Postdoc position

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that recruiting for the postdoctoral component of the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program is officially underway. 

The RFP can be found online at: http://www.graham.umich.edu/pdf/DowPostdocRFP.pdf.   

A brief summary of key program details appears below my signature line.  Questions should be directed to Manja Holland at (manja@umich.edu).

Don Scavia

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Graham Family Professor and Director, Graham Institute
Special Counsel to the President on Sustainability
Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineeting
www.snre.umich.edu/scavia
University of Michigan, 625 E. Liberty, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI   48104; 734-615-4860

·  The program is designed to create a new generation of sustainability scholars

·  Two-year fellowship follows the academic cycle, with the first cohort beginning in September 2013

·  Applications are due on Dec. 15, 2012.

·  Up to 10 full-time postdoctoral scholars will be selected this year

·  Each fellow receives an annual stipend of at least $52,000, U-M medical and dental benefits, and access to $2,000-5,000 per year for travel and research. 

·  Prospective candidates are required to secure a U-M faculty mentor with whom they would work should they be awarded a fellowship. 

·  The program provides approximately 33% of the funding for each fellow, with the remainder shared between the postdoc's home academic unit and a sustainability-oriented collaborating partner.

·  The home academic unit, collaborating partner, and/or faculty mentor must provide any additional funding required for salaries to be competitive in their discipline. 

·  Teaching appointments, when used as a funding mechanism, require the fellow to join LEO, and fellows can teach no more than one course per year. 

·  The home unit is required to provide appropriate space and a standard lecturer computer package.