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  • Job Posting: Lecturer, Biology Education, University of Maine

    Job Posting: Lecturer, Biology Education, University of Maine

    Purpose:The School of Biology and Ecology seeks applicants for a two year fixed-length, fiscal year Lecturer position with an August start date. This position will have responsibilities for 50% biological education research and 50% teaching. Essential Duties & Responsibilities:One of the primary research responsibilities of this position is… Read More

    April 30, 2014

  • Job Posting: positions with DuPont Pioneer

    Job Posting: positions with DuPont Pioneer

    DuPont Pioneer is looking for qualified candidates (Ph.D. and M.S.) in the areas of quantitative genetics, molecular genetics, biostatistics, computational biology, etc. While DuPont Pioneer is a company vested in agriculture (mainly plant sciences), they are one that needs individuals in the areas mentioned above to increase innovation and remain a leader… Read More

    April 28, 2014

  • Tennessee Science Standards Development Team Opportunity

    Tennessee Science Standards Development Team Opportunity

    Tennessee Science Standards Development Team Opportunity The State Board of Education formed a committee to evaluate the current science standards in Tennessee and propose a direction for future standards. This committee concluded the first phase of work and directed the department to propose a set of revised Tennessee standards for… Read More

    April 24, 2014

  • FDA Commissioners’s Fellowship Program 2014

    FDA Commissioners’s Fellowship Program 2014

    FDA invites outstanding healthcare professionals, scientists, and engineers to apply to its two-year Fellowship Program, where they will receive regulatory science training and the chance to conduct cutting-edge research on targeted scientific, policy, or regulatory issues under the mentorship of an FDA senior scientist. Class of 2014 Application Process Key Dates… Read More

    April 24, 2014

  • Bard College’s Citizen Science Program

    Bard College’s Citizen Science Program

    Bard College’s Citizen Science Program is a science literacy program required of all first year students, regardless of intended major.  Held in January, this short, intense academic program introduces our students to scientific thinking by engaging them in problem-based learning computing, laboratory and classroom experiences. We are currently accepting applications from… Read More

    April 24, 2014

  • ACS Science Policy Fellowship

    ACS Science Policy Fellowship

    The ACS Science Policy Fellowship Program places one fellow in the ACS Office of Public Affairs (OPA) for one to two years. The fellow works with experienced OPA staff to provide information to policy-makers on the role of science in public policy, advance specific recommendations on issues affecting the chemical… Read More

    April 24, 2014

  • Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: SoTL Scholars Program

    Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: SoTL Scholars Program

    The SoTL Scholars Program introduces participants to the principles and practices of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, an international, multidisciplinary field of disciplinary specialists studying student learning. SoTL is a synthesis of teaching, learning, and research in higher education that aims to bring a scholarly lens—the curiosity, the inquiry, the rigor,… Read More

    April 17, 2014

  • Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: Blended & Online Learning Design (BOLD) Fellows

    Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: Blended & Online Learning Design (BOLD) Fellows

    The BOLD Fellows program is designed to help graduate student/faculty teams build expertise in developing online instructional modules grounded in good course design principles and our understanding of how people learn. STEM faculty members partner with graduate students or postdocs to design and develop online modules for integration into a course,… Read More

    April 17, 2014

  • D.C. Internship with Vanderbilt’s Office of Federal Relations

    D.C. Internship with Vanderbilt’s Office of Federal Relations

    Vanderbilt University’s Washington, D.C.-based Office of Federal Relations is seeking an enthusiastic Vanderbilt University student interested in higher education and science public policy for a summer internship. This internship will provide you with a firsthand look at the federal policymaking process and the role that advocates play in influencing public… Read More

    April 15, 2014

  • Product Development and the Innovation Process for Research, online sessions

    Product Development and the Innovation Process for Research, online sessions

    Five online sessions from April 15-April 29 (5pm CST) covering best practices and effective tools to develop breakthrough and innovative products for researchers and graduate students. Led by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer Course Description: This course will expose SBIR researchers and graduate students to technology transfer and… Read More

    April 8, 2014