Rowland Junior Fellows Program Applications

The following message is from Dr. Frans Spaepen at Harvard University:

Dear colleague,





  I am writing to draw your attention to our annual solicitation for

applications to Rowland Junior Fellows Program, which may be of interest to

your graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.



  We have currently eight Rowland Junior Fellows at the Institute.  As alook at our

website will tell you (http://rowland.harvard.edu), they work on a broadrange

of topics, from condensed matter physics to plant physiology.



  We are again soliciting applications in all the natural sciences and

engineering, with special attention to interdisciplinary research and the

development of new instrumental methods.  Although we put no hard restriction

on prior experience or career path, the program is aimed at fresh Ph.D's or

postdocs with up to two years experience.



  The program gives young experimentalists the opportunity to perform

independent research under ideal conditions: a five year term, full salary,

funding for start-up, operation and a postdoc/student, help from technicians,

and, best of all, full access to the Institute's shops and services.



  These Fellows are unusual people, with both good ideas and good hands.

They are selected for their scientific achievement, their creativity, their

resourcefulness as experimentalists and their ability to work independently.



  The deadline for applications for Fellowships starting in the Fall of 2010

is November 30, 2009.



  I hope that you will bring this exciting opportunity to the attention of

promising students and encourage them to apply.  You may find the attached

brochure useful.





Sincerely,



-- Frans Spaepen