OPP seeks Physical Science Administrator (Program Director)
April 23, 2019
The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidate for a Physical Science Administrator (Program Director) position in the Arctic Natural Sciences Program, within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), Alexandria, VA.
The Arctic Natural Sciences (ANS) Program serves as the program that supports research that is focused on disciplinary and interdisciplinary investigations related to understanding Arctic processes, including how those processes are changing in the rapidly changing Arctic system. The Program encourages proposals that test hypotheses leading to new understanding of the Arctic. The program also welcomes proposals that synthesize and analyze historical data. Areas of special interest to the ANS program include marine and terrestrial ecosystems, terrestrial hydrology, Arctic atmospheric and oceanic dynamics and climatology, and Arctic glaciological processes..
More information about this vacancy is available here:
Appointment type, temporary: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/530540900
Appointment type, permanent: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/530539800
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