1.Harvard University Center for the Environment- Environmental Fellows program
The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard's extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department to create new knowledge while also strengthening connections across the University's academic disciplines. Environmental Fellows may include people with degrees in the sciences, social sciences, law, government, public policy, public health, medicine, design, and the full array of humanities.
The award: The fellowship will provide an annual stipend of $54,000 plus health insurance, a $2,500 allowance for travel and professional expenses, and other employee benefits. Environmental Fellows will begin work in September 2010.
Schedule: Applications and all letters of reference must be received by the Center for the Environment by 5 pm Eastern Standard Time, January 15, 2010. The Center will announce the awards in March 2010. Complete details can be found at: environment.harvard.edu
Harvard University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
*Contact Info: *
environmental_fellows@harvard.edu
*Website: * http://environment.harvard.edu/program/index.htm
2.APPLIED MATH Postdoctoral fellowship – university of california at merced
The School of Natural Sciences announces an open position for a postdoctoral scholar with expertise in classical/quantum chaos and/or atomic theory. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of Professor Kevin Mitchell.
Area: Physics/ Applied Math
Position Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Position Code: ASNS1962A
Description:
The University of California is creating a dynamic new university campus and campus community in Merced, California, which opened in September 2005 as the tenth campus of the University of California and the first American research university built in the 21st century. In keeping with the mission of the University to provide teaching, research and public service of the highest quality, UC Merced provides new educational opportunities at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels through three academic schools: Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences/Humanities/Arts.
The School of Natural Sciences announces an open position for a postdoctoral scholar with expertise in classical/quantum chaos and/or atomic theory. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of Professor Kevin Mitchell.
Salary: $35,500/year
Closing Date: Open until filled
To Apply:
Interested applicants are required to submit 1) a cover letter 2) curriculum vitae 3) a list of three references with contact information including mailing address, phone number and e-mail address.
Please do not submit individual letters of recommendation.
Applications must be submitted via this website: http://www.ucmerced.edu/jobs/
For more information:
Please contact Dr. Kevin Mitchell at kmitchell@ucmerced.edu . (http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/kmitchell/index.html )
3.Fellowship- Brown University’s Center for Digital Scholarship
Brown University’s Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) and the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage (JNBC) are seeking individuals to apply for a fellowship to direct the digital aspects of the Fox Point Community History Project. The digital fellow will work with faculty and staff in both the CDS and JNBC as well as other Brown faculty and students undertaking related work to develop an online public history resource that incorporates oral history, primary documents (photographs, letters, clippings), geospatial data, documentary film, statistical data and other materials. This multidimensional, interactive framework will provide avenues for both scholarly and public engagement. This fellowship is contingent upon funding from the NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers program (http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fdhc.html）
Interested individuals should provide a 2 page curriculum vitae as well as a statement of interest that provides an overview of relevant experience by September 5. Please submit applications and/or any questions to Patrick Yott, Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, at Patrick_Yott@brown.edu.
More information at http://proteus.brown.edu/jnbc/819
4.Two-Year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at Cornell University
The Society for the Humanities will sponsor two postdoctoral teaching-research fellowships in the humanities, each awarded for the two-year period beginning July 2010. Each fellowship offers a stipend of $45,000/year. While in residence at Cornell, Mellon Fellows hold department affiliations and have limited teaching duties and the opportunity for scholarly work. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available in two areas of specialization. The Department of English invites applications from those working on transatlantic literature in English in the 18th and 19th century. Topics of study may include, but are not limited to, colonialism, slavery, tourism, translation, war and diplomacy, sea and trade narratives,immigration,cosmopolitanism, and a multinational approach eo the development of literary genres. The Department of Asian Studies invites applications from scholars working in Modern Korean Studies, with a special preference for candidates who work at the intersection of Media Studies and Literature. For more specific details, please visit our website:
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/mellon_post-d_fellowships.html
Megan Dirks
Program Administrator
Society for the Humanities
Cornell University
27 East Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14853-1101
Phone: (607)255-9274
Fax: (607)255-1422
Email: mmd226@cornell.edu
Visit the website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/mellon_post-d_fellowships.html
5.Princeton University - Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences 2010-13
Application deadline: October 1, 2009
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts invites applications for three-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs (from January 2007) in humanities or allied social sciences, 2010-2013. THREE appointments to pursue research and teach half-time. Annual stipend: approx. $72,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2009. For application details, see website www.princeton.edu/~sf
Open Fellowship: all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows.
Fellowship in Humanistic Studies: open to relevant disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. For one semester in each of the first two years, the Fellow joins faculty from different disciplines to teach the interdisciplinary year-long sequence Approaches to Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Modern Period, delivering lectures and leading discussion sections. The Fellow also pursues research half-time. For the other semester of the fellow's first two years and one semester of the third year, the Fellow teaches a self-designed course in his/her host department. The final semester is devoted to full-time research without teaching.
Contact Info:
Search Committee
10 Joseph Henry House
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
