The National Science Foundation has a program for biology postdocs:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB), focused on three
areas to support this year.
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503622
We are interested in sponsoring candidates for at least two of the three
specified areas for support: */Research Using Biological Collections,
/*and//*/Broadening Participation of Groups Under-represented in
Biology/**. The third area is /National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships./*
We encourage eligible (see information in link above) applicants to
apply to work with us at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
(www.rmbl.org <http://www.rmbl.org/>). RMBL has plant and animal
collections, and other research institutions in southwest Colorado do as
well. We also have large flower and bee phenological and/or demographic
datasets collected as part of an ongoing LTREB award from NSF that might
qualify as collection resources or could be used by postdocs funded by
the Broadening Participation area. Each record in the bee phenological
dataset is matched to a collection specimen.
Sponsoring scientists could include David Inouye (RMBL), Rebecca Irwin
(NC State), Nora Underwood (FL State), Brian Inouye (FL State), or
potentially other RMBL scientists (see the RMBL publications database at
http://www.rmbl.org/scientists/databases/publications/). Postdocs would
spend the field season at RMBL (along with about 160 other summer
residents, from campuses across the country), and the rest of the year
at a sponsor's campus.
For information about how to apply, see
http://www.nsf.gov/bio/prfb/applicant_how_to_apply_prfb.pdf
Applications are due 1 November.
Contact me or one of the other potential sponsors for more information
about research opportunities, and NSF for details about the program.
--
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
[email protected]
Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224
