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                <p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal">From the Office
                  of Foundation Relations (<a
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                  find information on a call for applications for the
                  Life Sciences Research Foundation's postdoctoral
                  fellowship program.</p>
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                  to anyone who might be interested.</p>
                <div><b><i>NOTE:<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>The Office of Foundation
                      Relations would be pleased to provide assistance
                      to anyone applying for a grant from this program.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>It
                      would also be helpful for us to know if someone
                      has applied, whether or not we assist him/her.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Thank
                      you!</i></b></div>
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                <div><b>DEADLINE: &nbsp;October 1, 2012</b></div>
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              <div><b>NOTE: All applicants must have a total of 4
                  letters of support (1 supervisor and 3 references).
                  &nbsp;The deadline for supervisor and reference letters is
                  November 1, 2012.</b></div>
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        <div>The mission of the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF)
          is to establish partnerships between those who support
          research in the life sciences and academic institutions for
          their mutual benefit. &nbsp;The simple vehicle for achieving this
          partnership is a highly competitive postdoctoral fellowship
          program. &nbsp;LSRF awards fellowships across the spectrum of the
          life sciences: biochemistry; cell, developmental, molecular,
          plant, structural, organismic population, and evolutionary
          biology; endocrinology; immunology; microbiology;
          neurobiology; physiology; and virology.</div>
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        <div>Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive
          basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the
          biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., or D.D.S.
          degrees. &nbsp;Awards will be based solely on the quality of the
          individual applicant's previous accomplishments and on the
          merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research. &nbsp;Persons
          doing a second postdoc are eligible only if they are
          transferring to a different supervisor's laboratory and
          embarking on a new project not connected with their previous
          research. &nbsp;A person holding a faculty appointment is not
          eligible to apply for an LSRF fellowship.</div>
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        <div>Note: There may be no more than one LSRF fellow in any
          laboratory at a time. &nbsp;If a laboratory contains an LSRF
          fellow, an applicant intending to work in that particular lab
          would be eligible to apply only during the current fellow's
          final year. &nbsp;However, multiple applicants may apply from a lab
          which does not contain an LSRF fellow (but only one fellowship
          would be awarded).</div>
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        <div>The fellowship award is $57,000 per year and is meant to be
          a minigrant. &nbsp;LSRF keeps $1000 for administrative expenses and
          passes the rest to the fellow. &nbsp;The salary scale begins at
          $43,000 for a first-year postdoc, $45,000 for a second year,
          and $47,000 thereafter. &nbsp;The fellow will control expenditure
          of the remainder. &nbsp;It may be used for fringe benefits (up to
          $2000/year), travel to the host institution, travel to visit
          the sponsor and to the LSRF annual meeting, research supplies,
          or equipment in support of the fellow's research. &nbsp;The LSRF
          does not award any institutional allowance for overhead.</div>
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        <div>Visit the Life Sciences Research Foundation's&nbsp;website for
          complete program information and application procedures:&nbsp;<a
            href="http://www.lsrf.org/pages/welcome.htm">http://www.lsrf.org/pages/welcome.htm</a>.</div>
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