Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - OCE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are awards to individuals; proposals must be submitted directly by the fellowship candidate to NSF. Each candidate must identify one or more sponsoring scientist(s) and host organization(s) in the proposal. Fellowship activities may be conducted at any appropriate U.S. or foreign host organization, including colleges and universities, private nonprofit research institutes and museums, and government agencies. *PI Limit: To be eligible to submit a proposal to the OCE-PRF Program, an individual must, as of the full proposal target date (January 13, 2012), meet all of the following criteria:

• Be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident;
• Have earned the doctoral degree within the last 36 months, or expect to have earned the doctoral degree prior to the required start date of the fellowship; and
• Have no more than 24 months of full-time-equivalent postdoctoral research experience.

Proposals that fail to meet the above eligibility requirements will be returned without review.