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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=407060813-12032008><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>For interested junior
faculty- this looks like a great
opportunity.</FONT> </FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist
Competition<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Deadline(s):</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mandatory
Intent to Apply Deadline: April 30, 2008, 2 p.m.
ET<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Applications
Accepted: May 1, 2008 through June 10, 2008, 2 p.m. ET
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Howard Hughes Medical
Institute (HHMI) has announced a national competition to select as many as
70 outstanding early career scientists. This competition will enable HHMI
to identify the nation's best biomedical scientists at a critical early
stage of their faculty careers, and to provide them with flexible funding
to develop scientific programs of exceptional merit.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HHMI seeks scientists in all
areas of basic biological and biomedical research, and in areas of
chemistry, physics, computer science, and engineering that are directly
related to biology or medicine. HHMI seeks to enable scientists to
pursue research for which they have a passion—and which may hold the
potential for achieving the greatest impact—rather than tailoring their
research plans in order to win approval from funding agencies.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Given their early career stage,
applicants will be evaluated on their potential for significant research
productivity and originality, as judged by their doctoral and postdoctoral
work, their research plans, and results from their independent
research.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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Information:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P></TD>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Early career scientists will
become full-time HHMI employees (with full salary and benefits paid by
HHMI), but they will retain their faculty or other status at their host
institution, with all of the attendant rights and responsibilities.
Seventy five percent of time must be devoted to the direct conduct of
biomedical research. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HHMI will provide a research
budget for salary support of personnel and supplies (ranging from $150,000
to $300,000). Periodically, HHMI will provide opportunities to purchase
critical research equipment that may be needed for new projects.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Semifinalists will be selected
by late 2008. Finalists will be offered appointments as HHMI early career
scientists as early as May 2009.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have a doctoral
degree.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hold a tenure-track position as
assistant professor or higher academic rank.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have between two and six years
of experience since first appointment as an assistant professor (first
faculty position as assistant professor must have begun no earlier than
June 1, 2002 and no later than September 1, 2006). Non-tenure-track
appointments such as instructor and research assistant professor do not
contribute at either end of the two- to six-year career-stage range.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hold no more than one other
early career award from a federal agency or a foundation. If a successful
candidate has multiple early career awards, one or more would have to be
terminated or relinquished prior to appointment as an HHMI early career
scientist. Applicants may hold one or more grants from the NIH, NSF, or
other entity. Researchers without such grants are also eligible for this
competition.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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href="http://www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/earlycareer2009/">http://www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/earlycareer2009/</A>
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solicit two letters of reference. No letters of reference are required at
the time of initial application, and updates will be accepted only from
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