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SUMMARY:Simons Foundation | Pivot Fellowship Request for Applications
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220429
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DESCRIPTION:Aim: The Simons Foundation invites applications for the Pivot 
 Fellowship program\, which will support researchers who have a strong trac
 k record of success and achievement in their current field\, and a deep in
 terest\, curiosity and drive to make contributions to a new discipline. Th
 e fellowship will enable today’s brightest minds to apply their talent a
 nd expertise to a new field\, and will consist of one training year where 
 the fellow will be embedded in a lab of a mentor to learn the new discipli
 ne and its culture. At the end of the fellowship year\, fellows will be in
 vited to submit an application for a 3-year research award in the new fiel
 d for up to $1.5M.\n\nDuration:      12 months\n\nFunding:      
  Salary support for fellow +\n                       $
 10K for fellow’s research/travel +\n                  
      $50K for mentor’s research\n\nEligibility: Fellows and Mentors m
 ust hold a Ph.D.\, M.D. or equivalent degree in the natural sciences\, Eng
 ineering\, Mathematics\, Data Science\, or Computer Science\, and be facul
 ty at an academic institution or hold an equivalent position. Fellows must
  demonstrate that the fellowship will take place in a new discipline\, dis
 tinct from their current field of study\, within Astronomy\, Biology\, Che
 mistry\, Earth Sciences\, Neuroscience\, Physics or Mathematics — and al
 l subdisciplines therein. In order to receive the fellowship\, Fellows mus
 t be approved by their institution for a full year of leave. Fellows must 
 not hold any other fellowships that would provide them with salary support
  during the training year of the Pivot Fellowship.\n\nHow to Apply: All in
 terested grant applicants must submit their applications online through pr
 oposalCENTRAL. To begin\, log in as an applicant\, navigate to the grant o
 pportunities tab\, select Simons Foundation from the ’Filter by Grant Ma
 ker’ drop-down list. You will then see the list of current Simons Founda
 tion grant opportunities and will be able to select Simons Foundation Pivo
 t Fellowship. If EPFL will serve as your host institution\, please use the
  following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédé
 rale de Lausanne EPFL. A signature page is required for this submission\; 
 contact the Research Office for the institutional signature as early as po
 ssible.\n\nDeadline:      29 April 2022\n\nFurther information\n\n	Mor
 e information about the program is available here.\n	The application porta
 l proposalCENTRAL can be found here.\n	For any other questions\, or to com
 plete the signature page\, please contact the Research Office.\n\n\n 
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