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<p><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;font-weight:700">The Sustainability Institute at Rice University is inviting applications for
postdoctoral fellows in sustainability solutions. We seek creative scholars
with research proposals that are interdisciplinary and tackle sustainability
problems in transformative, multidisciplinary ways.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">Applicants are requested to submit a proposal of research to be undertaken during the fellowship period. The
principal selection criteria are scholarly creativity and excellence, the applicant’s record of productivity, and
a clearly expressed research plan to address questions at the forefront of their field of study. The proposed
research should encompass independent research ideas and explore new directions beyond the applicant’s Ph.D.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">Both domestic and international applicants are welcome. By the time of their start date at Rice, candidates
must have received their Ph.D. degree and be within the first 3 years of degree conferral.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">The research fellowship will be supported for two years --- pending satisfactory progress during the first
year --- and includes an annual stipend of $70,000 with a benefits package, an annual discretionary research
allowance, and an allowance for reasonable relocation expenses.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;font-weight:700">Applicants are required to submit:
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;font-weight:700">1. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">A current CV, including a list of publications and other authored, creative works,
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;font-weight:700">2. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">A brief synopsis of the applicant’s doctoral dissertation (no longer than one page),
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;font-weight:700">3. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">A concise research proposal (no longer than three pages, including figures, excluding references)
describing the research that the applicant would like to pursue at Rice,
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;font-weight:700">4. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">A brief collaboration statement that explains the applicants’ interest in, experience with, and/or
planned commitment to working with research partners across multiple disciplines. This statement
of collaboration should detail a prospective team of potential advisors, ideally across multiple
departments and/or schools at Rice.
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">All four documents should be submitted as a single PDF file to the fellowship search committee at si@rice.
edu by August 15, 2024. Letters of reference will be requested following the first application review. For
further information or questions contact si</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd;vertical-align:-1pt">@</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:UniversLTStd"><a href="http://rice.edu">rice.edu</a>.
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<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">The Rice Sustainability Institute (<a href="http://si.rice.edu">si.rice.edu</a>) supports the development of sustainable, equitable solutions to urgent energy, climate, and environmental challenges. Rice
University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located in Houston, Texas, a dynamic, cosmopolitan city that is the 4th largest in the nation. Rice occupies
a 300-acre tree-shaded campus adjacent to Houston’s Museum District and the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex. Rice has a highly diverse
and international student body and a strong culture of cross-disciplinary collaboration.
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<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:UniversLTStd">Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with commitment to diversity at all levels and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color,
religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. </span></p>
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</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<div>Dr. Sylvia G. Dee</div><div>Assistant Professor</div><div>Rice University<br></div><div>Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences</div><div><a href="mailto:sylvia.dee@rice.edu" target="_blank">sylvia.dee@rice.edu</a></div><div><a href="http://sylviadeeclimate.org" target="_blank">sylviadeeclimate.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>