The postdoctoral fellowship is awarded to promising young scholars with a demonstrated ability to do innovative and rigorous work related to global hunger, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation
ELIGIBILITY:
Successful candidates are expected to lead projects of their own design, while also interacting with other faculty and students at FSE. We encourage candidates from both the social and natural sciences to apply. Successful applications will clearly identify how the proposed work relates to FSE priority areas. We particularly encourage applications from candidates working on the topics of (i) water resources as it relates to agriculture and food security or (ii) machine learning applications in food security and development.
TASK DETAILS:
We address critical global issues of hunger, poverty and environmental degradation by generating vital knowledge and policy-relevant solutions. An interdisciplinary team of scholars accomplishes this mission through a focused research portfolio in seven key areas:
1. Data Science for Food Security
2. Oceans and Food Security
3. Tropical Oil Crops
4. Climate Impacts and Adaptation
5. Food, Nutrition, and Health
6. Water Resources
7. Crop and Livestock Systems
SCHOLARSHIP VALUE: competitive annual salary and benefits package, with the possibility for an extension
DURATION: 1 year
DEADLINE: 1 December 2021
HOW TO APPLY: Apply online
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