The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute announces the 2013 Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and solicits applications for fellowships to begin in the fall of 2013.
The Sagan Fellowships support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists to conduct independent research that is broadly related to the science goals of the NASA Exoplanet Exploration area. The primary goal of missions within this program is to discover and characterize planetary systems and Earth-like planets around nearby stars.
The proposed research may be theoretical, observational, or instrumental. This program is open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned) their doctoral degrees on or after January 1, 2010, in astronomy, physics, or related disciplines. The fellowships are tenable at U.S. host institutions of the fellows' choice, subject to a maximum of one new fellow per host institution per year. The duration of the fellowship is up to three years: an initial one-year appointment and two annual renewals contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of NASA funds.
The Announcement of Opportunity, which includes detailed program policies and application instructions is available at the web site:
http://nexsci.caltech.edu/sagan/fellowship.html
Applicants must follow the instructions given in this Announcement. Inquiries about the Sagan Fellowships may be directed to saganfellowship@ipac.caltech.edu .
The deadline for applications, letters of reference, and the institutional letter(s) of endorsement is Thursday, November 1, 2012. Offers will be made before February 1, 2013, and new appointments are expected to begin on or about September 1, 2013.
