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NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

This document has been archived. See NSF 25-500 for the latest version.

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NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Synopsis

The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to recent recipients of doctoral degrees to conduct an integrated program of independent research and professional development.  Fellowship proposals must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplinary programs and must align with the overall theme for the postdoctoral program. The program supports researchers for a period of up to two years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice (including institutions abroad). The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential, and provide them with research experience, mentorship, and training that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their career, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the availability of EAR postdoctoral fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

Program contacts

For questions about the EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship program, please send a message to: earpf@nsf.gov.  For questions about the EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship program, please check the FAQs at NSF 17-122, and if your question is not answered there, please send a message to earpf@nsf.gov.

A new solicitation is expected to be issued in Summer 2021 with an expected deadline date in mid- to late Fall 2021.

Aisha R. Morris
earpf@nsf.gov (703) 292-7081 GEO/EAR
Jennifer Wenner
earpf@nsf.gov (703) 292-8550

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