Candidate Search Announcement
NSF Assistant Director of Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia
Recommendation Deadline: Tuesday, 31 March 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/searches/bio-090218/nsf_adbio_search_letter.jsp
The National Science Foundation is initiating a national search for an
Assistant Director for Biological Sciences (BIO). NSF seeks the science
community's assistance in the identification of candidates.
The Assistant Director, BIO, leads a Directorate comprised of five
divisions: Biological Infrastructure, Environmental Biology, Emerging
Frontiers, Integrative Organismal Systems, and Molecular and Cellular
Biosciences. A detailed information sheet summarizing the Directorate's
activities and the position responsibilities can be found at:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/searches/bio-090218/nsf_adbio_search_letter.jsp.
Dr. Barbara Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis has agreed to
head the Search Committee. The committee seeks candidates with the
following qualifications:
- Outstanding leadership;
- A deep sense of scholarship;
- A grasp of the issues facing the biological science community in the
areas of education and research; and
- The ability to serve effectively as a key member of the NSF
management team.
Please send your recommendations, including any supporting information
that you can provide, to the AD/BIO Search Committee via email
(biosrch [at] lists.nsf.gov) or to the following address:
National Science Foundation
Office of the Director, Suite 1205
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230.
Your assistance in this very important task is appreciated. The
committee asks that you send recommendations by Tuesday, 31 March 2009.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/searches/bio-090218/nsf_adbio_search_letter.jsp.