James S. McDonnell Foundatin - JSMF: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Complex Systems

The Complex Systems program supports scholarship and research directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools that can be applied to the study of complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems. It is anticipated that research funded in this program will address important questions in diverse fields. While the program's emphasis is on the development and application of the theory and tools used in the study of complex research questions and not on particular fields of research per se, JSMF is particularly interested in the continued development of complex systems science, and in projects attempting to apply complex systems approaches to coherently articulated questions. Proposals intending to apply complex system tools and models to problems where such approaches are not yet considered usual or mainstream are appropriate to the RFA but should be well justified as to why such approaches would be an advance. Funding: $200,000 over 2 years.
*In order to get an idea of the topics awarded under the term of Complex Systems you can use the search of granted awards: www.jsmf.org/grants/search.php
Eligibility criteria:
• Applicants should not currently have a Ph.D. and should not receive a Ph.D. on or before June 15, 2012.
• Ph.D. student applicants should have theoretical and/or experimental training in Complex Systems Science.
• Applicants should expect to complete coursework and dissertation sometime in 2013.
• Ph.D. students that have already identified a postdoctoral position and postdoctoral research mentor should not apply. Support for such positions is readily available through traditional funding mechanisms
• JSMF Fellowships can be only be used to support postdoctoral training at a qualified institution with 501(c)(3) status or foreign equivalent that is already on file with the foundation.
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