The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine administers postdoctoral and senior research awards at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) under the Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program (AF STFP).

We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are U.S. citizens and hold, or anticipate earning, a doctorate in a variety of fields of science or engineering.
 

Application deadline dates (four annual review cycles):

  • February 1
  • May 1
  • August 1
  • November 1

Awardees have the opportunity to:

  • Conduct independent research in an area compatible with the interests of the Air Force laboratories
  • Devote full-time effort to research and publication
  • Access the excellent and often unique Air Force research facilities
  • Collaborate with leading scientists and engineers

Awardee benefits:

  • Base stipend starting at $95,000/year; may be higher based on experience
  • Health insurance (including dental and vision), relocation benefits, and a professional travel allowance

Applicants should contact prospective AFRL, AFIT and USAFA Research Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.

For detailed program information, to search for AFRL, AFIT,  USAFA, USSF Research Opportunities, and to contact prospective Research Adviser(s), visit www.nas.edu/afstfp.

The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to invite nominations of worthy candidates for the Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest.  This award recognizes a chemist for outstanding achievement in scientific and technical work that contributes to the public well-being.  The award consists of a $5000 prize and a medal of recognition.  The presentation takes place at an award ceremony in April at Harvard University, followed by a formal address by the awardee.  The tentative date for this ceremony is April 10, 2025.

The award was established in 1987 to honor the memory of Gustavus John Esselen, a distinguished scientist, entrepreneur and member of the Northeastern Section.  The first awardees were F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario J. Molina, who subsequently received the Nobel Prize.  Since then, several Esselen Award recipients have also been Nobel laureates and many have been recipients of the most prestigious awards in their various fields.

Please note: any field of chemistry or affiliation is appropriate for nomination. The primary consideration of the committee is that the scientific work has been an important contribution to the public well-being and that the work’s significant value to society has become apparent within the last five years or so.

This letter is to seek nominations of colleagues whose work meets the criteria and purpose of the award. The enclosed brochure provides more detail on the nature of the award, a list of previous awardees as well as the criteria and procedure for nominations.  Additional information is available at http://www.nesacs.org/awards_esselen.html

The deadline for nominations is October 11, 2024.

We would appreciate you posting the award notice and circulating the information as appropriate.  Thank you in advance for your interest.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame expects to fill a tenure-track position in computational biophysics, broadly defined. Applicants at all ranks will be considered, with a preference for Assistant Professor-level candidates.  

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent. All candidates will be expected to contribute to the University’s research, teaching, and service mission. Candidates will provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, detailed research plan, and a teaching philosophy and interests statement. In addition, a brief, up to two-page anonymized summary of research plans, including any figures or references, is required with no indications of the candidate’s identity or institutional affiliations. Assistant professor-level applicants should also arrange for at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be submitted to apply.interfolio.com/152715. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis but should be received by October 21, 2024, for full consideration.

The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff, and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. The University of Notre Dame does not discriminate based on race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of full participation in university programs and resources without such discrimination. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).

OSU Search Advocates comprise a community of trained content-neutral external process advisors who work with search committees to advance equity, validity and diversity through the search and selection process. Registration is open and there are still spaces for the Sept. 4 and Sept. 9 cohorts. View the series schedule here: Search Advocate Workshops. Contact Anne Gillies at anne.gillies@oregonstate.edu with questions.

In 2022, the ACS launched the ACS Campaign for a Sustainable Future to advance chemistry innovations in addressing the challenges articulated in the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (U.N. SDGs). This multifaceted initiative will have lasting impacts on how we conduct research, how we teach chemistry, and how we collaborate globally. One of the key initiatives of the Campaign is the Sustainable Futures Initiative Grant Program (SFIGP) which provides catalytic funding for early and mid-career faculty interested in developing a research and teaching portfolio that contributes directly to developing transformative chemistries that address the U.N. SDGs.

In our inaugural 2023 competition, $1 million in funding was awarded in two grant competitions administered through the SFIGP: 

  1. Early Career Postdoctoral-Faculty Bridge Grant – $125,000 in funding for an early career researcher to hire a postdoctoral fellow (PDF), who, together, can launch a new research lab in green chemistry and engineering. The competition is open to current PDFs with aspirations for a career in academia, and to professors within the first nine months of a faculty position. Applicants of both types must come from U.S. Ph.D.-granting universities.
  2. Principal Investigator Development in Sustainability Grant – $50,000 in funding to a professor at a U.S. Ph.D.-granting university to conduct their sabbatical leave at a private company, a national laboratory, or an academic laboratory in a different institution, with the goal of establishing robust collaborations across industry-academia or across disciplines.

The SFIGP aims for high-impact research, with a commitment to enhancing green chemistry and engineering education. Over $1 million in funding will be available for the 2024 competition. Submission for applications opened on July 15, 2024 and will close on September 20, 2024. 

Note: You can apply for both the PRF grants and the grants within the SFIGP. For more information, please contact sustainabilitygrants@acs.org .  Please do not hesitate to forward this email to colleagues.

Edmond Lam, PhD
Assistant Director, Green Chemistry Institute
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-872-6869
Cell: 771-215-0598
Email: E_Lam@acs.org

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Creighton University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor appointment beginning August 2025. Specific interest is for individuals with synthetic chemistry specialization in the field of organic chemistry (or a closely related field). A Ph.D. in chemistry is required. We seek individuals committed to being excellent teacher-scholars at a primarily undergraduate institution. The successful applicant will be expected to teach a 3/3 course load including foundational organic chemistry courses and advanced courses in their sub-discipline while developing a very active, independent research program involving undergraduate students. The candidate hired for this position will be assigned laboratory and office space appropriate to their teaching and research needs.
Applicants must submit their application material online at http://apply.interfolio.com/148871. General questions related to submissions should be sent directly to HR@creighton.edu. Specific questions about the position or department can be sent to stephengross@creighton.edu. Complete applications must include: (1) letter of intent, including candidate’s potential contributions to Creighton’s mission (https://www.creighton.edu/about/mission-history), (2) curriculum vitae, (3) statement of teaching philosophy, (4) research proposal, and (5) all undergraduate and graduate transcripts (photocopies acceptable for initial review). In addition, three letters of recommendation should be submitted separately using the online application link. Review of completed applications will begin on Monday September 30, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.
We are a very collegial department with 27 faculty and staff and graduate an average of 35 majors each year. Demonstrating our commitment to the teacher-scholar model, faculty in our department have received several notable grants/awards over the last five years from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Chemical Society, NIH-INBRE, NSF-EPSCoR, NASA, Research Corporation, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. More information about our department can be found here – http://www.creighton.edu/ccas/chemistry/.
At Creighton, we offer meaningful work driven by a 475-year old Jesuit tradition committed to social justice and serving others. Through this tradition, we push the boundaries on innovation. We pursue new knowledge for the betterment of society, and we seek to improve our world through Catholic and Jesuit values. Recent Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College rankings recognized Creighton among the top 20% of institutions in its survey and among the Top 10 big-city colleges in the Midwest. Creighton is also ranked in the top third National Universities by U.S. News & World Report and was previously recognized for 16 years in a row as No. 1 among Best Regional Universities – Midwest. Over the past 17 years, Creighton is the No. 1 Goldwater-producing Catholic university in the US and top 20 of private universities producing Goldwater Scholars over the last decade. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska a diverse community of 850,000 with four Fortune-500 companies, an active sports scene, and a vibrant arts scene.
Creighton is committed to providing a safe and non-discriminatory educational and employment environment. The University admits qualified students, hires qualified employees, and accepts patients for treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or other status protected by law. Its education and employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other programs and activities, are administered without unlawful discrimination.

Dear COS Grad Students

(Faculty, please forward to your Graduate Students, as appropriate)

Hope you’ve all had wonderful summers.  Only 3 more weeks before fall term!

See below and attached.

NASA sponsors graduate student research in space technologies via the NSTGRO25 program.

If your research extends into the space technologies areas, we encourage you to apply.  November 1st is the deadline for proposals.

If you plan to apply, send an email to the COS Proposal Development Team (cc’d here), and we will fully support the effort.

All the best,

jh

Jeff Hare, PhD

Research Program Coordinator

College of Science

Oregon State University

OSU in Corvallis is located within the traditional homelands of the Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya, who were forced onto reservations in Western Oregon after 1855.  Living descendants are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xHicnMxY34IWtCDbcIeDRVL06ej4ycV8/view?usp=sharing

Research Chemist;  GS-1320-12/13; Salary Range of $86,962 to $134,435

Announcement Open: September 3, 2024 to October 2, 2024

The incumbent serves as a Research Chemist in the Bio-Oils Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. The focus of the unit is to develop new technology for using vegetable oils as renewable sources for value-added industrial products. The assigned project is “New High-Value Biobased Materials with Applications Across Industry.” Incumbent will be an expert in biobased polymeric materials and conduct research addressing needs of national interest for value-added industrial materials from agricultural commodities, especially plant oils. Incumbent provides expertise on synthesis, analysis, characterization, structure/function relationships, and industrial applications of biobased materials to the Research Leader, Lead Scientist, domestic and international collaborators, ARS Office of National Programs, and stakeholders. Incumbent is responsible for conceiving, initiating, planning, executing, evaluating, and publishing research on plant oil-based materials and technologies. Incumbent has authority to identify research priorities and to develop collaborations both within and outside of ARS, including other federal agencies, universities and cooperating industrial stakeholders. Incumbent will develop a stakeholder base to advocate for enhancing the research and to enable commercialization of products to meet mandated technology transfer objectives with the potential to increase funding.

