Job Description

The Postdoctoral Fellows Grant Program provides three-year fellowships to recent PhD graduates from around the world to support the development of their chemical research careers in Texas. The aim is to fund fellows who intend to tackle important problems in chemistry in interesting and novel ways in laboratories that provide world-class training.

The Postdoctoral Fellows Grant Program provides three-year fellowships to recent PhD graduates from around the world to support the development of their chemical research careers in Texas. The aim is to fund fellows who intend to tackle important chemistry-related problems in interesting and novel ways within laboratories that provide world-class training.
Eligibility
The eligibility requirements are those listed for the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) postdoctoral program in addition to these Welch Foundation eligibility requirements. Candidates must have received their PhD from an institution outside of the state of Texas and be seeking a position at an institution
within the state of Texas, to conduct fundamental chemical research. Funding preference will be given to candidates who have not yet joined the proposed sponsoring laboratory at the time their applications are submitted.
Consonant with other research grants funded by the Welch Foundation, ‘chemical research’ includes all subfields of Chemistry (organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, quantum, surface, theoretical, medicinal, catalysis, earth, space, and electrochemistry) and the allied fields of Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemical Physics, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, and Nanoscience (including Photonics and Plasmonics).
General Information
Applications must be submitted through the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) (https://lsrf.org/apply/) and adhere to the LSRF deadlines and eligibility requirements, with the additional Welch eligibility requirements described above. Award disbursement requires a fully executed LSRF
Institutional Agreement and formal approval by the applicant’s sponsoring institution of the Foundation’s grant award letter. Successful applicants will be named a “Welch Postdoctoral Fellow of The Life Sciences Research Foundation” and are expected to acknowledge this in their publications. It is anticipated that three (3) fellowships will be awarded annually.
In addition to the annual Salary Stipend ($79,000) and Research Allowance ($6,000) paid through LSRF, Welch will provide directly to the host institution a $20,000 supplemental research grant with the fellow named as principal investigator. This grant is intended to provide the fellow with additional resources for research (e.g., reagents and small equipment) and professional development (e.g., scientific meetings and publication charges). Funds can be carried forward to the next year and requests for no-cost extensions will be considered. Unlike the LSRF research allowance, the Welch grant cannot be used for out-of-pocket healthcare or childcare expenses and the funds cannot be escrowed for future use.
Review and Notification
The Welch Foundation Scientific Advisory Board will review the applications of all the LSRF finalists who qualify for this fellowship program and will make funding recommendations to the Welch Foundation Board of Directors who will make the final funding decisions. The Welch Foundation will notify LSRF of the fellows approved for funding. Notification to the recipients of the Welch fellowship will be communicated by the LSRF followed by a public announcement from them.

POST AWARD GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
Grants Management
After you are awarded your fellowship, your original application will be activated in the Welch grant portal called ProposalCentral. All Welch Foundation grant administration tasks will be handled within ProposalCentral both by the postdoctoral fellow and the LSRF. (Your original proposal is uploaded by LSRF.) Current registered users of ProposalCentral can login with their username and password. New users of ProposalCentral will need to create an account by using the “Need an Account” link and completing the registration process. After registration, new users must complete their Professional Profile. None of the information collected in ProposalCentral will be communicated outside of the Welch Foundation without the express permission of the fellow.