~ Gina
Gina Garcia-somuk
NCSU 4-H Youth Development
Hispanic Outreach Director
1200 Front Street, Suite 110
Raleigh NC 27609
(919)513-2053 voice
(919)515-4241 fax
gina_garcia-somuk@ncsu.edu
A child is a handfull sometimes, and a heartfull at all times--
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NSF minority postdoctoral research fellowships
>Sender: "Social science research funding sources, rfp's, programs"
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>SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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>PURPOSE: To increase the number of research scientists from underrepresented
minority groups, thereby contributing to the future vitality of the Nation's
scientific enterprise
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>DEADLINE: 12/04/98
>SUMMARY: The Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Social, Behavioral,
and Economic Sciences (SBE) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announce a
program of Minority Postdoctoral
>Research Fellowships and related supporting activities. The term "minority" as
used in this announcement refers to those ethnic groups that are significantly
underrepresented at advanced levels
>of science and engineering in the U.S., i.e., Native Americans (including
American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Pacific
Islanders. This program is an effort by the NSF to increase the number of
research scientists from underrepresented minority groups, thereby contributing
to the future vitality of the Nation's scientific enterprise. Approximately
twelve fellowships are awarded each year. The deadline for submission of
fellowship applications is the first Friday in December annually. Graduate
Student Travel Award applications may be submitted up to 3 months before the
proposed travel.
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>The goal of the program is to prepare minority scientists for positions of
scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the
program provides opportunities for postdoctoral training of the highest quality
to recent minority Ph.D.s. The program has other special features that address
>particular needs of these young scientists:
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>1. Travel awards to meet prospective sponsoring scientists.
>2. Workshop for Sponsors and Fellows.
>3. Starter research grant
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>The Fellowships are designed to permit Fellows to choose the research and
training environment most beneficial to their scientific development. This
requires a change from the doctoral institution. If this change is not
proposed, an explicit explanation must be provided in the application.
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>ELIGIBILITY
>>You are eligible to apply for a NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
if you meet all the following criteria.
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>(1) You are a citizen, national, or lawfully admitted permanent resident alien
of the United States and are also a member of one of the ethnic minority groups
that are underrepresented in science and engineering in the U.S., i.e., Native
Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Pacific Islanders.
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>(2) You have earned the doctoral degree in an appropriate scientific field no
more than 4 years before the deadline date of your application or you will earn
this degree no more than one year after the deadline date.
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>(3) You have completed no more than 2 years of postdoctoral support prior to
the deadline for this fellowship application.
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>(4) Your proposed research falls within the program areas of the Directorate
for Biological Sciences or the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences (see descriptions below or the most recent NSF Guide to Programs).
Please note that bioscience research with disease-related goals, including work
on the etiology, diagnosis, or treatment of physical or mental disease,
abnormality, or malfunction in human beings or animals is normally not
supported. Animal models of such conditions or the development or testing of
drugs or other procedures for their treatment also are not eligible for
>support. Applications for research deemed by NSF to be inappropriate to NSF
will be returned without review.
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>You are eligible to apply for a Minority Graduate Student Travel Award if you
meet criteria (1) and (4) above and are within 18 months of earning the doctoral
degree.
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>You are eligible to apply for a Research Starter Grant if you are an NSF
Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellow, you have accepted a tenure-track position
at an institution eligible to receive NSF funds, and your research area falls
within the purview of the Directorate for Biological Sciences or the Directorate
for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of NSF.
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>DESCRIPTIONS OF RESEARCH IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL
>SCIENCES [deleted--mwb]
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>DESCRIPTIONS OF RESEARCH IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR SOCIAL,
>BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES [deleted--sc]
>LOCATION OF FELLOWSHIP WORK [deleted--sc]
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[other sections deleted -- sc]
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>The deadline for receipt of applications is the first Friday in December.
Please type, if possible.
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>NSF MINORITY POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
>BIR/BIO ROOM 615
>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
>4201 WILSON BOULEVARD
>ARLINGTON VA 22230
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>or for applications in social, behavioral and economic sciences
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>NSF MINORITY POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
>CROSS DIRECTORATE ACTIVITIES/SBER ROOM 995
>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
>4201 WILSON BOULEVARD
>ARLINGTON VA 22230
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>http://www.nsf.gov