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CTFS Grants Program 201, USA: Tropical Forest Science

The CTFS Grants Program provides opportunities for senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to use existing CTFS plots to conduct research with scientists affiliated with them. Social scientists and natural scientists are encouraged to apply

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – Research in Forest Plots 2011

The CTFS Grants Program provides opportunities for senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to use existing CTFS plots to conduct research with scientists affiliated with them. Social scientists and natural scientists are encouraged to apply.
Anyone working directly in a CTFS plot, analyzing plot data, identifying plants or animals in a plot, or generating complementary data that strengthens CTFS programs is eligible to apply. Projects can be field-oriented, herbarium- or laboratory-based, or analytical. Research projects can be either basic or applied in nature. Social scientists and natural scientists are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility:The CTFS Grants Program is open to all researchers, from graduate students to senior scientists. In some cases, advanced undergraduates will also be considered. Preference will be given to scientists in the countries with CTFS sites and to all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Applicants of all nationalities are welcome to apply.

Applicants are pre-evaluated by plot directors of proposed study sites and then evaluated by a panel of scientists associated with the CTFS network. Larger grant proposals will also be reviewed by outside scholars. Awards are made on the basis of the proposal’s merit, the applicant’s ability to carry out the proposed research, the likelihood that the research can be carried out in the proposed time frame, and the extent to which CTFS plots contribute to the proposed research.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, USA

The Division of Health Behavior Research in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO are seeking applicants for a post-doctoral fellowship position in cancer epidemiology and behavioral research. This fellowship focuses on the development of research expertise in epidemiology and behavioral research partly within the context of a National Cancer Institute-funded study focused on the geographic variation of colorectal cancer survival.

The environment of the Division of Health Behavior Research fosters collaboration with a multidisciplinary group of clinical and non-clinical researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center. Other cancer-related research within the Division of Health Behavior Research includes quality-of-life studies, cancer-related behavioral studies, and epidemiologic studies relating to geographic variation in cancer prevention and control.

Qualifications: Qualified individuals must hold a doctoral level degree (Ph.D., M.D., DrPH, or equivalent) and must be a US citizen or have permanent resident status. Salary is commensurate with experience and year doctorate received. This training position is of two year duration. Health insurance benefit is available. Start date can be negotiated.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Until Filled
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