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The Smithsonian Institution (SI) Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biodiversity Genomics and Bioinformatics promote collaborative research in these fields (60%), plus a well-defined outreach component (40%) oriented toward building genomics expertise in the greater SI research community. Research should involve comparative genomic approaches such as phylogenomics, population genomics, metagenomics or transcriptomics, and have a component that involves significant bioinformatics analysis. Your proposal should also detail in at least one page your bioinformatics outreach plan, which can include collaborative work with other SI projects and teams, training workshops or development of software, pipelines or tutorials. We plan to fill three or more Fellowships in the area of Biodiversity Genomics and are especially interested in recruiting a team of Fellows who will work together to advance bioinformatics at the Institution. Coordinated applications dealing with multiple genomic approaches are strongly encouraged.

The Smithsonian’s molecular research facilities are located at National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Zoological Park (NZP), and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in the Republic of Panama. Collaboration with other SI facilities (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Museum Conservation Institute, etc.) is encouraged. Applicants must propose to conduct research in-residence for a period of 12 to 24 months. Applicants must have completed or be near completion of the Ph.D. Recipients who have not completed the Ph.D. at the time of application must provide proof of completion of the degree before the fellowship begins. Applicants interested in conducting research at these facilities are strongly encouraged to contact potential advisors/hosts at any of the Smithsonian’s various Museums and Research Institutes prior to proposal preparation and submission, as well as the Biodiversity Genomics Steering Committee (via Michael Braun, braunm@si.edu).

Please consult the research staff listed for the Museum, Research Institutes, and Offices http://www.si.edu/ofg/mrirolist.htm.

Proposals are due 1 April 2012 and application materials are available via https://solaa.si.edu.