Fwd: James Smithson Fellowship Program at the Smithsonian Institution

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

To MIT Postdocs: Professor Canizares has received the information below 
by way of the Association of American Universities. Please see below and
http://www.si.edu/ofi/jamessmithson for details.
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> *Message From: *Eva J. Pell, Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian 
> Institution
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> *Email Address: *pelle at si.edu <mailto:pelle at si.edu>
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> *Message: * I am pleased to share a new fellowship opportunity and 
> hope you will help to encourage the best and brightest young minds to 
> apply. The James Smithson Fellowship Program is the Smithsonian’s 
> first to combine the best of the Institution’s vast scholarship and 
> collections and its unparalleled access to the nation’s capital in one 
> yearlong learning experience. The program has been started with an 
> initial endowment by Paul Neely, immediate past chair of the 
> Smithsonian National Board, and will start with two fellows per year 
> with plans to increase that number in subsequent years. This 
> fellowship opportunity combines scholarship with policy applications. 
> It is a program that will draw upon the Smithsonian’s vast resources 
> as well as its organized networks in Washington and beyond. The James 
> Smithson Fellowship Program is open to post-doctoral students in the 
> fields of science, the humanities and the arts. Fellows will work in 
> one of the subject areas defined by the Smithsonian strategic plan’s 
> four grand challenges: Understanding the American Experience, Valuing 
> World Cultures, Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet, and 
> Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe. Specific fellowships will be 
> tailored to each individual’s interests, field and talents. 
> Policy-focused activities will take them beyond their scholarly 
> research to work with other federal, national and international 
> agencies and organizations. Information is available online at: 
> http://www.si.edu/ofi/jamessmithson. Applications will be accepted 
> through January 15, 2013.
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> Tobin L. Smith
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> Vice President for Policy
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> Association of American Universities
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> 1200 New York Avenue N.W., Suite 550
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> Washington, D.C. 20005
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> Phone: 202-408-7500
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> Fax: 202-408-8184
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> e-mail: toby_smith at aau.edu <mailto:toby_smith at aau.edu>
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