Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtVEPAIb_zxZ259aGAI8iJ09iRdcF0rpqfL-eTbxWP6NDy7_bn4qWbjWgVYVYIyVf2rKnJ7ioYQEIauFfyfz-YJhClN1nM3VoTAOIXk3v3pTm68clo-ZZp5dfrv6Kx7wcyHuLK4MfEQKC/s1600/CSText_Tiny_ScreenRes.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtVEPAIb_zxZ259aGAI8iJ09iRdcF0rpqfL-eTbxWP6NDy7_bn4qWbjWgVYVYIyVf2rKnJ7ioYQEIauFfyfz-YJhClN1nM3VoTAOIXk3v3pTm68clo-ZZp5dfrv6Kx7wcyHuLK4MfEQKC/s400/CSText_Tiny_ScreenRes.png" width="308" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"> <b>Deadline 1st Sept 2016</b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"> <b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 19.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"> <b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 19.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute solicits applications for Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships to begin in the fall of 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Sagan Fellowships support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists to conduct independent research that is broadly related to the science goals of NASA's <a href="http://exep.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Exoplanet Exploration Program.</span></a> The primary goal of missions within this program is to discover and characterize planetary systems and Earth-like planets around nearby stars. Sagan Fellowships are joined by two other NASA astrophysics theme-based fellowship programs: the <a href="http://cxc.harvard.edu/fellows/" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Einstein Fellowship Program</span></a> which supports the Physics of the Cosmos research, and the <a href="http://www.stsci.edu/institute/smo/fellowships/hubble" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hubble Fellowship Program</span></a> which supports Cosmic Origins research.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We anticipate awarding 5 fellowships for 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: #424242; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://nexsci.caltech.edu/images/CSText_Tiny_ScreenRes.png" style='width:478.5pt; height:618.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Fahad\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png" o:title="CSText_Tiny_ScreenRes"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The proposed research may be theoretical, observational, or instrumental. This program is open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned) their doctoral degrees on or after January 1, 2013, in astronomy, physics, or related disciplines. The fellowships are tenable at U.S. host institutions of the fellows' choice, subject to a maximum of one new fellow per host institution per year (see note on host institutions below). The duration of the fellowship is up to three years: an initial one-year appointment and two annual renewals contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of NASA funds.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We accept the submission of up to three host institutions. The purpose of designating of more than one host institution in the application is to provide the program with flexibility should there be several highly ranked applications at any single institution. Barring this circumstance, it is expected that awardees will use their Fellowships at their first-choice institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meet current and past Sagan fellows <a href="http://nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/postdocRecipients.shtml"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"> <b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 19.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Applicants<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Applicants must follow all the instructions given in <a href="http://nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/guidelines.shtml"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sagan Fellowship Guidelines.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Applications are to be submitted here: <a href="https://catcopy.ipac.caltech.edu/sagan/application.php" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Application Submission Page.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Letters of reference are to be submitted here: <a href="https://catcopy.ipac.caltech.edu/sagan/letter.php" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Letters of Reference Submission Page.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/FAQs_applicants.shtml"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Applicants FAQ page</span></a> for questions about the application process.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/FAQs_awardees.shtml"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Awardees FAQ page</span></a> for questions following an acceptance of a Sagan Fellowship.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A complete application will include:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">    </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A completed <a href="https://catcopy.ipac.caltech.edu/sagan/application.php" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">application submission form.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">    </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Curriculum vitae and list of major publications and all first-author papers (do not include reprints).<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">    </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Summary of previous and current research (not to exceed 3 pages including figures, tables, and references).<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">    </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research proposal (not to exceed 3 pages including figures, tables, and references). <i>Note: If you are submitting more than one choice host institution, you may increase the length of your research proposal by 1 additional page for each host institution, for a total of up to 5 pages (including figures, tables, and references) if three host institutions are submitted.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 18.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">    </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Three (3) letters of reference <b>each not to exceed two pages. </b>One of the reference letters may come from the applicants advisor, however this is not a requirement. These letters are submitted through a <a href="https://catcopy.ipac.caltech.edu/sagan/letter.php" target="_nexsci"><span style="color: #776b9e; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">web interface.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.75pt;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The deadline for applications and all letters of reference is Thursday, November 5, 2016 at 4 PM PST. Offers will be made before January 20, 2016, and new appointments are expected to begin on or about September 1, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></div> </div>

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