Award Description

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1. Quantum Materials Postdoctoral Stipends
 
These are postdoctoral stipends typically of $20,000 and no more than $40,000 each. These awards are designed to complement existing postdoctoral support, providing stipends for a joint research project between two different network institutions (the "home" and the "host") of the QMAC.  One of the institutes must be inside the USA, the other must be outside the USA. The award will be provided directly to the postdoc as a stipend or travel expense. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to spend a total of at least six weeks at the host institution.  

 

2.  Quantum Materials Science Exchanges

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These are awards open to junior and senior scientists in the network,  typically of about $4,000 to support short term (2-6 weeks) science exchanges between institutions of the network in different countries. 

 

For both postdoctoral fellowships and science exchanges, we particularly encourage applications seeking to carry out new material syntheses and improvements in crystal quality of materials of particular interest.  We also encourage applications from theorists seeking to embed in experimental groups to learn about their work and help develop theory and analysis of the ongoing experiments or experimentalists seeking to embed in theory groups to learn theoretical methods pertinent to their research. 

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Eligibility

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Eligibility for Postdoc:

 

Postdoctoral awards require international co-mentoring between US and another country. Either the US or the international institution must be an ICAM member. The postdoc must be employed at the home institution.

 

Examples:

 

ICAM New Zealand  <————>   ICAM or EPIQS USA

 

ICAM  USA <——————> Accelnet Network Japan

 

ICAM Japan   <—————>  ICAM or EPIQS USA

 

ICAM USA <——> Accelnet Network Europe

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ICAM Europe  <———> ICAM or EPIQS USA

 

 

Eligibility for Science Exchanges:

 

Science exchanges are open to both junior and senior applicants from the Accelnet Nodes. Science Exchanges must involve collaborative research between any two

different institutions of the Accelnet, with a strong preference for exchanges between different countries. Exchanges must be between USA and another country.

They do not have to be from different networks within the Accelnet. Junior or senior

applicants are welcome. 

 

Examples

 

ICAM USA <—>   ICAM or Accelnet Europe

 

ICAM Canada <——> ICAM or EPIQS USA

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The Application Process

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Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis until filled each year. Processing an application typically takes a few weeks, longer if the original submission is incomplete. Applicants should also allow several months to obtain their VISA, if applicable.  The tables linked below show the deadlines, award times, and travel dates for the coming year. Interested applicants should review the Accelnet Guidelines before applying.

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Click here for a detailed application schedule.

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All Accelnet awardees must acknowledge the NSF grant in their publications resulting

from the science exchanges/ postdoctoral awards as follows:

 

We acknowledge support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Number

2201516 under the Accelnet program of Office of International Science and Engineering

(OISE)

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