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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">GEOSCIENCES PROVOST’S EARLY CAREER COHORT POSTDOCTORAL
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/107644"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://apply.interfolio.com/107644</span></a><a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/107644"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Department of Geological Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas - Austin invites
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">applicants for two (2) Postdoctoral Fellow positions in any field of the Geosciences (Earth, Planetary, Climate and Environmental Sciences) as part of the University of Texas Provost’s Early Career Cohort
Fellowship program. We are seeking excellent recent PhD, postdoctoral, and other early-career
<span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white">candidates with career goals of entering into a tenure-track faculty position.</span>
<span style="color:black">Fellows will pursue independent Earth Science research in any area that complements or expands upon existing research programs in the Department</span>.
<span style="color:black">Fellows may also choose to teach or co-teach a course of their design. C</span>andidates whose practice emphasizes improving accessibility, equity, or justice connected to Earth Science topics are particularly encouraged to apply<span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white;mso-highlight:white">The aim of this program is to invest in the career and professional growth of the Fellows, to both prepare them for academic positions and further UT’s
critical goals of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This includes cohort activities that support the professional advancement of these scholars. Mentorship for the incoming postdoctoral fellows is
a key component of these positions and the Provost’s Early Career Fellows will participate in a postdoctoral mentoring program in both the Jackson School of Geosciences and UT Provost’s office.
<span style="color:black">For more information about the UT Provost Early Career Cohort Fellowship program see (</span></span><a href="https://provost.utexas.edu/the-office/diversity/provosts-early-career-fellowship-program/2021-awards"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://provost.utexas.edu/the-office/diversity/provosts-early-career-fellowship-program/2021-awards</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Department, the University, and the City of Austin are in the midst of exciting opportunities and growth.
<span style="color:black">World-class research in the Department is broadly clustered in three
</span>programs<span style="color:black">: (i) </span>Water, Climate, and the Environment;<span style="color:black"> (ii) Lithosphere and Deep Earth; and (iii)
</span>Subsurface, Surface, and Life<span style="color:black">. The Department has strong and active collaborations among and within
</span>these programs<span style="color:black"> as well as with researchers at the UT Institute of Geophysics (UTIG), and the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), as part of the Jackson School of Geosciences.
</span><span style="color:#202124;background:white">We are fully engaged in the University's mission to foster a community that values diversity and inclusion as necessary elements of a world-class educational environment.
</span><span style="color:black">For a review of the Department’s recent efforts to promote
</span>belonging, accessibility, inclusiveness, and justice<span style="color:black">, please see our webpage (</span></span><a href="http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/diversity-inclusion/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.jsg.utexas.edu/diversity-inclusion/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">).
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202124;background:white">Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The appointment is for two years at a salary of $70,000 per year, plus benefits, and includes
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">relocation funds, travel funds, and
<span style="color:black">discretionary funds of $5,000 per year. The award is open to recent Ph.D. recipients in the Earth, Environmental, Climate, Oceanic, Planetary Sciences or related fields; degree conferral must be within the past 3 years but in exceptional
cases due to the pandemic, up to 5 years will be considered. A review of applications will begin
</span><b>June 15<span style="color:black">, 2022</span></b><span style="color:black"> and continue until the positions are filled<b>.
</b>The start date is flexible but can begin as early as <i>September 1, 2022, but no later than January 1., 2023.</i> UT-wide Provost’s Fellows cohort activities begin in early September.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">To be considered, applications must include: (1) a one-page statement of research interests and background; (2) a two-page proposed research plan (references
excluded), including a description of how the research will integrate with and add to existing research in the Department of Geological Sciences; (3) a one page statement on the candidate’s diversity, equity, and inclusion vision and efforts; (4) a Curriculum
Vitae that includes employment history, publications, service/DEI work, and any record of awards or extramural funding; (5) a list of names and contact information for three references; (6) an optional COVID impact statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please submit these materials through Interfolio's 'Apply Now' option:
</span><a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/107644"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://apply.interfolio.com/107644</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Questions concerning the application process can be sent to
</span><a href="mailto:dgs-front_desk@jsg.utexas.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">dgs-front_desk@jsg.utexas.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Applicants should also feel free to reach out to Departmental
Chair, </span><a href="mailto:stockli@jsg.utexas.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Daniel Stockli</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and Associate Dean,
</span><a href="mailto:Julia_Clarke@jsg.utexas.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Julia Clarke</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> with questions about the program or other faculty about collaborative opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0A0A0A">Equal Opportunity Employer:<i> </i></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0A0A0A">The University of Texas at Austin, as an<i> </i></span><a href="https://equity.utexas.edu/presidents-statement/"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer</span></i></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0A0A0A">, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for
all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities,
and admissions.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dr. Daniel F. Stockli (he/him/his)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Chair Dept. of Geological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Chevron (Gulf) Centennial Professor</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Director of UTChron Geo- and Thermochronometry Laboratory</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dept. of Geological Sciences, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Jackson School of Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">University of Texas</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Austin, TX 78712-1722<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/researcher/daniel_stockli/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/researcher/daniel_stockli/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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