WEISS POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP POSITION AT RICE UNIVERSITY
The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice
University invites applications for the Weiss Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship. We are seeking candidates with independent research
interests that intersect with one or more faculty within our
department. Applicants are requested to develop a proposal of research
to be undertaken during the fellowship period. The principal selection
criteria are scientific excellence, a clearly expressed research plan
to address questions at the forefront of their field of study,
independent research ideas and new directions beyond the applicant’s
Ph.D. work, and research synergies with at least one faculty.
Preference will be given to applicants whose proposals demonstrate
independence and originality.
A Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment, but candidates must
have received their Ph.D. no more than 3 years before their start date
at Rice. Domestic and international applicants are welcome. The
research fellowships will be supported for two years, pending
satisfactory progress during the first year, and covers an annual
stipend of $60,000 with a benefits package and an additional annual
discretionary research allowance of $3,500. Applications due
December 1, 2020. Further details available here: