Science - USA (2021-11-05)

NOMIS Foundation fellowships

NOMIS fellowships support emerging, early-career researchers who demonstrate the potential to lead groundbreaking, high-risk basic research.

The fellowships provide postdocs with the freedom to explore big unanswered questions and work on high-risk interdisciplinary research with





    



   



























   

























information is available at ist.ac.at/en/education/postdocs/nomis-fellowship.

NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award

In 2021, the NOMIS Foundation and Science          






Science Young Explorer Award, which recognizes bold early-career

researchers who ask fundamental questions at the intersection of the life and social sciences. The focus is on researchers who take risks to ad-

dress relevant and exciting questions with creative approaches. The annual call for applications will open in the spring. For more information, visit

http://www.science.org/content/page/nomis-science-young-explorer-award.

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say the fellows and their PIs. The weekly seminar is a cornucopia

of interdisciplinary delights, including a special series devoted

to theoretical neuroscience topics. ìItís never been the case that

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felt very welcome and empowered here, able to focus on the re-

search and not the administrative stuff that takes away from your

mental capacity to focus. Here I feel my needs are taken care of

and I am able to engage with my community.î

IST Austria and the NOMIS Foundation see this pilot as a po-

tential global model, something that is sorely needed. ìThe

program is great,î says Novarino. ìNOMIS gives opportunities

to these early-career scientists to develop directions that could

not survive in more classical, conservative programs. The facility

and ability to explore in new ways creates the possibility of de-

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and to collaborate, but that is not enough. They require a new

breed of scientist. Fellowships like these get people to where



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freedom to succeed.î

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