Donnelley and YIBS Postdoctoral Environmental Fellowships 2071 views

Yale University is offering Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship supports postdoctoral fellowships for research in biodiversity or a combination of biodiversity with conservation and public policy. The fellowship is administered by the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies (YIBS).

About the fellowship:

• This award is meant for individuals who have been awarded a PhD degree within the past three years (or who soon will be awarded a PhD).
• Postdoctoral fellows will conduct research in environmental sciences under the mentorship of a Yale faculty member who will provide office/lab space and additional research funds.
• Annual compensation is $62,000 plus fringe benefits, and $5,000 in contingency funds.
• The Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellowship award supports research in environmental sciences.
• Fellows work under the mentorship of a Yale faculty member.
• The Yale faculty member provides office and lab space, and research funds beyond the award’s contingency fund.

Eligibility:

• Individuals who have been awarded the PhD degree within the past three years, or who are soon to be awarded the PhD degree, are eligible for nomination.
• Note: Yale PhD graduates and individuals already in residence at Yale are not eligible.

Duration of fellowship: two years, without possibility of renewal

Nomination Process

• Nominations must be made by a Yale faculty member, who must affirm that they wll act as mentor and provide research infrastructure for the nominee if selected; direct applications are not accepted.

The nomination letter must:

• Describe how the faculty member knows the nominee.
• Detail why the nominee is worthy of consideration and what makes him or her an outstanding candidate.
• Explain how the nominee’s proposed research is innovative, and how and why it will complement the work of the faculty member’s research group.
• List the research facilities and equipment accessible to the nominee.
• Nominations are limited to one per faculty member.
• Submit the nomination letter online as PDF
• Nominees are asked to provide the following in PDF:  A two-page research proposal; A CV with a complete bibliography; Three letters of recommendation; The manuscript or reprint of one published work