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Tenured Faculty Fellow - Jefferson Science Fellows Program

Employer
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Location
Washington D.C.
Closing date
Sep 12, 2021

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Discipline
Interdisciplinary/Other
Career Level
Faculty
Education Level
PhD
Job Type
Fellowship
Relocation Cost
Negotiable
Sector Type
Government

Job Details

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2022 Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program. Established by the Secretary of State in 2003, this fellowship program engages the American academic science, technology, engineering, and medical communities in U.S. foreign policy and international development.

Tenured, or similarly ranked, academic scientists, engineers, and physicians from U.S. institutions of higher learning, who are U.S. citizens, are eligible for selection as Jefferson Science Fellows. Social scientists whose research interfaces with, or is relevant to, foreign policy or international development are also eligible.

Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C., serving as advisers on issues of foreign policy and international development. Assignments may also involve travel to U.S. embassies and missions.

Online applications will be accepted from August 2 through October 15, 2021 at 5 PM ET. To learn more about the program and to apply, visit www.nas.edu/jsf.

The JSF program is administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and supported by the U.S. Department of State and USAID.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine serves as an independent adviser to the federal government on scientific and technical questions of national importance. Established under the congressional charter of the private, non-profit National Academy of Sciences this agency brings the resources of the entire scientific and technical community to bear on national problems through its volunteer advisory committees. The Fellowship Programs of the Policy and Global Affairs Division, one of the National Academies' divisions, is charged with administering the Research Associateship Program, which offers awards for postdoctoral, senior and graduate research in US government laboratories and affiliated institutions.

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