[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: Columbia University: Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience Postdoctoral Positions

[Karen L Gardner]

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From: Melinda Miller <mmm2370 at columbia.edu<mailto:mmm2370 at columbia.edu>>
Subject: Columbia University: Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience Postdoctoral Positions
Date: October 21, 2016 at 12:45:15 PM EDT
To: <dikaiser at mit.edu<mailto:dikaiser at mit.edu>>
Reply-To: <mmm2370 at columbia.edu<mailto:mmm2370 at columbia.edu>>

Dear Dr. Kaiser,

The Columbia University Center for Science and Society has an open call for postdoctoral applications for an innovative new program, Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, which supports interdisciplinary research across the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It’s a well-funded opportunity for recent PhD graduates to conduct independent research with multiple mentors. Could you help us spread the word to graduate students and postdocs in your program? Please find the description of the Scholars’ position listed below and on our website<http://presidentialscholars.columbia.edu/society_neuroscience_scholars/presidential-scholars-in-society-and-neuroscience-2017-application-instructions/>.  A flyer for posting can be downloaded here<http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/presidentialscholars/files/2016/10/PSSN-Postdocs-call-for-applications-2016.pdf>.

               Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Positions, Columbia University, Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience Program
Application Deadline: November 28, 2016

Columbia University is pleased to announce three interdisciplinary postdoctoral positions in the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program for researchers who have earned the doctorate, or its equivalent, in (1) a humanities, arts, or social science discipline ― such as psychology, public health, law, history, economics, literature, philosophy, political science, anthropology, sociology, journalism, music and the arts ― and who have extensive acquaintance with, and critical understanding of, neuroscience research; OR (2) neuroscience or a related discipline in the natural sciences and who have extensive acquaintance with, and critical understanding of, another discipline in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.

These Scholars will join an innovative program, Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, which will eventually include nine postdoctoral positions and a large group of mentors and affiliated faculty from the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Review of applications will begin on November 28, 2016 and will continue until the positions are filled. Candidates must hold a doctoral level degree (PhD, DPhil, EdD, JD, MD, etc.) by July 1, 2017, and must have received this degree after July 1, 2012.

Please visit the Columbia University application website at academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=63339<http://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=63339> for further information about this posting and to submit an application. For more information about the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program, please visit presidentialscholars.columbia.edu<http://presidentialscholars.columbia.edu/>.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Otherwise, we appreciate your assistance with getting the word out about this fellowship opportunity.

Kind regards,
Melinda

Melinda Miller, PhD
Associate Director
The Center for Science and Society
Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience
Columbia University in the City of New York
511 Fayerweather Hall, MC 2509
1180 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Office: (212) 854-7211<tel:%28212%29%20854-7211>
Cell: (917) 673-9161<tel:%28917%29%20673-9161>
Fax: (212) 851-4265<tel:%28212%29%20851-4265>
scienceandsociety.columbia.edu<http://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/>
presidentialscholars.columbia.edu<http://presidentialscholars.columbia.edu/>

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David Kaiser
Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science
and Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
617 452-3173   dikaiser at mit.edu<mailto:dikaiser at mit.edu>
http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www



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