[Jpjobs] 2020 Postdoc Fellowship Opportunity - Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

[Julia Westwater]

Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or 
Chemical Instrumentation:
2020 Program – Apply Here: https://beckman-foundation.smapply.io/acc/l/

Closes: September 6, 2019 at 5 pm (Pacific time)

More Info: 
http://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-postdoctoral-fellows

About the Grant:
The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or 
Chemical Instrumentation Award Program supports advanced research by 
postdoctoral scholars within the core areas of fundamental chemistry or 
the development and build of chemical instrumentation; research must be 
innovative in method, speed or process, or represent new instrument 
technology. This fellowship will be a catalyst from "mentored yet 
independent" postdocs to outstanding, independent researchers in 
academic or industry/governmental labs. The Fellowships will be in two 
tracks (applicants will choose one): • Postdoctoral Fellowship in 
Chemical Sciences will allow chemists to pursue advanced research within 
the core areas of fundamental chemistry, such as chemical physics, 
chemical engineering, and chemistry of materials research. The 
fellowship is not intended to fund proposals that are supported by 
traditional NIH mechanisms in the fields of chemistry, chemical biology, 
biochemistry. • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Instrumentation will 
allow researchers in chemistry to conceptualize, develop and build 
instrumentation suitable to advanced research in chemistry, chemical 
physics, chemical engineering, and chemistry of materials science. 
Instrumentation projects must be suitable to the two-year fellowship 
timeframe, be driven by a need in the chemical sciences listed above, be 
innovative in method speed or process or represent a wholly new 
instrument for technical advancement in chemistry, and may potentially 
be used for future research in the broader scientific community. 
Guidelines: • Fellows will be appointed for two years, with possibility 
for third year by renewal.
• Fellows will begin in July of program year.
• The award amount is $180,000 over 2 years for salary, fringe benefits 
and research expenditures; instrumentation fellowships will receive an 
additional one-time amount of up to $100,000. Fellows receiving year 3 
renewal award will receive additional $90,000.
• The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award is a merit based program.
• This program is an Open Call; institutions are not limited to the 
number of candidates which may apply. Eligibility:
Criteria for Applicants at time of application: • At a U.S. college, 
university or institution which offers postdoctoral fellowships and 
holds a 501(c)(3), or similarly qualifying, IRS designation; and
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and o Current 
graduate student anticipated to complete a PhD in the chemical sciences 
by May 1, 2020; or
o Current postdoctoral researcher with a granted/conferred PhD in the 
chemical sciences with no more than 12 months cumulative postdoctoral 
research experience (at time of application due date); and
• Must pursue postdoctoral training in an area of chemical sciences that 
would likely not be eligible for funding by traditional chemical 
biology, biochemical or biological science mechanisms (e.g., NIH-K 
award); and • Must have identified a mentor in the chemical sciences at 
a qualified U.S. nonprofit college, university or institution with 
appropriate laboratory facilities to support their postdoctoral research 
proposal. Criteria for Sponsoring Mentor at time of application: • PhD, 
or MD/PhD; and
• Full-time tenured or tenure track with at least a 25% appointment in 
chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, or materials 
chemistry department at their institution; and
• Active investigator in the applicant’s area of research; and
• Mentors may only sponsor one applicant per program year for consideration
Any of the following conditions will render an applicant ineligible: • 
At the time of application due date, applicants with more than 12 months 
of cumulative postdoctoral experience in a research lab, or who are more 
than 3 years from their PhD, are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants may not submit applications to both the "Chemical Sciences" 
and "Chemical Instrumentation" fellowships in a single program year.
• Visa holders are not eligible to apply. • Government laboratories, 
such as NIH or federally funded national laboratories are not eligible 
institutions.
• Applicant has not successfully completed their PhD by May 1, 2020. • 
Applicants may not have faculty appointments.
If you have questions after reviewing the website and application please 
email me at: aobpostdoc at beckman-foundation.org. Thank you.