Herschel Opportunity in New Hubble Fellowship Program

We wish to bring to your attention a new fellowship opportunity open to the Herschel user community:

NASA is pleased to announce a new postdoctoral fellowship program, the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, to support outstanding postdoctoral scientists whose research is broadly related to NASA Cosmic Origins scientific goals as addressed by ANY of the missions in this program: the Herschel Space Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope (HST), James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Applications are solicited for fellowships to begin in the fall of 2009. We anticipate offering up to seventeen fellowships this year, selected by peer review. The selection committee will include experts from areas of research spanning the full range of the Cosmic Origins theme. On behalf of NASA, the Space Telescope Science Institute will administer the Hubble Fellowship program.

The new Hubble Fellowship program is an amalgamation of the pre-existing Hubble and Spitzer Fellowship programs, and aims to support wider research efforts that are related to other missions that fall within NASA's Cosmic Origins science theme, Herschel, SOFIA and JWST. This program is open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned) their doctoral degrees on or after January 1, 2006, in astronomy, physics, or related disciplines. The fellowships are tenable at U.S. host institutions of the fellows' choice, subject to a maximum of one new fellow per host institution per year. The duration of the fellowship is up to three years: an initial one-year appointment and two annual renewals contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of NASA funds.

The Announcement of Opportunity, which includes detailed program policies and application instructions is available at the web site:

http://www.stsci.edu/institute/org/spd/hubble-fellowship/ao-2009

Applicants must follow the instructions given in this Announcement. Inquiries about the Hubble Fellowships may be directed to Dr. Ron Allen (hfinquiry@stsci.edu).

The deadline for both applications and letters of reference is Thursday, November 6, 2008. Offers will be made before February 1, 2009, and new appointments are expected to begin on or about September 1, 2009.

Applications must include the following materials: a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a summary of previous and current research (limited to 3 pages), and a description of the proposed research (also limited to 3 pages). These documents must be prepared as pdf files. Applicants must also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent as separate pdf files directly by their authors, not the applicants.

Women and members of minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. EOE/ AA/M/F/D/V.