Salary: Salary, co / Yearly	Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Type: Full-Time	Zip Code: 37831

Spallation Neutron Source Instrument Development Fellowship Program

The Neutron Facilities Development Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites applications for an Instrument Development Fellowship. This fellowship is for the development of novel neutron instrumentation and instrument components to be used for neutron science at ORNL or other U. S. neutron centers. The call is directed to scientists within 5 years of their PhD who are located at academic, industrial, or government institutions.

With the world?s highest flux reactor-based neutron source (the High Flux Isotope Reactor) and the world's most intense pulsed accelerator-based neutron source (the Spallation Neutron Source), ORNL has become the world's foremost center for neutron science. Research at these facilities will encompass the physical, chemical, materials, biological, and medical sciences and will provide opportunities for up to 2000 researchers each year from industry, research facilities, and universities all over the world. To learn more about or aplly go to orau.gov/orise/edu/ornl/sns/

The Program is designed for scientists within 10 years of their Ph.D. who are located at academic, industrial, or government institutions. Candidates who are able to obtain a leave of absence or sabbatical from their home institution are welcome to apply.

Fellows will be selected based on

the creativity they exhibit,
the depth of understanding of the field that they demonstrate, and
an assessment of their ability to make outstanding contributions to the development of neutron scattering or imaging instruments and/or components.
In order to make the selections based on these criteria, the following process will be used.

Initial evaluations to select finalists will be based solely on a review of the submitted material (proposal, CV, and publication list). This review will be carried out by e-mail by a small panel (four to six members) with a mix of ORNL and outside personnel.

The members of the review panel will be approved by the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DOE-BES). They will consider educational background, experience, publications, originality/creativity of the proposed project, relevance/potential value of the proposed project, feasibility of the proposed project, and depth of understanding exhibited in the project proposal.

These last 4 items, all of which deal with the project proposal, will be weighted most heavily, and together will count for 70 to 80 percent of the candidate?s rating. Unless there is an exceptionally talented group of applicants, no more than three will be selected as finalists in any given year.

Finalists will be invited to ORNL to be interviewed by the selection committee and other scientists as appropriate. Information provided by persons serving as references for the finalists will also be included in each candidate's rating. The formal interview process will include not only individual meetings with panelists and other scientists, but also a short, prepared presentation by the candidate, followed by extensive questioning by the panel to further assess the extent to which the candidate fulfills the selection criteria.

Fellowship selection will be based on ratings generated by this peer review process and result in a prioritized ranking of the finalists with concurrence by ORNL?s Neutron Scattering Sciences Directorate. The rankings and final documentation will be submitted to DOE-BES for final selection and determination of funding.

This appointment is offered through the ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates Program and is administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). This appointment is open to all qualified U.S. and non-U.S. citizens without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, or status as a Vietnam-era veteran or disabled veteran.




Contact: Brad Parish, Program Manager, ORNL Postdoctoral Recruitment
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
United States
Phone: (865) 576-2311

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