Call for Applications: American Philosophical Society's Postdoctoral Fellowships in Advanced Materials

[Dana Bresee Keeeth]

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*From: *Nicholas Marmor <nmarmor at mit.edu>
*Date: *Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:23:14 -0500
*Subject: *Call for Applications: American Philosophical Society's 
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Advanced Materials

 From the Office of Foundation Relations

Below you will find information on a call for applications from the 
American Philosophical Society.

Please forward to anyone who might be interested.

*NOTE: The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to provide 
assistance to anyone applying for a grant from this program. /Please 
also let us know if you apply, whether or not we assist you.  For more 
information, including a list of recently issued RFPs, please visit our 
website (/http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/).
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*/NOTE: All proposals must be routed through the Office of Sponsored 
Programs prior to submission.
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*Postdoctoral Fellowship in Advanced Materials
Deadline: February 1, 2014

/NOTE: This Award is a postdoctoral fellowship--it will not incur 
underrecovery
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/Scope
/In conjunction with its longstanding tradition of supporting the 
research of early career scientists and scholars in all disciplines, the 
APS is pleased to offer the American Philosophical Society Postdoctoral 
Fellowship in Advanced Materials. Sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman 
Foundation, the fellowship, to be awarded by a committee made up of 
eminent members of the American Philosophical Society, will support 
innovative research projects in fields that change each year.  The first 
competition supported a project in molecular biology, biochemistry, 
and/or the life sciences. This year’s competition will focus on the 
field of advanced materials.

/Eligibility
/Applicants must have received the Ph.D. from an institution in the 
United States. Applicants need not, however, be citizens of the United 
States. Eligible applicants should be either entering or already 
affiliated with a U.S. institution at the postdoctoral level and should 
have received the Ph.D. after July 1, 2012.

Applications are to be judged on their innovative nature.  The work 
should not be derivative research but break entirely new ground or make 
a watershed change in an existing area of research.  Applications for 
academic year 2014–2015, eligible for renewal in academic year 
2015–2016, will be based on existing problems in advanced materials and 
can include projects concentrated in such areas as meta materials, nano 
materials, green energy materials, biomaterials, and similar fields.

/Award
/Stipends for the fellowship are $55,000 for the first year and $60,000 
for the second year.  A renewal request and progress reports from both 
the Fellow and the mentor/scientific advisor are due in January of the 
first year of the fellowship.  Payments are made on July 15 and January 
15.  The Society provides no funds for institutional overhead.

The Society expects that essentially 100% of the Fellow's time will be 
devoted to research.  The fellowship may not be held concurrently with 
any other fellowship or grant.

/Deadline and Notification
/Applications for first-year fellowships are due no later than *February 
1, 2014*.  A complete application includes all materials requested on 
the form, in the correct number of copies, AND three (3) confidential 
letters supporting the application.  It is the applicant’s 
responsibility to verify that all materials reached the Society on time 
by contacting Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, at 
/LMusumeci at amphilsoc.org/ <mailto:LMusumeci%40amphilsoc.org>  or 
215-440-3429.  The committee’s decision will be communicated by June 2014.

Visit the American Philosophical Society website for complete program 
information and application procedures: 
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/advancedmaterials.


______________________________
Nicholas Marmor
Development Associate
Office of Foundation Relations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
600 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
nmarmor at mit.edu
617.324.7163


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