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Fellowships in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences

For Hosts and Prospective Hosts

CLIR is not currently accepting applications to *host* Postdoctoral Fellows in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences, but applications from candidates are still being accepted until all positions are filled. Institutions interested in hosting 2013-2015 fellows were required to submit a fellowship proposal by October 1, 2012. Pending renewed funding, applications to host 2014-2016 fellows will be available in Fall 2013.

These two-year fellowships, partially supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will provide recent Ph.D.s with professional development, education, and training opportunities in data curation for the sciences and social sciences. The fellows’ work must draw upon their disciplinary expertise in order to help advance data curation practices and services at their host institutions.

  • Calendar and duration: The two-year fellowships begin between June and September. All new fellows must complete a one- to two-week training seminar in July 2013.
  • Eligibility: All fellows must have completed the Ph.D. in a science or social science discipline within the five years preceding the fellowship appointment. Host institutions may include any academic, independent, public, or government library, archive, or museum, or any partnership or consortium made up of the same, provided it has a demonstrable need of the fellow's subject expertise to pursue a project or initiative specifically related to data curation that is also comensurate with its mission.
  • Selection of hosts: All prospective hosts must have completed a fellowship proposal and provided a full position description for the fellow during the fall prior to the year of the fellowship. CLIR expects to receive many more proposals than it will be possible to support through the grant; institutions that are not selected may consider self-funding their position through the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Academic Libraries track.
  • Subject areas: Open to any specialty or domain in the sciences or social sciences in which the Ph.D. is the terminal degree.
  • Salary: Set at $60,000 per year. Benefits should be comparable to other academic staff at the host institution.
  • Funding: Half of the salary costs ($30,000 per year) will be paid by CLIR to the host institution in semi-annual installments*, with the remaining half to be paid by the host. A portion of the benefits costs will also be paid by CLIR to the host institution at the time of these installments. CLIR will pay all costs for the fellows' education and training throughout the fellowship year (a $5000 value), including all travel, room, and board costs for required program meetings held each summer and winter, as well as monthly online symposia. All additional costs related to the fellowship (such as recruitment costs, moving expenses, or indirect costs) are the responsibility of host institutions. *Note: Hosts must send an invoice to CLIR for each installment.

Key Dates

  • October 1, 2012: Proposal deadline for prospective hosts for 2013-2015 postdoctoral fellows. Review of host proposals begins.
  • October 2012: Fellowship application period opens.
  • November 2012: Selected hosts for 2013-2015 fellows to be notified of their acceptance by November 1. Job descriptions to be posted on CLIR's website upon receipt of letters of intent, November 1-9, 2012.
  • December 31, 2012: Individual fellowship applications due. Review of fellowship applications begins at CLIR.
  • February 2013: Fellowship applications to be forwarded to all selected host institutions.
  • June 2013: Target deadline for all 2013 postdoctoral fellowship positions to be filled.
  • July 2013: Introductory seminar for all 2013 postdoctoral fellows.

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