The Pasteur Foundation offers the Postdoctoral Fellowships to US Postdoctoral Researchers for the year 2010/11 at Pasteur Institute laboratories in Paris

The Pasteur Foundation offers the Postdoctoral Fellowships to  US Postdoctoral Researchers for the year 2010/11 at Pasteur Institute laboratories in Paris

Thanks to the generosity of our U.S. donors, and in particular with the pace-setting support of the Florence Gould Foundation, the Pasteur Foundation administers this fellowship program to bring U.S. postdoctoral researchers to work in any one of the 130+ Institut Pasteur laboratories in Paris. Guided by the institute’s administration, which seeks to develop international scientific exchanges to ensure the vitality of Institut Pasteur labs, this program is open to American citizens who are not already in France.

Eligibility:

• US Postdoctoral Researchers.
• US Citizens.

Application Process:

• Copy of each of the following:

1. A passport-size photo,
2. Reprints of candidate’s most significant publications (1 copy of each),
3. 2 sealed letters of recommendation addressed directly to the Direction de l’Évaluation Scientifique,
4. A letter of support justifying the project from the head of the Pasteur department to be sent directly to the Direction de l’Évalutation Scientifique.

• 13 COPIES OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. A letter of request from the sponsoring head of the host laboratory or unit at the Institut Pasteur. The first step is to identify a host laboratory head so that he or she may serve as your sponsor; a list of Institut Pasteur laboratories may be found at www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites-en.html;
2. The host lab’s organizational chart of current personnel;
3. Candidate’s Curriculum vitae (2 pages) with an indication of any current grants and/or funding (plus their origin and duration), and a list of publications;
4. A synopsis of scientific accomplishments (3 pages);
5. A brief description of the research program to be written by the candidate (3 pages), with emphasis on how this relates to the work-in-progress in the host unit or lab. The project must be described within the context of the actual international state of the subject (with three key bibliographic references), and must state the project’s objectives, experimental strategy and feasibility; *
6. Summary of the research program (15 to 20 lines + a title and 5 key words) placed in the context of international competition with the project’s goals, experimental strategy and feasibility.

Application Deadline:

February 12, 2010

Source:

http://www.pasteurfoundation.org/fellowships.shtml