Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in La Jolla, California invites applications for the Scripps Institutional Postdoctoral Award Program – 2019. This award is open to the applicants who have received their Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2016.
Each year, Scripps provides one or more twelve-month Postdoctoral Scholar awards with an additional twelve months of support, totaling 24 months. The Awards are highly competitive with a major emphasis on the potential for independent, creative research.
The Scripps Postdoctoral Award minimum salary/stipend is $62,000 and a one-time research allowance of $5,000. Each research division establishes a salary scale and policy appropriate for its area.
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Who May Eligible:
To be eligible for this award, the candidates must be following all the eligibility criteria:
- You must have received your Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2016.
- Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. degree completed by December 1, 2019.
- The Ph.D. must be completed prior to taking up the appointment (due to UC regulations – at appointment start date, you can have a maximum of 3 years postdoctoral experience).
- The intention of this program is to expose early career postdocs to new research opportunities and the facilities available at SIO/UCSD.
- All candidates are expected to have an excellent command of the English language.
How to Apply & Competitions Rules:
To win this award, you need to do register through the given link:
https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/position/1856/applicants/new
Rules:
- Candidate application materials including a current CV, summary of doctoral dissertation, statement of research, mentor support letter and two confidential letters of recommendation are due by October 12, 2018.
- Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
- Summary of Doctoral Dissertation – One page summary (abstract) of your doctoral dissertation.
- Statement of Research – A concise statement describing your research interests (3-page maximum), in particular, those interests you’d like to pursue at Scripps as well as more general career plans and how a postdoc position at Scripps would complement your existing experience.
- Mentor Support Letter 1 – A mentor support letter addresses the mentor’s willingness to serve as a mentor, provides an assessment of the candidate’s training, former work, and suitability for the proposed postdoctoral project and includes access to appropriate facilities.
- Mentor Support Letter 2 – optional (if the candidate has an additional mentor)
(Optional) - Mentor Support Letter 3 – optional (if the candidate has an additional mentor)
(Optional) - Contributions to diversity description – Describe research or teaching initiatives that you currently use or plan to use to engage diverse communities in STEM education and research (Optional)
- Misc / Additional (Optional)
- Reference requirements
- 2 letters of reference required
- Reference letters are a key factor in the decision process and should document:
- Under what circumstances the referee has known you.
- Your previous accomplishments and potential for conducting innovative research in your chosen field.
- An overall evaluation of your past performance relative to other students at a comparable stage in their careers.
- Mentor letters should address the mentor’s willingness to serve as a mentor and also provide an assessment of the candidate’s training, former work, and suitability for the proposed postdoctoral project and include access to appropriate facilities.
Benefits:
- Awards are competitive with a major emphasis on the potential for independent, creative research.
- The Postdoc positions are for one year, and award twelve months of salary with a minimum stipend of $62,000 plus benefits and
- A one-time research allowance of $5,000.
- An additional twelve months of support will be granted (subject to satisfactory review), totaling 24 months.
- Appointees are eligible for health insurance through UC San Diego.
Application Deadline:
The application will close on October 12, 2018.
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Inquiries about the SIO Postdoc Program can be sent to Leslie Costi at lcosti@ucsd.edu.
