The SEE lab is recruiting one research technician to start Summer 2023 (ad to come soon. Basic requirement BS in something adjacent to the biological/biomedical sciences or engineering, wet lab experience required). We are not currently seeking new PhD students or postdocs.
For DUKE Undergraduates:
(I just got here, you know better than me. I will fill this out as I learn)
| Fellowship | Amount | Due Date |
Graduate FELLOWSHIPS
There are no current funded PhD positions in SEEL. If you are interested in working with Prof Jones, you can apply for one of these fellowships
While all PhD positions in SEEL are funded, for your professional development, it is suggested that you apply for at least one fellowship per year until you have one. Among things this helps prepare you for:
- Rejection, “Look myself in the mirror, I say we gon’ win
Knock me down nine times but I get up ten” – Cardi B - Acceptance, “Meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same” – Rudyard Kipling
- Asking for money, “I’m going to get a scholarship to…” Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Bragging about yourself, “Who you know fresher than Hov” – Jay Z
- Advocating for yourself, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul” – William Earnest Henly
- Your PhD proposal and dissertation, “Staring at the blank page before you// open up the dirty window// Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find…no one else// Can speak the words on your lips” – Natasha Bedingfield
For undergrads interested in applying to Duke for Graduate School in MEMS or CEE, Dr. Jones will gladly help as a mentor on one of these fellowships.
| Fellowship | Annual Stipend | Approximate Due Date |
| DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship | $37,0000 | Spring |
| National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship | $38,400 | December |
| DOD SMART Scholarship | $25,000-$38,000 | December |
| National Physical Science Consortium Fellowships | $20,000 | November |
| Ford Foundation Fellowship | $24,000 | December |
| Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award | $34,000 | October |
| Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans | $25,000 | November |
| National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program | $34,000 | October |
| GEM Fellowship | $16,000 | November |
| National Institute of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award F31 | $24,324 | Rolling |
| Kenan Institute for Ethics Teaching for a Purpose Fellowship | $3,000 | Early Summer |
Johns Hopkins University maintains the best list of fellowships: https://research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-opportunities/graduate/
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Dr. Jones is also happy to serve as a mentor/sponsor on a post-doctoral fellowship proposal for next year.
| Fellowship | Approximate Funding Total | Due Date |
| The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation | July | |
| Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship | $120,000 | March |
| Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology | $370,000 | June |
| JSMF Understanding Dynamic & Multiscale Systems Postdoctoral Fellowship | June | |
| Schulmberger Foundation Faculty for the Future | ||
| Schmidt Science Fellows | $100,000 | August |
| Life Science Research Foundation | ||
| Human Frontiers in Science Program | August | |
| Arnold O Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship | ||
| Duke University Preparing Future Faculty | No funding | Early Summer |
Johns Hopkins University maintains the best list of fellowships: https://research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral/