Socio-Environmental Immersion Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in USA

August 8, 2019

Socio-Environmental Immersion Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in USA

Designation/Position- Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in USA

National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), USA invites application for Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in USA from eligible and interested candidates

About- The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), located in Annapolis, Maryland, invites applications from early-career scholars (≤ 4 years post Ph.D.) for two-year postdoctoral fellowships that begin June 1, 2020. Each Fellow works with a Collaborating Mentor of their choosing that extends the Fellow’s current network of collaborators; the mentor may be affiliated with any organization or institution. Fellows are in residence at SESYNC full time but are provided travel funds to interact with their mentor and attend conferences. Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in USA

Research/Job Area- Natural, physical, or social science discipline.

Location- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), USA

Eligibility/Qualification–

Applicants may hold a doctoral degree in any natural, physical, or social science discipline.

To be eligible for the program, candidates must have received their doctoral degrees within four years prior to the start of the fellowship appointment (no earlier than June 2016).

Candidates must complete all requirements for their Ph.D. by the June 1, 2020 start date.

Candidates who are offered a fellowship are required to provide proof* of Ph.D. degree if they received their degree within the last 2 years.

Job/Position Description-

Successful candidates will use synthesis methods to address a problem arising from, or associated with, the relationship between humans and nature.

Priority will be given to projects that have the potential to advance understanding of socio-environmental systems, but the information synthesized may be primarily social or environmental in nature, or some mix.

SESYNC particularly encourages applications from candidates who will take advantage of ecological or geoscience data sets (e.g., geospatial, hyperspectral, etc.), ongoing experiments, or modeling results, especially if they wish to link their work with social data or theory.

How to Apply-

The Application Process

Step 1: Selecting a Collaborating Mentor

Step 2: Proposal Co-Development with Collaborating Mentor

Step 3: Application Components

Applications must be submitted as a single PDF, using single spacing, 12-pt type fonts, and 1-inch margins with all sections in the following order:

Cover Sheet
Research Proposal
Status of Synthesis Material
Anticipated Cyberinfrastructure Needs
Interdisciplinary Goals
Full CV of the Applicant

Letters of Recommendation

Letter of Commitment from Collaborating Mentor

Postdoctoral applications will be evaluated by the following criteria. Each is given equal weight by the Review Committee:

Explanation of how the proposed research will advance understanding of socio-environmental systems or the potential for the project to contribute to the solution of socio-environmental problems;
Novelty, creativity, and/or urgency of proposed activities;
Feasibility of producing meaningful synthetic research within a two-year time frame, including identifying and showing ability to access appropriate data and methods;
Applicant qualifications and experience;
Clear delineation of the value of the collaboration and the respective roles for the Fellow and Collaborating Mentor in the project;
Potential to contribute to and benefit from other research activities at the Center; and
Explanation of how progress on their proposed projects may benefit from participation in the Immersion program or how the applicant’s specific career objectives align with the interdisciplinary programs of SESYNC.

For Contact- For contact SESYNC at: postdoc.application@sesync.org.

Last Date for Apply– 8 November 2019, 5 p.m. ET.

If invited, candidates must be available for Skype interviews January 30-31, 2020, and for in-person interviews March 2-3, 2020.

Applicants selected for Skype interviews are typically notified during the third week of January.

All applicants will be notified no later than late March.

Socio-Environmental Immersion Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in USA