The goal of Faculty For The Future is to support role models and facilitate gender balance in science and engineering faculties at key universities in emerging economies.
Potential candidates would be typically finishing a Master’s or PhD program and may already be in junior faculty positions in their home country. They would be planning to pursue further study overseas, PhD or Post-Doc, to develop their academic careers with a view to teaching in their home countries.
As teachers, they will contribute to the ultimate vision of the program which is the attracting of more talented young women into science and engineering careers. For many women the biggest obstacle to overcome is obtaining funding to start their PhDs. This is why most of our Faculty for the Future grants focus on those critical first two years. After the first two years it is expected that the candidates will have proved their research worth and will have access to more conventional forms of funding or paid teaching assignments.
Candidates may come from a range of disciplines within engineering and the physical sciences[1]. The disciplines do not have to be directly relevant to the Schlumberger oilfield businesses as this is a long-term capacity-building initiative. [1] Awards in biological sciences are limited.
Contact details
Schlumberger in Nigeria is running in-country preselection processes. If you are from Nigeria, submit your application form by December 15 2007 to nigeriafftf@slb.com.
All other candidates should apply directly to the Schlumberger Foundation, facultyforthefuture@slb.com.
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