(FOA)-Postdoctoral
Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB); November 19, 2019
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Directorate
for Biological Sciences
Description
The
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Research
Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for
research and training in selected areas supported by BIO
and with special goals for human resource development in biology. The
fellowships encourage independence at an early stage of the research
career to permit Fellows to pursue their research and training goals
in the most appropriate research locations regardless of the availability of
funding for the Fellows at that site. For applications under this
solicitation, these areas are (1) Broadening Participation of
Groups Underrepresented in Biology, (2) Interdisciplinary
Research Using Biological Collections, (3) National Plant Genome
Initiative (NPGI) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and (4) Integrative
Research Investigating the Rules of Life Governing Interactions Between
Genomes, Environment and
Phenotypes.
The
fellowships are also designed to provide active mentoring of the Fellows by the
sponsoring scientists who will benefit from having these talented young
scientists in their research groups. The research and training plan
of each fellowship must address important scientific questions within the scope
of BIO and the specific guidelines in this fellowship program
solicitation. Because the fellowships are offered to postdoctoral
scientists only early in their careers, NSF encourages doctoral students to
discuss the availability of these postdoctoral fellowships with their doctoral
mentors and potential postdoctoral sponsors early in their doctoral programs to
take advantage of this funding opportunity. Fellowships are awards to
individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the
Fellows.
Announcement
Number:
NSF
19-597
Closing
Date:
November
19, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503622&WT.mc_id=USNSF_180&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Amanda
A Simcox
(703)
292-2532