03/12/2010 (12:20 pm)
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I?m a Canadian citizen looking at completing my PhD from MIT in the
summer of 2006. I hope to hold a Postdoctoral position either in
California (Berkeley, Caltech) or Boston (MIT, Harvard) starting in
the fall 2006. I need a list of fellowships for which I am eligible.
Due to the fact that I did my PhD in an American institution I believe
that I am ineligible for numerous Canadian awards (Fulbright, NSERC)
also I am not French-Canadian so I am not eligible for the Quebec
version of NSERC. My work deals with complex organic synthesis and is
usually associated with the pharmaceutical industry. Most of my
choices for post-doctorial work are similar and thus I am (for the
most part) not eligible for defense sponsored fellowships. I am only
interested in fellowships providing full (>= $25000/year) for at least
one year, preferably 2-3. Also due to insufficient time to prepare,
any fellowships that have a deadline earlier than Nov 2004, for
someone graduating in summer 2006, are not going to help me.
Thank you very much.Hi, moslin-ga:
Just to clarify, is your PhD in organic chemistry? Or some other field?
regards, mathtalk-gaIs anyone working on my question? Have people looked into and found nothing?You may want to check out NIH and/or NSF, they offer lots of
fellowships for post-docs as well as grants.My PhD is in organic chemistry.
Thanks
Ryan MoslinMy suggestion is
1) Ask your PhD supervisor for suggestions about whose lab you could work in;
2) Write directly to those labs asking if they have positions
available and telling them about your research interest(s);
They will contact your supervisor and ask about you.
This is how I got my first Post-Doc. It only took two short letters.
An alternative might be to look at the NSF website and see who has
grant money. Conferences are also a way of networking for jobs: some
people get offered jobs after presenting a paper.
Jobs are offered to people who have published!
I missed out on one job because I didn't ask. I went to a lab to
discuss my draft of a paper with the one person whom I felt could help
me. Very generously, he gave me a couple of hours of his time. I
later found out he would have offered me a job if I had only asked!
So I am saying that the chief researchers in your field will have
grants and are looking for post-docs with the requisite talents.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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