<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">The
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) invites applications
from early-</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">career
scholars for two-year postdoctoral fellowships that begin August 2018</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Synthesis is
a research approach that accelerates knowledge production by distilling or
integrating existing data, ideas, or methods to draw more reliable or
generalizable conclusions and to reveal novel areas of study. Regardless of
approach, fellows’ projects take advantage of existing data. <b>SESYNC does not
fund fellows to collect new field or survey data</b>. Successful candidates
will use synthesis methods to address a problem arising from, or associated
with, the relationship between humans and the environment. Each fellow works
with a Collaborating Mentor (scholar) of their choosing to co-develop a
synthesis research project. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Priority will
be given to projects that have the potential to advance understanding of
socio-environmental systems, but the synthesis may be primarily social or
environmental in nature, or some mix. Prospective fellows who propose the use
of advanced theoretical, <b>computational</b>, or mathematical approaches or
the use of <b>Long-term Ecological Research </b>(<b>LTER) </b>and other
long-term datasets to study the structure and dynamics of socio-environmental
systems are particularly encouraged to apply. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">Appointments
will be through the University of Maryland and fellowship awardees must be
based at SESYNC in Annapolis, Maryland. <b>The SESYNC postdoctoral fellowship
provides an annual stipend, full University of Maryland employee benefits, and
a small annual travel allowance to attend meetings or to meet with
collaborators.</b> Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for a maximum of two
years and include structured mentoring programs and opportunities to
participate in ongoing Center activities.</span> <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">The
pre-screening application due date is October 27, 2017, 5 p.m. ET!<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">For more
information, visit <a href="http://sesync.us/postdoc2018">http://sesync.us/postdoc2018</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Emily
S. Cassidy<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Science
Communications Coordinator<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">National
Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">University
of Maryland<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Email:
<a href="mailto:ecassidy@sesync.org">ecassidy@sesync.org</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Phone:
410-919-4990</span></p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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