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Description
Background:
The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Postdoctoral Fellows Program in
Sustainable Development (granted for 24 months).
We seek candidates
interested in enhancing their disciplinary research (in one of the core
disciplines represented within the Earth Institute, i.e., any of the earth
sciences, biological sciences, engineering sciences, social sciences, or
health sciences), while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary
expertise and breadth needed to addresses critical issues related to
sustainable development and reducing environmental degradation, poverty,
hunger, and disease.
Each Earth Institute postdoctoral fellow will be
guided by multi-disciplinary teams of two or more senior scholars.
Candidate proposals should indicate how the research will contribute to the
goal of global sustainable development.
Applicants should also indicate
the general direction of multidisciplinary training and research
opportunities that they would like to pursue at the Earth Institute.
Candidates should identify their desired multi-disciplinary mentoring
team, i.e., two or more senior faculty members or research
scientists/scholars at Columbia with whom they would like to work during
their fellowship.
For a list of the Earth Institute's research units and
Columbia and Barnard's departments, as well as the application form, please
go to our website. The application
form can also be obtained by contacting:
Postdoctoral Fellows Selection
Committee,
The Earth Institute at Columbia University,
535 West 116th
Street (Mail Code 4335),
Columbia University,
New York, NY 10027.
Telephone: 212 854-3893,
Fax: 212 854-1993.
Applications submitted by
January 17, 2003 will be considered for fellowships starting in the summer
or fall of 2003, and fellowship offers will be made about in early March
2003.
Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
David Leonard Downie
Director of Educational Partnerships
Columbia Earth Institute
Columbia University, 405 Low Library, MC 4335
535 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027