Applications Invited for Resilience and Sustainability Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

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About the Organization

The Office of Academic Appointments and Internships coordinates central management and administration for internships, fellowships, and research associates throughout the Smithsonian Institution's 21 museums, research centers, offices, and the zoo. We serve as the principle provider of guidance and resources on best practices for successful career-building opportunities.

About the Fellowship

Life on a Sustainable Planet, in part, is supported by the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative, which in turn, is funding a cohort of resilience fellows, working across several Smithsonian units and with outside partners, to use our collections to better understand resilience in nature and in human communities, and to strengthen connections between our collections and the latest scientific innovations. In this “living laboratory,” scientists will study how we can use fundamental knowledge of nature-based resilience solutions in ecological systems such as tropical rainforests or oceans to help create resilient communities and to devise and field-test solutions.

Through the Resilience and Sustainability Fellowship, the Smithsonian seeks to support up to five post-doctoral fellows as they conduct independent research in support of the Smithsonian’s goals to understand and expand resilience. These fellows will be able to leverage the Smithsonian’s resources, including its scientists, collections, exhibits, and data sets, to advance scientific understanding resilience and sustainability in either marine or terrestrial systems.

All proposals are welcome, but proposals should focus on the resilience and sustainability connecting complex marine or terrestrial systems (e.g., forests, freshwater systems, soils, etc.) with the people who depend on these systems and the services these systems provide. By resilience, we mean the ability of people and nature to respond and/or adapt to external stressors. As such, proposals must address at least two of the following:

• Socio-environmental external stressors as drivers of change
• Socio-environmental factors that influence the ability to adapt or that convey resilience
• Adaptive strategies
• Adaptive responses/outcomes

Importantly, proposals must also demonstrate that the research:

• is use-inspired;
• clearly relates to or informs solutions to current global environmental challenges; and
• includes a diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) component.

Applications may be focused on any number of a broad set of natural or social science disciplines (inclusive of, but no limited to: animal behavior, anthropology, archeology, chemical ecology, conservation biology, ecology, economics, evolutionary biology, functional genomics, geography microbial ecology, molecular biology, marine biology, natural history, neurobiology, paleoecology, paleontology, physiology, political economy, political ecology, public policy, sensory ecology, sociology, soils sciences, taxonomy, etc.).

Eligibility

Applicants for Postdoctoral Fellowships must have or will have received the Ph.D. by the time the fellowship begins. Applicants must propose to conduct research in residence.

How to Apply

Apply Through the Smithsonian Online Academic Appointment System (SOLAA) Select "Start Your Application" and only enter the program name.

 Deadline: October 15, 2024.

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