February 2003 Employment Bulletins -
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Published on: 1/28/2003
Last Visited: 2/1/2003
Contact: Terri K. Clark, CCHD Program Assistant, Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 100 East Franklin Street, Suite 200, CB# 8115, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8115; (919) 962-8243; e-mail: terric@email.unc.edu.
Harvard University.The Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences offers one-year postdoctoral fellowships for scholars with PhDs in political science, economics, political economy, statistics, or other social sciences.The Center emphasizes the development of empirical methods and formal theories and their application to systematic research in government, politics, political economy, public policy, and other related areas.Fellows conduct their own research and participate in a year-long research seminar with Center faculty; there are no teaching duties.Applicants must have received their PhDs by September 1, 2003, and within the last five years.Application materials, which are due February 21, 2003, must include a curriculum vita, three letters of reference, one recent paper, and a brief (two-page) statement of planned research.The CBRSS postdoctoral fellowship is a twelve-month appointment, with a competitive stipend and selected fringe benefits.In addition to office space and a computer workstation in the Center premises at 34 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, fellows receive funding to cover research-related expenses, including photocopying and mailing, telecommunications, and travel and research assistance.