The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a principal investigator with an award of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry.
Eligibility
The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry is open to all academic and other not-for-profit organizations in the states, districts, and territories of the United States of America. Applications are accepted from principal investigators who have well-established research efforts in environmental science or engineering. These research activities need not be located in traditional departments in the chemical sciences, and collaboration across departments and institutions is encouraged. The postdoctoral fellow is usually not already identified nor in the principal investigator’s lab at the time of application. Note: award recipients must wait two years from the conclusion of an award before being eligible to reapply.
Research Areas of Interest
Applications most likely to be of interest should describe innovative fundamental research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment. The importance of the research should be explained. Examples include but are not limited to the chemistry associated with: the climate, the atmosphere, aquatic or marine settings, toxicology, soil or groundwater. Also of interest are chemistry-related energy research (renewable sources, sequestration, etc.), and new or green approaches to chemical synthesis and processing, both with a clearly stated relation to the environment.
Selection
Applications come from the principal investigator. Recommendations for awards are based on several factors: assessment of the proposed research, the arrangements for the interdisciplinary educational broadening of the fellow, and an assessment of the ability to both attract the best young Ph.D. candidates and subsequently place them in high level independent starting positions. Applications are reviewed by distinguished scientists in the environmental and chemical sciences.
Budget
The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a $120,000 award, payable in two $60,000 installments. Funds are normally expended over a period of two years after the appointment of the fellow. Charges associated with indirect costs or institution overhead are not allowed. Of the total annual award amount, the stipend support of the fellow is no less than $48,000 (stipends may be supplemented from institutional or other sources). Fringe benefits of the fellow taken from this award may not exceed $12,000 annually.
Application Procedure
All application materials must be received at the foundation office by the deadline. Applications recommended for approval are presented to the foundation’s Board of Directors in time for award announcements by early November.
Required Information
Application package. The application should be formatted on 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper, using 12-point font size. Assemble it as:
1. The online application form (available early June)
2. A research proposal that would be judged as likely to advance environmental science in important ways (limited to four pages, including references)
3. A CV (limited to five pages) for each of the key professional personnel that includes 10 or fewer relevant publications
4. A one-page description of the educational opportunities and institutional strengths in environmental science, and how the fellow would be involved in them
Send all above materials as a PDF to: programs@dreyfus.org.
Reports
The first-year award of $60,000 will be paid after the foundation has been provided with the fellow’s CV and anticipated start date. The second-year award of $60,000 will be paid upon request, after completion of the first year. The request should be accompanied or preceded by a financial report and a progress report from the project director that contains highlights of accomplishments under the award and the research plan for the coming year.
Send all above materials as a PDF to: programs@dreyfus.org.
Final reports are due when all funds are expended. The final technical report should detail the anticipated consequence of the research and provide information regarding the future professional plans of the fellow. An optional statement may be included of newsworthy stories concerning the mentor, the fellow, or the consequences of the research funded during the period of the award.
Additional Information
1. Publications and presentations describing work supported by the award should acknowledge the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry.
2. The faculty mentor is designated a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Mentor. The postdoctoral scientist is designated a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Fellow.
3. Questions may be directed to the foundation office by e-mail at programs@dreyfus.org or by telephone at 212-753-1760.
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