University of Nebraska-Lincoln Career Services New Public Service and Nonprofit Career Fair

Organizations representing service and non-profit sectors attend this new event to talk with students and alumni about full-time and internship opportunities. NEW OPPORTUNITY! February 26, 2014. 

NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement - Modeling the Scientific Workforce (RFA-GM-14-011)

This FOA solicits cooperative agreement applications that propose to develop computational models for better understanding of the dynamics of the scientific workforce in the United States.  These models may be used to inform program development and management, identify questions that need additional research, and guide the collection and analysis of the data to answer these questions. NEW OPPORTUNITY! (Open January 4, 2014 - February 4, 2014, by 5:00 pm local time of applicant organization) 

BBRG Scholars-In-Residence Program

Each year, the BBRG hosts a new group of approximately ten competitively selected scholars from the U.S. and abroad for a period of one academic year. (from August 21, 2014 to May 15, 2015). The BBRG Scholars-in-Residence Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from any country, whose work is centrally on gender and women. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. (or its equivalent) at least one year prior to the projected beginning of their residency at BBRG. (Applications due March 15, 2014)

BBRG Affiliated Scholars Program

The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is designed to accommodate scholars who would like to spend a relatively short period of time in residence, ranging from one month to six months. The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from the U.S. and abroad, whose work is centrally on women and gender. Applicants must have the Ph.D. (or its equivalent) in hand one year prior to the beginning of the appointment. (Applications accepted throughout the academic year)

Funds available to support attendance at the 2014 International Ornithological Congress (IOC) in Tokyo, Japan

Applications for support are invited from ornithologists world-wide. Funds have been committed by the American Ornithologists' Union and Cooper Ornithological Society (and hopefully will be forthcoming from the National Science Foundation) of the USA, to help participants attend the 2014 IOC in Tokyo, Japan (IOC Website http://ioc26.jp/). The amount available to awardees may vary, although the Committee hopes to provide from $500 - $1,000 per individual. Awards will reimburse selected individuals for legitimate expenses (e.g., air fare, lodging at the congress, and registration fees: original receipts required). Applicants must be registered participants in the congress. Applications must be submitted by January 1, 2014, and will be evaluated by an international committee of ornithologists with announcement of awards by February 1, 2014.

Travel Award Program for Early Career Investigators   

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology will offer a limited number of travel awards to early career investigators at the Assistant Professor or equivalent industry scientist level.

 Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship 

The Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship program aims to encourage creative and highly-trained recipients of doctoral degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematical disciplines to engage in hands-on research projects in their areas of expertise at the kind of small innovative businesses that historically have fueled the nation's economic regime. Each research fellow will receive a stipend of at least $75,000 plus health insurance benefits.   

NSF's Career-Life Balance (CLB) Initiative