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The Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life (SCOL) invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support independent research on topics related to the origins of life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country. Applications from all origins-related disciplines are encouraged. Candidates should have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degree within five years of the fellowship’s start date. Appointments last for three years, contingent upon continued research on questions relevant to origins of life as assessed by annual progress reports.
Study Subject(s): Fellowships support independent research on topics related to the origins of life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for undertaking postdoctoral research program in any country.
Scholarship Provider: Simons Foundation
Scholarship can be taken at: Worldwide
Eligibility: Candidates should have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degree within five years of the fellowship’s start date. Applications may be submitted from scientists in domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories and units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship or country requirements.
Scholarship Open for International Students: The fellowship is available for the applicants of all countries.
Scholarship Description: The origin of life is among the great unsolved scientific problems of our age. To advance our knowledge of the processes that led to the emergence of life, the Simons Foundation established the Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life (SCOL). The collaboration supports creative, innovative research on topics such as the astrophysical and planetary context of the origins of life, the development of prebiotic chemistry, the assembly of the first cells, the advent of Darwinian evolution and the earliest signs of life on the young Earth. The collaboration is now inviting applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support independent research on topics related to the origins of life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country. The collaboration seeks to engage the ideas and creativity of researchers around the world by providing an array of opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to interact with colleagues from different disciplines and programs both online and in person, including webinars, workshops and annual symposia. As fellows are expected to participate fully in all SCOL events, these opportunities are designed to not only strengthen the collaboration but also provide the most fruitful mechanism for bringing a growing origins-of-life community together. Applications from all origins-related disciplines are encouraged.
Number of award(s): The SCOL will award up to five fellowships in 2016.
Duration of award(s): Appointments last for three years, contingent upon continued research on questions relevant to origins of life as assessed by annual progress reports.
What does it cover? The fellowship provides annual stipend will be $55,000 USD in year one. The stipend may be supplemented by the host institution or the mentoring PI. There will be up to a $10,000 allowance for health insurance or equivalent insurance in the country in which the fellow’s institution is located, for the fellow and his or her family. The allowance is only for health insurance and not any other benefit(s). Exact health insurance amounts must be included in the second-stage proposal budget. Any unexpended health insurance funds must be returned to the Simons Foundation. An annual allowance of up to $20,000 may be used for supplies, publication costs, small equipment and other research-related expenses. Of the $20,000 allowance, up to $6,000 of it may be used for research-related travel and up to $3,000 of it for relocation costs of the fellow and his or her family to the host institution. Relocation costs must be in accordance with the policies of the host institution. Payment cannot be made directly to fellows. No indirect costs may be taken.
Selection Criteria: Not Known
Notification: First-stage finalists will be notified by Friday, October 30, 2015. Finalist applicants will be notified of funding decisions by December 15, 2015.
How to Apply: The application process has two phases. In the first phase, applicants submit a first-stage proposal via proposalCENTRAL.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The Letters of recommendation deadline is September 11, 2015. The submission deadline for first-stage proposals is September 18, 2015. The deadline for second-stage proposal submission is December 1, 2015.
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