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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences seeks to recruit and support a postdoctoral fellow from any field within the environmental sciences through the Rising Scholars Postdoctoral
Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Mellon Foundation.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">We also encourage applicants whose scientific research informs environmental justice.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This opportunity is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ mission to support career development for scholars from underrepresented groups. We seek a scholar who will thrive in our interdisciplinary
department that includes hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, ecologists, and geoscientists.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background: white;">The Fellow will join a College-wide cohort of postdoctoral
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">scholars</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background: white;">,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> providing a wider
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Fellow will conduct original research and teaching, with mentorship from a faculty member with allied research interests and within the Department of Environmental
Sciences. As part of their research, the Fellow will publish papers, present at conferences, and have opportunities to mentor students and develop skills for writing grant proposals. After an initial semester of training, the Fellow is expected to teach one
course per year. T<span style="background: white;">he fellowship includes salary, benefits, and research funds.
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eligibility and Application:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="background: white;">Prospective applicants should contact a faculty member in the Department of Environmental Sciences before applying</span> to discuss the fellowship and potential research and teaching opportunities. To be eligible, applicants
must have received or will receive their Ph.D. degree between August 24, 2019 and August 24, 2022. There is no citizenship requirement. The Fellow will be appointed for two years contingent on a successful annual review.<o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications should be submitted by February 1, 2022 for full consideration. A full description of the application components can be found at
</span></span><a href="https://graduate.as.virginia.edu/rising-scholars"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">https://graduate.as.virginia.edu/rising-scholars</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">.
The website encompasses multiple fellowship opportunities under the College-wide Rising Scholars Program. For additional questions regarding the program within Environmental Sciences, p</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">lease
contact Howard Epstein, Department Chair (</span></span><a href="mailto:hee2b@virginia.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">hee2b@virginia.edu</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;">)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk87607984"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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