent field. They also must have earned a relevant PhD, additional
scientific achievements, and have experience in teaching and raising
external funds.
Application deadline: Thursday, 31 March 2011.
Thursday, 10 March 2011 is preferable.
For the complete call for applicants, including detailed application
instructions, please go to: http://tinyurl.com/AWI-Helmholtz.
For more information about the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and
Marine Research, please go to: http://www.awi.de.
For more information about the Helmholtz Association please go to:
http://www.helmholtz.de/en.
For questions, please contact:
Angelika Dummermuth
Email: Angelika.Dummermuth [at] awi.de
Phone: +47 4831-1012
- SCAR and COMNAP seek Fellowship Candidates
Early Career Antarctic Research
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of
Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) seek applicants for
six early career fellowships available to researchers, engineers and
other professionals in the Arctic and Antarctic during 2011-2012.
SCAR announces opportunity for four fellowships in 2011. These
fellowships are designed to strengthen international capacity and
cooperation in Antarctic research by encouraging early career scientists
and engineers to undertake Antarctic research at an institute in one of
the 36 SCAR member countries.
Supported research topics in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean include:
- Antarctica in the global climate system;
- Antarctic climate evolution;
- Evolution and biodiversity in the Antarctic; and
- Astronomy and astrophysics from Antarctica.
Applicants must be PhD students or have completed a PhD no earlier than
five years prior to the deadline for applications. The work must be
carried out in a research group of a SCAR nation different from that of
the applicant's origin and current position.
Additionally, COMNAP announces opportunity for two fellowships. These
fellowships are designed to develop and promote best practice in
managing support for scientific research in Antarctica, and will allow
researchers from a COMNAP member country to undertake short-term visits
to major international laboratories, field facilities, and institutions
operated by other COMNAP members.
Proposed research programs should contribute to the objectives of the
host institution. Research topics may include engineering, social
sciences, humanities, education, communication and outreach, and
medicine.
Application deadline for both fellowship programs: 15 May 2011.
For the complete call for applications, including detailed submission
instructions, please go to:
http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/applicationdetails.html.
- University of Tromso seeks Research Fellow
Biosystematics
Tromso, Norway
The University of Tromso seeks applicants who would like to complete a
PhD, for a research fellow in biosystematics (botany). The position is
for a period of four years, and will be available starting 1 July 2011.
The position is within the field of conservation genetics and taxonomy
of vascular plant species. The research group has extensive experience
in taxonomy and ecology of vascular plant species growing in northern
Norway and Svalbard. The PhD study should focus on relevant species.
The successful applicant must document knowledge in botany at the
Master's level, and also fulfill the requirements for admission to the
faculty's PhD program. A good command of English is required; skills in
Norwegian and Russian are considered advantageous.
For the complete position announcement and application instructions,
please go to: http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=72709.
For further information, please contact the Project Leaders:
Inger Greve Alsos
Email: inger.g.alsos [at] uit.no
Torbjorn Alm
Email: torbjorn.alm [at] uit.no
Or the head of the Department of Natural Sciences:
Karl Frafjord
Email: karl.frafjord [at] uit.no
Phone + 47 7764-5000