Illinois Tech’s Center for Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation (CISC) was formed in spring 2017 to act as a focal point and catalyst to strengthen the use of computation to solve important academic and practical problems. In support of this mission, the center is now offering a matching fund to hire postdocs. CISC will provide up to 25% of salary and benefits for the selected postdoc candidates. Applications will be accepted until the deadline.
Requirements
- The proposed research activities of the postdoc must involve computation.
- The proposed research activities of the postdoc shall not be repeating the proposed work in the external grant. They should be additional and supplemental to the proposed work in the external grant.
- The other 75% of funds must come from current external grants.
- The postdoc must be employed for one year or longer.
- Applications may only be submitted by a tenured/tenure track faculty member at IIT.
Application Deadline: March 10th, 2019
Submission
- Statement of work (two pages).
- Significance of the research program and its relevance to CISC’s mission (one page).
- CV of the postdoc (if known).
- Budget plan: the proposed 12-month salary for the postdoc and the expected starting date for CISC support.
- External grant information: funding agency, award number, amount, period of support, and the title of the project.
Combine all document in one pdf file and submit to Aleksei Sorokin (asorokin@hawk.iit.edu) , with a subject line “CISC Postdoc Application”.
Review: A panel will review the applications and notify the selected applicants by March 31st, 2019.
Reporting: A three-page final report will be required at the end of the funding period.