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Call for Applications: Seed Grants for Research Initiatives in Science and Engineering (RISE), Columbia University

By Hiba Seager · Wednesday, September 5th, 2018

Columbia University Research Initiatives in Science and Engineering (RISE) awards seed monies to support innovative, interdisciplinary, high-risk, and potentially high-impact research collaborations that are not ready to receive funding through conventional sources. The RISE competition provides up to $80,000 for one year – with potential for a second year of funding – to enable researchers to produce the preliminary data necessary to obtain follow-on funding from conventional sources. All Columbia faculty-level researchers within the scientific, engineering, and biomedical disciplines are eligible to apply. Columbia faculty-level researchers in other disciplinary fields are eligible to submit proposals for projects collaborating with researchers from science, engineering, and/or biomedicine.

For more information, please visit the RISE web page.

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Job Opportunity: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University

By Hiba Seager · Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

The Society for the Humanities will sponsor two postdoctoral teaching-research fellowships in the humanities, each awarded for the two-year period beginning August 2019. Each fellowship offers a stipend of $53,000/year. While in residence at Cornell, Mellon Fellows hold department affiliations and joint appointments with the Society for the Humanities, have limited teaching duties, and the opportunity for scholarly work. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available in two areas of specialization: Linguistics and Science & Technology Studies.

Cornell’s Department of Science & Technology Studies seeks research projects relating to the topic of public health. Even a cursory scan of the news reveals urgent and complex public health issues around the globe, often combining with environmental, social, and political issues in ways that threaten lives, render land uninhabitable, and tax political and economic systems. Race, gender, sexuality, and wealth disparities are often woven through these issues. From the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, to Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, to healthcare for refugee migrations worldwide, understanding public health crises requires attention to governance, culture, and human struggle – analyses that push well beyond the front-line work of epidemiology and environmental monitoring. For this position, we define public health broadly. Just a few areas of focus could include health disparities, politics and health, migrant or refugee health, epidemiological surveillance (including data and computational techniques), and climate change and health. Disciplinary and methodological areas are open, but they must be consistent with qualitative historical, sociological, anthropological, political, and feminist methods of science and technology studies.

Applicants eligible for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years include those who have received the Ph.D. degree after September 1, 2013 and no later than June 30, 2019.  Applicants who do not have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application must include a letter from the committee chair or department stating that the Ph.D. degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins. International applicants are welcome to apply, contingent upon visa eligibility.

The application deadline is November 1, 2018. For more details and to apply, please visit the fellowship website.

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Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor, Science and Technology Studies, University of Toronto

By Hiba Seager · Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

Candidates must hold a PhD in STS, history of science and/or technology, philosophy of science and/or technology, or a closely related discipline by the date of appointment, or shortly thereafter. Research fields of interest include, but are not limited to, the social/humanistic studies of (i) computer, information, or data science and technology; (ii) biomedicine, or biomedical science and technology, including neuroscience; (iii) environmental science and technology, including climate science. Geographical areas of research focus are open.

The IHPST is one of a few units at the University of Toronto to forge intellectual and pedagogical connections between the humanities and sciences. We anticipate that the successful candidate will be involved in collaborative initiatives in research and teaching with other cognate departments depending upon their area(s) of expertise.

The application deadline is October 30, 2018. For more details and to apply, please visit the job listing website and refer to the pdf below.

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Assistant Professor of Psychology and Music (Tenure-Track), New York University College of Arts and Science Department of Psychology and Steinhardt Music and Audio Research Laboratory

By Hiba Seager · Monday, August 27th, 2018

The New York University College of Arts and Science Department of Psychology and Steinhardt Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL) invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in September 2019. This a joint position between the two units. We are committed to substantially increasing the proportion of our faculty from historically underrepresented groups as we strive to create the most intellectually diverse, inclusive, and equitable institution that we can, and especially encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.

We seek applicants that, through their scholarly activities, can contribute to both methods and foundational knowledge in neuroscience, while generating new insights into the listening, learning, practice and enjoyment of music. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: using music as a powerful window into basic functionalities of the mind and brain such as memory and attention, the study of the neural mechanisms of emotion, motor functions as linked to music performance and production, the differences in the brains of musicians and non-musicians, and the study of auditory cognitive neuroscience as it relates to music, such as the (dis)similarities in processing between music and speech/language. We welcome scholarship that leverages the entire gamut of techniques available ranging from psychophysics to computation to neuroimaging to neurophysiology. These areas bridge existing research strengths in MARL/Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt and Psychology at the College of Arts and Science. This position is the second of three joint lines between the Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL) in Steinhardt and core academic units for science and technology research across NYU and is part of a new joint initiative between NYU and the Max Planck Institute, focused on the study of language, music, and emotion.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree. For more details and to apply, please visit the job listing.

 

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Job Opportunity: Student Administrative Assistant, The Center for Science and Society, Columbia University

By Hiba Seager · Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

The Center for Science and Society is seeking a student administrative assistant to help with various general office responsibilities, with a particular focus on managing the Center’s social media platforms. Assistant will provide on-site (and occasionally off-site) support for the Center for Science and Society, reporting to the Business Manager and Project Manager. Responsibilities include but not limited to: Providing logistical support for Center meetings and events; performing basic clerical and administrative tasks such as email correspondence and creating spreadsheets; overseeing and providing researched articles and announcements for the Center’s social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook); supporting Project Assistant with regular updates to the Center’s website. The candidate is expected within the first two weeks of Fall 2018 semester. However, we are open to any candidate who would like to start in August 2018. Work hours are flexible to suit the candidate’s needs.

