Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)
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The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to recent recipients of doctoral degrees to conduct an integrated program of independent research and professional development. Fellowship proposals must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplinary programs and must align with the overall theme for the postdoctoral program. The program supports researchers for a period of up to two years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice (including institutions abroad). The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential, and provide them with research experience, mentorship, and training that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their career, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the availability of EAR postdoctoral fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.
1 year
$87,000USD
Proposals must be submitted by individuals. NSF postdoctoral fellowships are awards to individuals not to institutions. However, the individuals must affiliate with an institution (e.g. institutions of higher education, privately-sponsored nonprofit institutes and museums, government agencies and laboratories) anywhere in the world.
An individual (also referred to as proposer) is eligible to submit a proposal to the NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship program if all the following criteria are met:
– Be U.S. citizens (or nationals) or permanent residents of the United States (i.e., have a “green card”) at the time of proposal submission;
– Either currently be a graduate student or, at the deadline date, have served in a position requiring the doctoral degree for no more than 18 full-time-equivalent months since earning the degree.