CSGCA - CIC - UNAM

The University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) and Mexico's National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) are pleased to announce a joint program to support postdoctoral researchers at the University of California or at Mexican institutions of higher education or research.

The primary objective of this program is to advance academic scholarship by emerging Mexican researchers and UC scientists and scholars in the early stages of their careers, after obtaining their Ph.D. In addition, the program seeks to support existing or developing binational academic networks by enhancing collaborative research projects between UC and Mexican faculty and institutions through the innovative involvement and training of new researchers.

In keeping with these goals, postdoctoral applicants will be considered who will be actively participating in a research project or training program at the host UC campus or Mexican institution, with an emphasis on using the stay to advance their own academic and professional development as well as to solidify future binational research ties and networks. Applicants are encouraged to connect their proposed stays with projects submitted to the UC MEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grants Program competition. The program also seeks to support projects that include matching funds, either from the host campus or institution or from other funding sources.

Dependent on the pool of applicants, reviewer recommendations, and available funding, up to 18 fellowships are offered with a preferred even division between Mexican and UC postdoctoral researchers. Fellowships for Mexican postdoctoral researchers support training and research with a UC host faculty member in the natural, physical or social sciences, humanities, engineering, or computer science. Fellowships provide a minimum of $43,365 and maximum of $52,757, depending on the scholar’s qualifications and experience, for a 12-month period at any UC campus, research center, institute or laboratory.

Fellowships for UC postdoctoral scholars support training and research at a Mexican institution of higher education and/or research in the natural, physical or social sciences, humanities, engineering, or computer science. UC postdoctoral scholars conducting their postdoctoral stays in Mexico will receive a minimum of $43,365 and a maximum of $52,757, depending on the scholar’s qualifications and experience, for a 12-month period.

UC MEXUS will provide funds toward the postdoctoral scholar’s health care insurance at the HMO level and benefits. The host department is expected to pay for required University contributions. For more information on required university contributions, host departments should contact their campus office of postdoctoral affairs or academic personnel.

Postdoctoral scholars may begin their residencies no earlier than September 1, 2015 and no later than April 1, 2016. They must begin their postdoctoral stay within 90 days of their originally proposed starting date and complete their stay no later than within 12 months or less from that date. This program does not allow fellowships to be deferred to a subsequent academic year if the residency cannot be completed within this timeline. Successful applicants may apply for a second year of funding through this program, however, continuation proposals will compete against new 2015 proposals for the same limited pool of awards and are not guaranteed funding. (See section entitled "Submission of Continuation Applications")

The postdoctoral fellowship is a full-time, in-person commitment at the host institution. Activities for all candidates should include scientific and academic development at the postdoctoral level, with the purpose of providing unique expertise for the applicant, increasing knowledge and access to new techniques and methodologies for the applicant’s future home institution, and/or to initiate a long-term program of research and collaboration between Mexican institutions and the University of California. Teaching and student assistance may be included, if appropriate for increasing academic ties, but the focus of the postdoctoral stay should be based on participation in a research project or program. Preference will be given to applicants whose proposals clearly indicate a strong rationale for conducting a full-time stay at this particular host institution.

Eligibility

The applicant must earn their Ph.D. by April 24, 2015 in order to be eligible to apply for the postdoctoral fellowship. Mexican citizens who have earned their doctorate from an institution other than the University of California may apply only for residencies at a UC campus and must be hosted by eligible UC faculty or researchers. See UC Policy on Eligibility to Submit Proposals at: http://www.ucop.edu/research-policy-analysis-coordination/resources-tools/ucop-contracts-and-grants-team/ucop-contracts-and-grants-handbook.html). Applicants who have previously received postdoctoral funding from CONACYT should contact CONACYT directly to determine eligibility for this program. Mexican students previously supported by UC MEXUS-CONACYT under the cost-sharing program are not eligible for this program. UC doctoral graduates may apply only for residencies at Mexican research institutions and must be hosted by a Mexican faculty member or researcher who holds a full-time academic/research appointment in a Mexican institution of higher education and/or research. Applications are particularly sought for residencies at Mexico’s state universities, research institutes or centers located outside of Mexico City that are registered in the National Register of Institutions and Scientific and Technological Institutes (RENIECYT). Applicants may connect their fellowships to projects submitted to the UC MEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grants competition. However, the fellowship proposal must be unique to this program and applicant, i.e., it may not be a copy of any proposal submitted to the collaborative grants program or by other fellowship applicants connected to the same research group.

http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/funding/fellowship_post_doc.html

 FECHA LÍMITE EN LA CSGCA: 23 DE FEBRERO DE 2015

FECHA LÍMITE EN  CONACYT:   2 DE MARZO DE  2015