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Maria
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Harvard University Center for the Environment- Environmental Fellows program
The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard's extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department to create new knowledge while also strengthening connections across the University's academic disciplines. Environmental Fellows may include people with degrees in the sciences, social sciences, law, government, public policy, public health, medicine, design, and the full array of humanities.
The award: The fellowship will provide an annual stipend of $54,000 plus health insurance, a $2,500 allowance for travel and professional expenses, and other employee benefits. Environmental Fellows will begin work in September 2010.
Schedule: Applications and all letters of reference must be received by the Center for the Environment by 5 pm Eastern Standard Time, January 15, 2010. The Center will announce the awards in March 2010. Complete details can be found at: environment.harvard.edu
Harvard University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
*Contact Info: *
environmen...@harvard.edu
*Website: *http://environment.harvard.edu/program/index.htm
Princeton University - Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities
and Social Sciences
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences 2010-13
Application deadline: October 1, 2009
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts invites applications for
three-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs (from January 2007) in
humanities or allied social sciences, 2010-2013. THREE appointments to pursue
research and teach half-time. Annual stipend: approx. $72,000.
Application deadline: October 1, 2009. For application details, see website
www.princeton.edu/~sf
Open Fellowship: all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows.
Fellowship in Humanistic Studies: open to relevant disciplines in the humanities
and social sciences. For one semester in each of the first two years, the
Fellow joins faculty from different disciplines to teach the interdisciplinary
year-long sequence Approaches to Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Modern
Period, delivering lectures and leading discussion sections. The Fellow also pursues
research half-time. For the other semester of the fellow's first two years and
one semester of the third year, the Fellow teaches a self-designed course in
his/her host department. The final semester is devoted to full-time research
without teaching.
Contact Info:
Search Committee
10 Joseph Henry House
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~sf
HONG KONG PHD FELLOWSHIP SCHEME
Background Established in 2009 by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD programmes in Hong Kong's institutions.
Eligibility Those who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in UGC-funded institutions of Hong Kong, irrespective of their country of origin and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.
The Fellowship The Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approximately US$2,600) and a conference and research related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approximately US$1,300) per year for the awardees for a maximum period of three years. 135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded for the 2010/11 academic year.
Application Deadline 1 December 2009
Website www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd