This might be interesting for some.

 

Jeffrey. T. Freymueller

Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Michigan State University

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Subject: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowships

Colleagues,

 

Below is information about a unique funding opportunity for “researchers who have a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, and a deep interest, curiosity and drive to make contributions to a new discipline.”

 

“The fellowship program provides one year of salary support of the fellow’s academic-year salary, (whether normally paid over 9 or 12 months) and a $10,000 research, travel, and professional development allowance during the fellowship training year. Mentors will receive a $50,000 research fund during the fellowship year.”  At the end of the fellowship, participants are invited to submit a proposal for $1.5M over three years.

 

Please pass this information along to faculty in your units.

 

 

 

 

Simons Foundation invites applications for Pivot Fellowships

Deadline: May 15, 2023 at 12 noon ET

 

The Simons Foundation invites applications for its Pivot Fellowship program which will support researchers who have a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, and a deep interest, curiosity, and drive to make contributions to a new discipline. 

 

The fellowship will enable today’s brightest minds to apply their talent and expertise to a new field and will consist of one training year where the fellow will be embedded in a lab of a mentor to learn the new discipline and its culture. Mentorship and support are essential for learning a new discipline and culture. In addition to the qualifications and potential of the applicant, the suitability of the mentor and the environment for mentorship will be strongly considered in the application process.

To be eligible, fellows and mentors must hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree in the natural sciences (astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, neuroscience, and physics), engineering, mathematics, data science, or computer science—and all sub-disciplines therein—and be faculty at an academic institution or hold an equivalent position. Fellows must demonstrate that the fellowship will take place in a new discipline, distinct from their current field of study, within astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, neuroscience, physics, or mathematics—and all sub-disciplines therein.

The fellowship program provides one year of salary support of the fellow’s academic-year salary, (whether normally paid over 9 or 12 months) and a $10,000 research, travel, and professional development allowance during the fellowship training year. Mentors will receive a $50,000 research fund during the fellowship year. The mentor’s research funds may be used for salary support for the mentor and lab personnel, small and large equipment (including major research instrumentation), supplies, travel, publication, tuition, and other research expenses. Indirect costs are limited to 20 percent of the modified total direct costs. At the end of the fellowship year, fellows will be invited to submit an application for a three-year research award in the new field for up to $1.5 million, including indirect costs, over three years.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Simons Foundation website.

Link to complete RFP