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Miller Fellowship Nominations are due no later than Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Invited nominees will be asked to complete an online application due no later than Friday, October 10, 2014.

The Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science invites department chairs, faculty advisors, professors and research scientists at institutions around the world to submit online nominations for Miller Research Fellowships in the basic sciences. The Miller Institute seeks to discover and encourage individuals of outstanding talent, and to provide them with the opportunity to pursue their research on the Berkeley campus. Fellows are selected on the basis of their academic achievement and the promise of their scientific research. Miller Fellows also have a keen curiosity about all science and share an appreciation for an interdisciplinary experience. The Miller Institute is the sponsor and the administrative home department for each Miller Fellow who is hosted by an academic department on the Berkeley campus. All research is performed in the facilities provided by the host UC Berkeley academic department(s). A list of current and former Miller Research Fellows is available on our website.

Qualifications

Miller Research Fellowships are intended for exceptional young scientists of great promise who have recently been awarded, or who are about to be awarded, the doctoral degree. Normally, Miller Fellows are expected to begin their Fellowship shortly after being awarded their Ph.D. A short period as a post-doctoral fellow elsewhere does not exclude eligibility. However, candidates who have already completed substantial postdoctoral training are unlikely to be successful except in unusual circumstances. Postdocs may not have been employed as an assistant professor, associate professor or professor in order to be eligible. A nominee cannot hold a paid or unpaid position on the Berkeley campus at the time of nomination or throughout the competition and award cycle, which can run into February. Nominees who are non-US citizens must show eligibility for obtaining J-1 Scholar visa status for the duration of the Miller Fellowship. The Miller Institute does not support H1B visa status. The Fellowship term must commence between July 1 and October 1, 2015. Eligible nominees will be invited by the Institute to apply for the fellowship. The nominee's email address becomes the candidate's unique ID, so please confirm your nominee's preferred and correct email address. Direct applications and self-nominations are not accepted. ALL nominations must be submitted online.

Terms of Appointment

• Miller Fellowships are granted for a period of three years, generally beginning August 1 and ending on July 31. Starting dates are negotiable but must commence between July 1 and October 1.
• The Institute provides a stipend of $63,000 with annual increases on subsequent anniversary dates. This stipend is not to be construed as salary for teaching or for duties rendered to the University of California.
• Miller Fellows are entitled to all normal holidays observed by the University and are granted an annual bank of 24 days of personal time off. Personal time does not carry forward.
• Twelve days of sick leave are granted annually.
• Miller Fellows receive a research fund of $10,000 per annum to be used in support of research during the Miller Fellowship.
• There is provision for travel to (but not away from) Berkeley for Miller Fellows and their immediate families. An additional allowance of $3,000 is allowed for the transport of personal belongings.
• Benefits including medical, dental, vision, short term disability and life insurance are provided, with Miller Fellows making a small contribution towards the premium. Long term disability is voluntary.
• All University of California postdocs are exclusively represented by the UAW and are subject to the terms of the contract including payment of membership dues or agency fees.
• Approximately eight to ten Fellowships are awarded each year.
• Candidates will be notified of the results of the competition between mid-December and mid-February, and a general announcement of the awards will be made in the spring.

Nomination Instructions

Nominations are accepted from department chairs, faculty advisors, professors or research scientists who can attest to the scientific potential of the Miller Fellow candidate. Nominations are accepted from individuals at institutions around the world, and are not limited to faculty at the University of California. Nominations cannot be made by an individual candidate, a student or a postdoc. Nominations will be accepted beginning in May. To be considered, complete nominations must be submitted online by September 10, 2014. The online nomination must be completed during a single online session, therefore nominators will need the following information about their candidate to complete the online process:

• Nominee's complete and full legal name (Do not use nicknames)
• Nominee's preferred and correct active e-mail address
  (notification of nomination is sent to this email address)
• Nominee's current institution
• Nominee's preferred mailing address
• Nominee's telephone number
• Nominee's Ph.D. institution
• Nominee's (expected) Date of Ph.D. (month and year required)
• Nominator's recommendation and judgment of nominee's potential. The letter must be uploaded as a PDF file and will be included in the candidate's file as an additional letter of support.

The Executive Committee finds it helpful in the recommendation letter to have the candidate compared with others at a similar stage in their development. The Fellowship is highly competitive and the letter should be persuasive. Successful Miller Fellows exhibit an energetic curiosity for their science and a desire to participate in the Miller Institute community. Should a nominee submit an application, the recommendation will serve as an additional letter of support. Upon successful submission of your nomination, an email receipt will be sent.

Further Information

Application Deadline : 10 September 2014

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