FSE Postdoctoral Fellowship – Now accepting applications for Fall 2021

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Deadline: 1 December 2020
Open to: international students
Benefits: competitive annual salary and benefits package

Description

Their postdoctoral fellowship is awarded to promising young scholars with a demonstrated ability to do innovative and rigorous work related to global hunger, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation. Successful candidates are expected to lead projects of their own design, while also interacting with other faculty and students at FSE. The programme encourage candidates from both the social and natural sciences to apply. Successful applications will clearly identify how the proposed work relates to FSE priority areas.

About FSE: 
They address critical global issues of hunger, poverty and environmental degradation by generating vital knowledge and policy-relevant solutions. An interdisciplinary team of scholars accomplishes this mission through a focused research portfolio in seven key areas:
1. Data Science for Food Security
2. Oceans and Food Security
3. Tropical Oil Crops
4. Climate Impacts and Adaptation
5. Food, Nutrition, and Health
6. Water Resources
7. Crop and Livestock Systems

Eligibility

International students are welcome to apply.

They particularly encourage applications from candidates working on the topics of (i) water resources as it relates to agriculture and food security or (ii) machine learning applications in food security and development.

Benefits 

The position is for one year, at a competitive annual salary and benefits package, with the possibility for an extension, at the discretion of FSE. The target start date for candidates applying by Dec. 1, 2020 is Fall 2021, though the exact start date depends on multiple factors.

How to Apply?

Applicants are required to submit the following: 
• Online application form
• One-page description of a proposed project
• CV
• Three references

For more information, please visit the official web page.