2020 Alan T. Waterman Award

~ The National Science Foundation’s Highest Honor ~

(Deadline: October 21, 2019)

The National Science Foundation is pleased to accept nominations for the 2020 Alan T. Waterman Award. Each year, the Foundation bestows the Waterman Award to recognize the talent, creativity, and influence of a singular young researcher. The award consists of a $1,000,000 prize, a medal, a certificate, and a trip to Washington, DC, to receive the award.  For details about the Waterman Award’s history, the nomination procedure and the selection criteria please visit http://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/waterman.jsp.

Nominees are accepted from any field of science or engineering. Nominations must be submitted electronically using NSF’s FastLane system athttps://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/honawards/index.jsp

Please direct all inquiries about the award and the nomination procedures to waterman@nsf.gov.

Tenure Track Professor of Biology

Beloit College seeks an excellent teacher and productive researcher to fill a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor beginning with the 2020-21 academic year. The successful applicant will hold a Ph.D. in organismal, population, or ecosystem biology with a focus on quantitatively-oriented analyses. Possible fields of emphasis include, but are not limited to, epidemiology, ecology, conservation and restoration biology, aquatic biology, invertebrate ecology, entomology, and animal behavior. We welcome applications from candidates with laboratory, field, computational, classroom, and/or community-based research interests.

The successful candidate will teach introductory biology, experimental design and applied biological statistics, intermediate and/or advanced courses in the area of expertise, and/or interdisciplinary courses. The successful candidate will also develop a research program that engages undergraduates, contribute to all-college programs such as first- and second-year seminars, interdisciplinary studies, and international education, and serve in leadership roles in campus governance. We especially seek candidates who have demonstrated success in working with ethnically, culturally, and/or socio-economically diverse populations of students. This position is an excellent opportunity to teach in a department that is nationally-known for innovative pedagogy.

Because equity and inclusion are central to our students’ liberal education and vital to the thriving of all members of our residential learning community, Beloit College aspires to be an actively anti-racist institution. We recognize our aspiration as ongoing and institution-wide, involving collective commitment and accountability. We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural and intellectual richness and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity. We encourage all interested individuals meeting the criteria of the described position to apply.

Located in a diverse community close to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, Beloit is a selective undergraduate liberal arts college that attracts students from across the United States and the world. The college emphasizes excellence in teaching, learning beyond the traditional classroom, international perspectives, and collaborative research among students and faculty. It is recognized as one of the Colleges That Change Lives.

Inquiries may be addressed to Yaffa Grossman, chair of the search committee at grossman@beloit.edu. Interested individuals may submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research interests, unofficial scans of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and the names and contact information for three references to Taylor Ajamian, Academic Program Coordinator, Sanger Center for the Sciences, at Qbiosearch@beloit.edu. Review of applications will begin on September 1 and continue until the position is filled.

AA/EEO Employer

FULL-TIME, TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT-PROFESSOR POSITION AVAILABLE AUGUST 2020

The Department of Biology at Providence College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning fall 2020 to support a recently developed Environmental Biology Major. We seek outstanding candidates who hold a Ph.D. (post-doctoral experience preferred) in Environmental Science or a closely related discipline, such as Biology, Ecology, Marine Science, Conservation Biology and Geoscience.

Successful candidates are expected to develop and maintain an active, highly visible, extramurally funded research program with outstanding scholarship and to demonstrate excellence in teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students. We are open to considering candidates in any area of relevant expertise in the environment and who may foster collaborations among the diverse faculty at Providence College. Examples of areas of interest: community response to climate change; conservation; surface and ground water hydrology; effects of contaminants, such as marine and coastal plastics; biological sequestration of carbon; and organismal responses to ocean warming and acidification.

Review of applications will begin by November 2019. Applicants should submit on-line a curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, and three letters of reference. Complete details on this position are available on the College web site at: https://careers.providence.edu.

For additional information please contact: Dr. Patrick J. Ewanchuk, Assistant Chair, Biology Department, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918-0001 or ewanchuk@providence.edu.

Providence College is a Roman Catholic four-year liberal arts institution conducted under the auspices of the Dominican Friars and seeks candidates who can affirm and contribute to its mission. Providence College is committed to upholding an academic culture and campus community that attracts and supports the development of a stellar and diverse faculty reflecting the global environment in which we live and work. The Biology Department places a high value on hiring individuals who are dedicated to teaching and mentoring students of diverse backgrounds to help promote an equitable and inclusive learning experience. An AA/EOE, the College especially encourages the applications of women and persons of color.

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Dissertation House focuses on Non-Traditional Students or UMBC student workers

Any UMBC student working on their master thesis or dissertation can apply

Friday and Saturday, October 4 & 5, 2019

Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Saturday 10 am – 5 pm

AOK Library, Room 767

Dissertation House focuses on Non-Traditional Students or UMBC student workers

Any UMBC student working on their master thesis or dissertation can apply

Friday and Saturday, October 4 & 5, 2019

Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Saturday 10 am – 5 pm

AOK Library, Room 767

The Graduate School at UMBC Dissertation Fellowship Application Deadline:  Friday, November 1, 2019

The Dissertation Fellowship is designed to provide doctoral candidates at UMBC an opportunity to devote the necessary concentration and attention towards finishing the writing of their dissertations.  The Fellowship is specifically designed for students with full-time jobs off-campus, for those without any financial support who are making steady progress with their writing, and for whom having additional time and resources would permit them to complete the process more expeditiously.  This Fellowship is not available as an option for students with available graduate assistantship support.

The Dissertation Fellowship could provide promising doctoral candidates with financial support so that they may reduce their current obligations and partially offset any reductions in salary or increases in expenses.  No additional work assignments other than work on the dissertation are to be associated with this support.

Priority will be given to students who demonstrate that the Fellowship will allow them the needed time to complete their writing and to make revisions in time to defend the work within a realistic but expeditious time frame.  Awards will be made to students who have demonstrated a commitment to provide at least 20 hours per week for an entire academic semester to writing the dissertation.

Dissertation Fellowship awards are available for Spring 2020.  The duration of an award is for one semester. The maximum level of support for Spring is a total stipend of $8,919.68 per Fellowship plus tuition remission for two credits of 899.

To be considered for a Dissertation Fellowship, the Ph.D. candidate must:

• be  in good academic standing;

• provide a letter of support from the Chair of the Dissertation Committee that 

1.  describes the state of the dissertation and the probable impact of receipt of the Fellowship on the progress toward completion; and,

2. verifies that no UMBC-administered financial support is available for the student;

• provide, if employed outside the university, written evidence from the student’s employer indicating the employer’s willingness to reduce job time and duties in order for the student to participate in the Fellowship;

• submit a dissertation abstract of no more than two pages in length; and

• submit a 1-2 page management plan signed by the Chair of the Dissertation Committee describing the status of the dissertation work, the steps required to complete the work, and the feasible timeline for completion; and 

• identify, if a prior recipient of a Dissertation Fellowship, the prior term (e.g., Spring 2017) in which the Fellowship was received.

Applications for Spring 2020 Dissertation Fellowships will be accepted by the Office of the Associate Dean of the Graduate School until Friday, November 1, 2019.  Completed applications may be submitted via email as a single PDF to DFSpring2020@umbc.edu or hand-delivered to the Office of the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Room 208, Administration Building, by 4:30 p.m.  A committee consisting of three members of the Graduate School Leadership Team will review applications and announce recipients of the Fellowship by Friday, November 22, 2019.  Selection will be based on the extent of convincing evidence that the award will provide the critical element needed to complete the dissertation.

LINK TO SPRING 2020 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION