TRISH Announcement Soliciting Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

background, specific aims, hypotheses, experimental schema, and key references; 2. The mentor’s current research support including the funding organization and funding duration with particular emphasis on the proposed project that the mentee will work on; 3. The mentor’s ability to cover the costs of all research to be performed by the postdoctoral fellow including animals, reagents and any unique support and/or required expertise beyond that of the mentor’s laboratory (i.e., facilities, other scientific or technical expertise); 4. The postdoctoral fellow applicant’s strengths and weaknesses, accomplishments, and potential to significantly contribute to the scientific field and the space program; 5. A plan for development of the fellow’s career to include training in research ethics, grant preparation, effective scientific writing, communication skills, career interview skills, effective CV preparation, and teaching methods and plans (and human subjects and animal use, as applicable) for continuing education. Partnering with established outreach programs is particularly encouraged; and 6. Previous successful experiences in guiding the research efforts and career development of students and postdoctoral fellows including but not limited to the number of previous students, number of publications by previous students, and success of previous students in obtaining subsequent independent funding.
The entire Mentor Statement shall not exceed four pages of single-spaced text using 12-point font with 1-inch margins.
B. Letters of Recommendation
The applicant must obtain three letters of recommendation. The letters should not exceed two pages each from faculty members or professionals with detailed knowledge of the trainee’s abilities. Letters should be on institutional letterhead and must be signed. Letters should be sent to the applicant or the applicant’s mentor to append to the application and will be visible to the applicant through NSPIRES.
The applicant’s proposed mentor may not provide one of the three letters of reference since an opportunity was presented to address the applicant’s strengths in the Mentor Statement. Team members not involved in the writing of the mentor statement may provide a letter of reference.
Applications without the three required letters will be considered incomplete and may be declined. Applications submitted with excess letters of recommendation may be deemed non-compliant and declined.
TRISH-RFA-1802-PD: TRISH Request for Applications from Postdoctoral Fellows
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C. Biographical Sketches and Information
The postdoctoral fellowship applicant should provide a comprehensive biographical sketch in a format of his/her choice; this document will not count toward the application page limitation and should include the month and year (or anticipated month and year) of the award of the professional degree. The inclusive months and years of any previous post