[Scholarship_alert] Graduate Fellowships-National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

[Engineering Scholarships Alert]

Title:            Graduate 
Fellowships 


Sponsor:          National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

SYNOPSIS:  The sponsor is offering one-semester fellowships for
graduate students to pursue research with a sabbatical scholar,
postdoctoral fellow, or with a working Group.

Deadline(s):      09/01/2010
                   01/01/2011
                   04/01/2011
                   07/01/2011
Established Date: 08/13/2010
Follow-Up Date:   09/01/2011
Review Date:      08/13/2010

Contact:          Allen 
Rodrigo 


Address:          2024 W. Main Street
                   Suite A200
                   Durham, NC 27705
                   U.S.A.
E-mail:           a.rodrigo at nescent.org
Web Site: http://www.nescent.org/index.php
Program URL: http://www.nescent.org/science/postdoctoral.php
Tel:              919-668-4551
Fax:              919-668-9198
Deadline Ind:     Receipt
Deadline Open:    No


DEADLINE NOTE
Proposals are considered four times a year, with deadlines on January
1, April 1, July 1 and September 1.

Award Type(s):    In-Residence
                   Research Grants/R & D


Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
                   Any/No Restrictions

Locations Tenable:    U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories)


Appl Type(s):     Graduate Student


Target Group(s):  NONE
Funding Limit:    $12,000   MAXIMUM
Duration:         1 SEMESTR
Indirect Costs:   Unspecified
Cost Sharing:     No
Sponsor Type:     Miscellaneous Non-Federal


Geo. Restricted:  NO RESTRICTIONS

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OBJECTIVES:  The sponsor is now seeking to include graduate
traineeship to our portfolio in facilitating broadly synthetic
research to address fundamental questions in evolutionary science.
They are offering one-semester fellowships for graduate students to
pursue research with either a sabbatical scholar, working group, or
postdoctoral fellow.  The research should be in line with the goals of
the sabbatical scholar and/or working group and may include
integrating datasets, developing databases, performing analyses,
programming and software development, etc.  Support will not be
provided to collect or generate new data.  When relevant, graduate
students are expected to be full members of working group.  Ultimately
they expect the graduate student to lead and author aspects of the
research.    Graduate Fellowships are intended to, and will be
evaluated on: address an important and outstanding evolutionary
question; be "risky" endeavors but with a reasonable chance of
success; reflect NESCent's scientific mission to advance research that
addresses fundamental questions in evolutionary science by integrating
methods, concepts, and data within and across disciplines; possess
sufficient data to tackle the question; possess appropriate analytical
tools or will develop them during the project; be in line with the
goals of the sabbatical scholar and/or working group; allow for full
participation and authorship of in NESCent activities and research;
produce products that typically fall into three broad categories (but
are not restricted to): Synthetic papers and reviews; Databases
allowing others to build on your foundation; Software or mathematical
tools that solve a major analytical problem; and interface with the
work of the sabbatical scholar or working group.   Proposals will
be evaluated in terms of both the scientific value of the project and
the qualifications of the applicant.

ELIGIBILITY
  The sponsor will not support collection of new data or field
research, but encourages the mining of public and private databases.
NESCent is committed to making data, databases, software and other
products that are developed as part of NESCent activities available to
the broader scientific community.

FUNDING
  The sponsor will provide a maximum of $12,000 to the graduate
student fellowship recipient. (jas)

KEYWORDS:         Data Management/Analysis
                   SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY/MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE
                   Evolutionary Biology
                   Computer Software
                   Mathematics
                   Analytical Techniques
                   Evolution





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