U.S. Citizenship is required. Applications are being accepted via the USAJobs Web site: https://www.usajobs.gov/. For further information and complete application instructions, go to the USAJobs Web site and refer to announcement number ARS-D24MWA-12524769-HCL. Applications must be received by the closing date of October 2, 2024. *Please note that the announcement number will not be accessible on USAJobs until Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

Contacts:

Application procedures: Heather Lee at heather.Lee@usda.gov or 301-956-3803

Scientific information: Dr. Steven Cermak at steven.cermak@usda.gov or 309-681-6233

USDA/ARS is an equal opportunity employer and provider

https://www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area/peoria-il/national-center-for-agricultural-utilization-research/bio-oils-research

The AI Graduate Program at OSU (run by EECS) offers a three-quarter M.S. level AI capstone course sequence. The sequence is for M.S. graduate students who are either in the AI-program or have significant graduate-level AI-course experience. 

Students will select and develop AI-based solutions to real-world problems from industry, academia, government, and any other interested partners. Faculty mentors submit a potential project that could benefit from an AI-based solution. The general scope of the project would be something you would give a graduate student for 3 months. If you are unsure if your project idea is appropriate, they suggest you submit it anyway and the facilitators will work with you to refine it. If your project is selected the time commitment for you or your project lead is 30-60 minutes / week to interact with the students. You/ your team lead work and student will work with the capstone instructor and graduate assistants on technical issues as needed.  Deadline to submit your idea is September 13th

We are requesting Applied AI projects to be pursued by OSU AI graduate students as part of the AI M.S. Capstone course sequence. 

Submission of proposals and more information is at: http://beav.es/ai-capstone

This is an opportunity to have one or more AI graduate students to work on an AI-related project ranging from very concrete to more exploratory. 

We are collecting projects starting now and expect to close the proposal window by September 13.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Union College invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of Chemistry beginning September 1, 2025. Review of applications will begin on Sept. 13, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. Applications received by Sept. 20, 2024, will receive priority consideration.
Position description:
A Ph.D. in chemistry or a closely related field is required and postdoctoral experience is highly preferred. Successful candidates will have the potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching and research and should be committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community.
Teaching responsibilities will be in introductory and organic chemistry courses and labs, with additional teaching responsibilities depending on area(s) of expertise. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the College’s interdisciplinary programs. The College has new and growing initiatives in environmental science and engineering and biomedical engineering; candidates contributing to one of these areas through work in Green Chemistry, Environmental Organic Chemistry, or Polymer Chemistry are especially welcome. This position involves teaching, on average, two courses in each of three trimesters. It is expected that the successful hire will establish and maintain a high-quality research program that involves undergraduate students and enhances the synergy between the chemistry department and other science and engineering departments.
About the Department of Chemistry:
The new hire will expand our department from twelve to thirteen permanent faculty members with support from one administrative assistant and one laboratory specialist. One faculty member also serves as the department’s dedicated instrumentation specialist. Annually, about 15-25 students graduate with a degree in chemistry or biochemistry, and about 11% of the students on campus take introductory chemistry courses. Our department has a strong collegial culture; we collaborate to continue to innovate and improve our approaches to teaching and scholarship in an undergraduate liberal arts with engineering setting. We have offices and research spaces in several science and engineering buildings, the most recent of which – the Integrated Science and Engineering Center – completed in 2020. We maintain an exceptional suite of advanced instrumentation in support of research and teaching.
Application instructions:
Please submit all application materials as a single pdf file. Only the materials listed below will be considered.

  • cover letter; please include how you can further Union’s diversity goals
  • curriculum vitae
  • statement of experience and interests in teaching, in which you reflect on your teaching experience, as well as how you can both contribute to diverse educational experiences and offerings and engage with students with diverse skills or backgrounds (maximum of 2 pages)
  • statement of research plans, in which you outline your specific research plans, including how you will involve undergraduate students with diverse skills or backgrounds (maximum of 3 pages)
  • graduate and undergraduate transcripts
    Union has a commitment to increasing diversity and supporting an environment in which people who come from varied and diverse backgrounds can thrive. As such, we strongly encourage applications from members of traditionally underrepresented groups in chemistry. All candidates should share how they can further Union’s diversity goals in their cover letter and throughout their application materials. Please send questions and other inquiries to Associate Professor and Chair, Laura MacManus-Spencer, at chemchair@union.edu.
    Compensation:
    The annual salary range for this position is $81,500-$83,500. Except for roles with a set rate of pay, the wage/salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The stated hiring rate/range represents the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the rate/range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
    We offer exceptional benefits including:
  • Generous Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time
  • Winter Recess Break in Addition to Paid Holidays
  • Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts)
  • Free On-Campus Fitness Facility Access and Discounts for On-Campus Wellness Programs
  • Employee Scholarships toward Certifications, Seminars, Training and Professional Development
  • Pre and Post Tax participation in a 403(b) Retirement Plan
  • Salary Continuation Program in the event of Disability
  • Tuition Assistance Program for Employee, Spouse and/or Dependents
    Background Checks: In accordance with our background check policy, finalists for hire will undergo a background check that includes education, employment, and criminal convictions.
    E-Verify Participation: Union College participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify and your Right to Work (Derecho a Trabajar).