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NSF – SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)

Date Due: 11/01/17, 10/09/18, annually thereafter

Amount: $69,000 each year for up to 2 years

Summary: The National Science Foundation offers postdoctoral research fellowships to provide opportunities for recent doctoral graduates to obtain additional training, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden their scientific horizons beyond their undergraduate and graduate training. Postdoctoral fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts across traditional disciplinary lines and to avail themselves of unique research resources, sites, and facilities, including at foreign locations.

NSF seeks to promote the participation of scientists from all segments of the scientific community, including those from under-represented groups, in its research programs and activities; the postdoctoral period is considered to be an important level of professional development in attaining this goal.

The goal of the SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SPRF) program is to enhance the participation of under-represented groups in science and engineering; promote interdisciplinary research; and encourage doctoral-level scientists (who are not yet in full-time positions) to take advantage of the two-year fellowships to prepare for scientific careers in academia, industry or private sector, and government.

Keywords: research, interdisciplinary

Limitations: Fellowship Candidate may be part of only one SPRF proposal

Solicitation number: 17-588

~Amount is $69,000 per year for two years for the Fellow

~Due date is 10/09/17, 2nd Monday in October annually thereafter

URL: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17588/nsf17588.htm