Call for Applications: James S. McDonnell Foundation's Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in Studying Complex Systems

Tue Apr 29 13:46:42 EDT 2014

On 4/29/2014 1:16 PM, Nicholas Marmor wrote:
>
> From the Office of Foundation Relations
>
> Below you will find information on a call for applications from the 
> James S. McDonnell Foundation.
>
> 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/).*
>
> */NOTE: All proposals must be routed through the Office of Sponsored 
> Programs prior to submission./*
>
> /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/
>
> *Deadline: June 13, 2014*
> *
> *
> *NOTE: Award is a postdoctoral fellowship--it will not incur 
> underrecovery*
>
> *Program Overview*
> The Studying Complex Systems program supports scholarship and research 
> directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools 
> contributing to the science of complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems. 
>  While the program's emphasis is on the development and application of 
> the theory and tools used in the study of complex research questions 
> and not on particular fields of research per se, JSMF is particularly 
> interested in the continued development of complex systems science, 
> and in projects attempting to apply complex systems approaches to 
> coherently articulated questions.
>
> *The Fellowship*
> Students completing doctoral training, desiring to continue gaining 
> experience in a multi-disciplinary field such as complex systems 
> science, benefit from postdoctoral training providing an 
> opportunity to broaden research experience and acquire additional 
> skills prior to pursuing a career in academia or elsewhere.  Success 
> in securing a postdoctoral position, particularly those providing 
> training that adds new dimensions to a student’s doctoral education 
> (adding theoretical skills to one’s experimental training or vice 
> versa; pursuing work in a new topic or field), oftentimes depends on 
> the availability of funds to support positions via institutional 
> training grants or faculty research grants.  The latter case can 
> result in a postdoctoral fellow engaging a research project dictated 
> by the needs of the research grant rather than his or her interests or 
> goals.
>
> The James S. McDonnell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in 
> Studying Complex Systems provides fellowships to students completing 
> doctoral training in the multidisciplinary field of complex systems 
> science.  The JSMF Fellowship is intended to provide students in the 
> final stages of completing a Ph.D. degree more leeway in identifying 
> and securing postdoctoral training opportunities in complex systems 
> research.  The program, following review of applications, provides 
> selected pre-doctoral students with “letters of intent to fund” that 
> the student can use in negotiating with potential postdoctoral 
> training institutions while the student is in the final phase of 
> graduate school.  The JSMF Fellowship is designed to provide students 
> with an opportunity to seek potential postdoctoral research 
> opportunities on the basis of the student’s interest and desire to 
> obtain additional skills and experience that will further their 
> pursuit of careers in complex systems science.
>
> *Award Details*
> The total amount of the JSMF Fellowship is $200,000 USD to be expended 
> in no less than 2 and no more than 3 years.
>
>   * The cost of the full postdoctoral salary or stipend and fringe
>     benefits must be paid in full from the fellowship.
>   * Institutions cannot request that other funding sources be used to
>     cover the Fellow’s salary or stipend; JSMF Fellowship funds are
>     not intended to be used primarily as a source of laboratory support.
>   * If the institutional postdoctoral salary scales are set such that
>     there are funds in excess of what is needed for stipend and
>     benefits, the excess funds can be used by the institution to
>     support the Fellow’s research.
>
> /Important Note: / JSMF Fellowships are not awarded until the student 
> applies to and is accepted as a postdoctoral fellow at a qualified 
> 501(c)(3) institution or foreign equivalent and the 
> institution submits an acceptable application to JSMF.
>
> *Eligibility*
> This fellowship is intended for Ph.D. students with theoretical and/or 
> experimental training in Complex Systems Science that anticipate 
> completing their graduate training in late 2014 or in 2015.
>
> /Important Note:/  It is not intended for individuals that already 
> have a Ph.D. or students that have already identified a postdoctoral 
> position and a postdoctoral mentor as there are traditional 
> funding mechanisms available for these students.
>
>   * Applicants must not already have a Ph.D. or expect to receive one
>     before the application deadline.
>   * Should have theoretical and/or experimental training in Complex
>     Systems Science.
>   * Should not have already identified a postdoctoral position and
>     postdoctoral research mentor.
>   * Should understand that JSMF Fellowships can only be used to
>     support postdoctoral training at a qualified institution with
>     501(c)(3) status or foreign equivalent that is already on file
>     with the foundation. View the list here
>     <https://www.jsmf.org/apply/tax-exemption-list.htm>.
>
> Visit the James S. McDonnell Foundation website for complete program 
> information and application procedures: 
> https://www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship/.
>
> ______________________________
> Nicholas Marmor
> Development Associate
> Office of Foundation Relations
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 600 Memorial Drive
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> nmarmor at mit.edu <mailto:nmarmor at mit.edu>
> 617.324.7163

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