Please find the below announcement for forwarding to faculty as appropriate. The James Smithson Fellowship Program is a new fellowship opportunity open to post-doctoral students in the fields of science, humanities and the arts.
Please forward as appropriate
Myron Campbell
Associate Dean for Natural Sciences
University of Michigan
734-647-2762
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Dear AAU Senior Research Officers:
Former AAU SRO Eva Pell asked AAU to pass on the following information. Please distribute as you feel appropriate. Toby
Message From: Eva J. Pell, Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution
Message: I am pleased to share a new fellowship opportunity and hope you will help to encourage the best and brightest young minds to apply. The James Smithson Fellowship Program is the Smithsonian’s first to combine the best of the Institution’s vast scholarship and collections and its unparalleled access to the nation’s capital in one yearlong learning experience. The program has been started with an initial endowment by Paul Neely, immediate past chair of the Smithsonian National Board, and will start with two fellows per year with plans to increase that number in subsequent years. This fellowship opportunity combines scholarship with policy applications. It is a program that will draw upon the Smithsonian’s vast resources as well as its organized networks in Washington and beyond. The James Smithson Fellowship Program is open to post-doctoral students in the fields of science, the humanities and the arts. Fellows will work in one of the subject areas defined by the Smithsonian strategic plan’s four grand challenges: Understanding the American Experience, Valuing World Cultures, Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet, and Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe. Specific fellowships will be tailored to each individual’s interests, field and talents. Policy-focused activities will take them beyond their scholarly research to work with other federal, national and international agencies and organizations. Information is available online at: http://www.si.edu/ofi/jamessmithson. Applications will be accepted through January 15, 2013.
