Research Data Alliance US Fellowship Program --
April 16 D
This is a wonderful opportunity for graduate students, postdocs,
or early career researchers interested in research data management.
Note that the application deadline is April 16.
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Are you (or know of) a graduate student or a
postdoctoral researchers at a higher education institution in the
United States (US), or an early career researchers at a US-based
research institutions who graduated in the last three years with a
relevant master's or PhD degree, with an interest and commitment to
data sharing and open access?
If yes, we invite you and/or your colleagues to apply for the
Research Data Alliance's (RDA) US Fellowship Program by Thursday,
April 16, 2015. Accepted applicants/Fellows will engage in the RDA
through a 12-18 month project under the guidance of a mentor from the
RDA community. The project is carried out within the context of an RDA
Working Group (WG), Interest Group (IG), or Coordination Group (i.e.,
Technical Advisory Board), and is expected to have mutual benefit to
both Fellow and the group's goals. Fellows receive a stipend and
travel support and must be currently employed or appointed at a US
institution.
Fellows have a chance to work on real-world
challenges of high importance to RDA, for instance:
- Engage with social sciences experts to study the human and
organizational barriers to technology sharing
- Apply a WG product to a need in the Fellow's discipline
- Develop plan and disseminate RDA research data sharing practices
- Develop and test adoption strategies
- Study and recommend strategies to facilitate adoption of outputs
from WGs into the broader RDA membership and other organizations
- Engage with potential adopting organizations and study their
practices and needs
- Develop outreach materials to disseminate information about RDA
and its products
- Adapt and transfer outputs from WGs into the broader RDA
membership and other organizations
The program involves one or two summer internships
and travel to RDA plenaries during the duration of the fellowship
(international and domestic travel). Fellows will receive a $5000
stipend for each summer of the fellowship. Fellows will be
paired with a mentor from the RDA community.
Through the RDA Data Share program, fellows will
participate in a cohort building orientation workshop offering
training in RDA and data sciences. This workshop is held
at the beginning of the fellowship. RDA Data Share program
coordinators will work with Fellows and mentors to clarify roles and
responsibilities at the start of the fellowship.
Criteria for selection: The Fellows engaging in the RDA
Data Share program are sought from a variety of backgrounds:
communications, social, natural and physical sciences, business,
informatics, and computer science. The RDA Data Share program will
look for a T-shaped skill set, where early signs of cross discipline
competency are combined with evidence of teamwork and communication
skills, and a deep competency in one discipline.
Additional criteria include: interest in and
commitment to data sharing and open access; demonstrated ability to
work in teams and within a limited time framework; and benefit to the
applicant's career trajectory.
Eligibility: Graduate students and
postdoctoral researchers at institutions of higher education in the
United States, and early career researchers at U.S.-based research
institutions who graduated with a relevant master's or PhD and are no
more than three years beyond receipt of their degree.
Applications from traditionally underserved populations are strongly
encouraged to apply.
To apply: Interested candidates are
invited to submit their resume/curriculum vitae and a 300-500 word
statement that briefly describes their education, interests in data
issues, and career goals to datashare-inquiry-l@list.indiana.edu. Candidates are
encouraged to browse the RDA website https://rd-alliance.org/ and pages of interest and working
groups to identify relevant topics and mutual interests.
Important dates:
- April 16, 2015 - Fellowship applications are due
- May 1, 2015 - Award notifications
- June 18-19, 2015 - Fellowship begins with the orientation workshop
in Bloomington, IN
RDA Data Share, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation under award G-2014-13746, engages students and early career
researchers in the Research Data Alliance. This engagement
builds on foundational infrastructure funded by the National Science
Foundation grant # ACI-1349002.
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