Miller Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Basic Sciences 3472 views

The Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at University of California (UC, Berkeley) invites department chairs, faculty advisors, professors and research scientists at institutions around the world to submit online nominations for Miller Research Fellowships in the basic sciences. The Miller Institute is the sponsor and the administrative home department for each Miller Fellow who is hosted by an academic department on the Berkeley campus.

Qualifications:

• Applications are open to exceptional young scientists of great promise who have recently been awarded, or who are about to be awarded, the doctoral degree.
• Applicants are expected to begin their Fellowship shortly after being awarded their PhD (short period as a post-doctoral fellow elsewhere does not exclude eligibility).
• Candidates who have already completed substantial postdoctoral training are not eligible.
• Applicants must not have more than two years of postdoctoral experience from other institutions, nor been employed as an assistant professor, associate professor or professor.
• Applicants who are non-US citizens must show eligibility for obtaining J-1 Scholar visa status for the duration of the Miller Fellowship.
• Non-US citizens will be required to prove English language proficiency prior to award. The Miller Institute does not support H1B visa status.

Fellowship starting date: between July 1 and September.

Duration: 3 years

Fellowship value: stipend of $65,000; research fund of $10,000 per annum; total compensation package of $75,000.

Number of fellowships: Approx. 8 to 10 Fellowships

Nomination Instructions

• Eligible nominees will be invited by the Institute to apply for the fellowship. The nominee’s email address becomes the candidate’s unique ID, so please confirm your nominee’s preferred and correct email address.
• Direct applications and self-nominations are not accepted.
• ALL nominations must be submitted online.
• The online nomination must be completed during a single online session, therefore nominators will need the following information about their candidate to complete the online process:
• Nominee’s complete and full legal name (Do not use nicknames)
• Nominee’s preferred, correct, and active e-mail address.
• Consult with your candidate to be certain that the email address you provide in your nomination will be valid post-Ph.D. residency (from now to beginning of next year). Notification of nomination is sent to this email address.
• Nominee’s current institution
• Nominee’s preferred mailing address including postal code
• Nominee’s telephone number
• Nominee’s Ph.D. institution
• Nominee’s (expected) Date of Ph.D. (month and year required). Ph.D. must be received by 8/31/19.
• Nominator’s recommendation and judgment of nominee’s potential. The letter must be specific to the Miller Fellowship, with a current date, and on institution letterhead.
• It should then be uploaded as a PDF file and will be included in the candidate’s file as an additional letter of support.