Note: This position is prioritized for Columbia students in the Federal Work-Study program. For more information and to apply, please log into the Columbia Federal Work-Study system and search for Job ID 9976. For questions, please contact [email protected].

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Job Opportunity: Digitization Consultant, The New York Academy of Medicine

By Hiba Seager · Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

The New York Academy of Medicine Library is currently looking for a consultant to work on our mass digitization project, Public Health in America, 1911-1968. Collections in the project include the Committee on Public Health of the New York Academy of Medicine: Correspondence, Reports, and Documents, 1911 – 1968, the Library of Social and Economic Aspects of Medicine of Michael M. Davis, 1920-196[1], and selected publications from the Health Reports Collection.  The consultant will provide pre-digitization services for all collections, including creating a new finding aid for the Michael Davis collection, barcoding archival material for tracking, conducting condition assessment, packing and shipping material for digitization, and other tasks as necessary to prepare and send materials to the digitization vendor. The consultant will also provide post-digitization services that include unpacking returned materials and conducting post-digitization condition assessment.

Job tasks include: create a finding aid for the Michael Davis collection and work with the Historical Collections Librarian to re-order the archival collection; conduct condition assessment of materials pre- and post- digitization; barcode and check-out materials from the online catalog; organize and pack materials for shipping to the digitization vendor; track materials throughout the process.

Candidates should have: experience handling archival material and creating finding aids; excellent communication and organizational skills; knowledge of online library catalog systems and working knowledge of technology, including Excel; ease and proficiency working in digital library settings; ability to lift library materials weighing up to 30 lbs. Candidates should also have a bachelor’s degree and one to two years of experience in a library setting, including knowledge of technology, and online library catalog systems. A library student working toward the MLS degree is preferred.

This position pays $20 an hour and is based in New York City. Rolling deadline. Please send an e-mail with your qualifications and resume to [email protected].

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Job Opportunity: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of Science and Medicine Program, Yale University

By Hiba Seager · Monday, August 6th, 2018

Yale University’s Program in History of Science and Medicine seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in transnational or cross-cultural history of science, technology, health, or the body, to begin July 1, 2019. As a member of the Program in the History of Science and Medicine, the successful candidate will be appointed fully in the Department of History.

The search is open to scholars studying any era and any region, with a preference for scholarship that ranges beyond Europe and the United States. Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, underrepresented minorities, protected veterans, and persons with disabilities.

Review of applications will begin September 15, 2018 and continue until a suitable candidate is found. Questions can be addressed to Erica Lee, [email protected]. For more information and to apply, please visit the website.

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Call for Applications: Superhero Clubhouse Fellowship

By Hiba Seager · Thursday, July 26th, 2018

The Superhero Clubhouse fellowship is a six-month paid residency for two individuals to collaboratively create a new performance-based project exploring environmental justice. Fellows will spend 10 hours/week developing this project with regular opportunities to share work, participate in other programs of Superhero Clubhouse, and engage with our community. The fellowship will culminate in a presentation for an invited audience.

Fellows are expected to develop an original performance-based project, to share their progress with the Superhero Clubhouse community each month, and to present a draft of this project for an invited audience at the end of the Fellowship. Fellows are also encouraged to participate in other Superhero Clubhouse programs and activities such as Big Green Theater classroom sessions and social gatherings. Applicants must reside in the NYC-metro area for the duration of the residency. Each fellow will receive a $500 stipend every month for six months, totaling $3,000. Applicants may apply as individuals or pairs.

The deadline is August 5, 2018. For more details and to apply, please visit the fellowship website.

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Call for Proposals:​ Systems for Action (Culture of Health), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

By Hiba Seager · Saturday, July 21st, 2018

Systems for Action (S4A) is a national signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that builds a Culture of Health by rigorously testing new ways of connecting the nation’s fragmented medical, social, and public health systems. Studies conducted through the S4A program test innovative mechanisms for aligning the delivery and financing of these systems with a focus on estimating their impact on health and health equity. S4A uses a wide research lens that includes and extends beyond medical care and public health to incorporate other social service systems that affect health and well-being, such as housing, transportation, education, employment, food and nutrition assistance, child and family support, criminal and juvenile justice, and economic and community development.

The goal of this call for proposals (CFP) is to fund research that supports new scientific evidence on ways to optimize delivery and financing systems in ways that improve health and reduce inequities.

The application deadline is October 10, 2018. For more details and to apply, please visit the funding website.

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Job Opportunity: Visual Storyteller Specialist, ​International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University

By Hiba Seager · Saturday, July 21st, 2018

​The ​​International Research Institute for Climate and Society (based at the Lamont Campus in Rockland County, NY) is hiring a visual storyteller to help communicate its climate research and international activities. ​The IRI communications team is looking for a smart, creative and self-starting visual storyteller to help​ promote greater understanding of our climate science and its applications. ​The incumbent will work with the communications team​ to create and edit video, photography, animation and other visual content that helps raise broad awareness and interest about IRI’s work and mission. They will​ also represent IRI on social media, and post images and videos on all of our digital platforms.

​The​ ideal candidate has a strong journalistic sense, the ability to generate ideas and produce video and other visual content on deadline and working within a strongly collaborative team environment. Experience with DSLR video production and work flow and working knowledge in graphic design, social media and photography is a must.

There is a rolling deadline. For more details and to apply, please visit the job listing website.

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