The Truman Fellowship provides the opportunity for recipients to pursue independent research of their own choosing that supports the national security mission of Sandia National Laboratories. The appointee is expected to foster creativity and to stimulate exploration of forefront science and technology and high-risk, potentially high-value R&D.Truman Fellowship candidates are expected to have solved a major scientific or engineering problem in their thesis work or will have provided a new approach or insight to a major problem, as evidenced by a recognized impact in their field.

Eligibility criteria include: U.S. citizenship, the ability to obtain a DOE "Q" clearance; research in areas of interest to national security; the candidate must have been awarded a Ph.D. within the past 3 years at the time of application or will have completed all Ph.D. requirements by commencement of appointment; and, candidates seeking their first national laboratory appointment.Sandia National Laboratories is a federally funded research and development organization and contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Sandia has research focus areas in advanced computing; information systems and mathematics; bioscience and technology; combustion, chemical, and plasma sciences; engineering sciences; geosciences; intelligent systems and robotics; materials science and technology; microelectronics and microsystems; nanosciences and technology; pulsed power and directed energy; and remote sensing and satellite systems.

The Truman Fellowship is a three-year appointment normally commencing on October 1. The number of appointments is limited. A panel of senior scientists and engineers at Sandia will review candidates.The application deadline for fellows is December 5 of the year prior to the October start date. Applicants for the Truman Fellowship may be considered for other positions.

Information on the application process can be found at http://www.sandia.gov/employment/special-prog/truman/index.html

All electronic and hard copy application materials must be received (not postmarked) by December 5, 2007.

Sandia National Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.  If this position requires a Department of Energy (DOE)-granted security clearance, U.S. citizenship and employee eligibility for clearance processing will be required at the time of hire.  If you hold dual citizenship and you accept a job offer for a position that requires a DOE-granted security clearance, you may be asked by DOE to renounce your foreign citizenship and retain only your U.S. citizenship.
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The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States.

Every year, it allows students enrolled in American universities - PhD Candidates or Post docs - to conduct research in a French research institution (public or private) for a 6 to 10 month period of time.
This program has two main goals:

·         allowances of 1680 Euro a month for doctoral and 2026 Euro a month for post-doctoral fellows