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<font face="Palatino"> NOTICE FOR MIT POSTDOCS - NRF Singapore: Call
for applications for International Meeting January 2013</font><br>
<blockquote><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Times New
Roman">The Office of the Vice President of Research would like
to notify you of the following international opportunity. (A
separate notification is going out to graduate students
through the Office of Dean for Graduate Education.)
<br>
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MIT has been asked to identify a total of five participants
made up of graduate students and postdocs to attend the
National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore International
Summit:<br>
<b>"Global Young Scientists Summit @ One-North:</b> <b>An
International Meeting of Bright Young Researchers, Nobel
Laureates and Eminent Scientific Leaders"</b>
<br>
<b>January 20 – 25, 2013, in Singapore.<br>
<br>
</b>The summit will be multi-disciplinary, covering the basic
sciences of chemistry, physics, medicine, mathematics,
computer science, and engineering, with a focus on
use-inspired research to address major global challenges.
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NRF will cover local expenses ONLY. <b>Participants or their
research advisors are responsible for airfare.</b> The
Office of the Vice President for Research will provide coach
class round trip airfare for the top postdoctoral applicant. <br>
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The nomination process is being coordinated by the Office of
the Vice President for Research (for postdocs) and the Office
of the Dean for Graduate Education (for graduate students).
The 5 MIT finalists will be selected by the Vice President for
Research and Dean for Graduate Education in consultation with
the Deans of Science and Engineering.<br>
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<b>Postdoc Eligibility</b>: <br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">Full time Postdoctoral Associates or Postdoctoral
Fellows under the age of 35.
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</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">Demonstration of passion and interest in research<br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">Strong organizational support, preferably
recommendation letter from academic advisor or supervisor<br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">Possession of good English skills for active discussion
and engagement with peers and speakers, demonstrated strong
academic achievement in area of research, assessed within the
top 5-10 percent of cohort<br>
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<b>MIT Postdoc Application Procedure:</b> <br>
Interested postdocs should submit the following materials to
Debra Martin, <a href="debra@MIT.EDU">
debra@MIT.EDU</a>, </font></span><font face="Times New
Roman"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">by
<b>May 7 at 5:00 pm</b></span></font><b><span
style="font-size:12pt"> </span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">Cover letter as to
why this opportunity would benefit their postdoctoral
education <br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">CV<br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">Half-page research summary<br>
</font><font face="Symbol">· </font><font face="Times New
Roman">Letter of recommendation and support from faculty
advisor<br>
</font></span>. Source of funding for air fare.
<br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"></span> MIT’s finalists will be
required to complete NRF’s online application by July 31, 2012.<br>
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Additional information is attached for your reference.<br>
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