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Title:           
Graduate
Fellowships                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
<br><br>
Sponsor:          National
Evolutionary Synthesis Center<br><br>
SYNOPSIS:  The sponsor is offering one-semester fellowships for<br>
graduate students to pursue research with a sabbatical scholar,<br>
postdoctoral fellow, or with a working Group.  <br><br>
Deadline(s):      09/01/2010<br>
                 
01/01/2011<br>
                 
04/01/2011<br>
                 
07/01/2011<br>
Established Date: 08/13/2010<br>
Follow-Up Date:   09/01/2011<br>
Review Date:      08/13/2010<br><br>
Contact:          Allen
Rodrigo                                                                                      
<br><br>
Address:          2024 W.
Main Street<br>
                 
Suite A200 <br>
                 
Durham, NC 27705      <br>
                 
U.S.A.                                
<br>
E-mail:          
a.rodrigo@nescent.org<br>
Web Site:
<a href="http://www.nescent.org/index.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.nescent.org/index.php<br>
</a>Program URL:
<a href="http://www.nescent.org/science/postdoctoral.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.nescent.org/science/postdoctoral.php<br>
</a>
Tel:             
919-668-4551                 
<br>
Fax:             
919-668-9198        <br>
Deadline Ind:    
Receipt                                               
<br>
Deadline Open:    No<br>
                   
<br><br>
DEADLINE NOTE<br>
Proposals are considered four times a year, with deadlines on
January<br>
1, April 1, July 1 and September 1.<br><br>
Award Type(s):    In-Residence<br>
                 
Research Grants/R & D<br><br>
<br>
Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: <br>
                 
Any/No Restrictions<br><br>
Locations Tenable:    U.S.A. Institution (including U.S.
Territories)<br><br>
<br>
Appl Type(s):     Graduate Student<br><br>
<br>
Target Group(s):  NONE<br>
Funding Limit:    $12,000   MAXIMUM<br>
Duration:         1 SEMESTR<br>
Indirect Costs:   Unspecified<br>
Cost Sharing:     No<br>
Sponsor Type:     Miscellaneous Non-Federal<br><br>
<br>
Geo. Restricted:  NO
RESTRICTIONS                                        
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CFDA#:                      
<br><br>
OBJECTIVES:  The sponsor is now seeking to include graduate<br>
traineeship to our portfolio in facilitating broadly synthetic<br>
research to address fundamental questions in evolutionary science.<br>
They are offering one-semester fellowships for graduate students to<br>
pursue research with either a sabbatical scholar, working group, or<br>
postdoctoral fellow.  The research should be in line with the goals
of<br>
the sabbatical scholar and/or working group and may include<br>
integrating datasets, developing databases, performing analyses,<br>
programming and software development, etc.  Support will not be<br>
provided to collect or generate new data.  When relevant,
graduate<br>
students are expected to be full members of working group. 
Ultimately<br>
they expect the graduate student to lead and author aspects of the<br>
research.    Graduate Fellowships are intended to, and
will be<br>
evaluated on: address an important and outstanding evolutionary<br>
question; be "risky" endeavors but with a reasonable chance
of<br>
success; reflect NESCent’s scientific mission to advance research
that<br>
addresses fundamental questions in evolutionary science by
integrating<br>
methods, concepts, and data within and across disciplines; possess<br>
sufficient data to tackle the question; possess appropriate
analytical<br>
tools or will develop them during the project; be in line with the<br>
goals of the sabbatical scholar and/or working group; allow for full<br>
participation and authorship of in NESCent activities and research;<br>
produce products that typically fall into three broad categories
(but<br>
are not restricted to): Synthetic papers and reviews; Databases<br>
allowing others to build on your foundation; Software or
mathematical<br>
tools that solve a major analytical problem; and interface with the<br>
work of the sabbatical scholar or working group.   Proposals
will<br>
be evaluated in terms of both the scientific value of the project
and<br>
the qualifications of the applicant. <br><br>
ELIGIBILITY<br>
 The sponsor will not support collection of new data or field<br>
research, but encourages the mining of public and private databases.<br>
NESCent is committed to making data, databases, software and other<br>
products that are developed as part of NESCent activities available
to<br>
the broader scientific community.  <br><br>
FUNDING<br>
 The sponsor will provide a maximum of $12,000 to the graduate<br>
student fellowship recipient. (jas) <br><br>
KEYWORDS:         Data
Management/Analysis<br>
                 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY/MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE<br>
                 
Evolutionary Biology<br>
                 
Computer Software<br>
                 
Mathematics<br>
                 
Analytical Techniques<br>
                 
Evolution<br><br>
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