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The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO) is soliciting applications for two permanent and two temporary Program Directors in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. For the Animal Behavior Program in the Behavioral Systems Cluster, NSF is seeking temporary and permanent Program Directors with a broad background in integrative organismal biology focused on behavior across levels of organization and contexts. For the Integrative Ecological Physiology (IEP) Program of the Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster, NSF is seeking temporary and permanent Program Directors whose background and expertise bridges genetics, functional genomics and physiological ecology. The deadline to submit applications for all those positions is February 13, 2020. Two more representatives from academia have been added to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST): Hussein Tawbi, Associate Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Theresa Mayer, Vice President for development and research at Purdue University. PCAST is tasked with providing "policy recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology, building the Workforce of the Future, and supporting foundational research and development across the country." President Trump established the panel last October, more than two-and-a-half years into his administration. The first seven members on the panel included six indust...
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