LINGUIST List 17.537

Fri Feb 17 2006

Jobs: General Ling: Director,National Science Foundation

Editor for this issue: Vanessa Manion <vanessalinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Peg (Marguerite) Barratt, General Linguistics: Program Director, National Science Foundation, VA, USA
Message 1: General Linguistics: Program Director, National Science Foundation, VA, USA
Date: 17-Feb-2006
From: Peg (Marguerite) Barratt <mbarrattnsf.gov>
Subject: General Linguistics: Program Director, National Science Foundation, VA, USA


University or Organization: National Science Foundation Department: Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Job Rank: Program Director Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:

NSF is looking for a Program Director with particular expertise in issues related to the protection of human subjects and Institutional Review Board oversight of human subjects research to serve within the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division.

The Program Director would administer the program in one of these disciplines:

Archaeology, Cognitive Neuroscience; Cultural Anthropology; Developmental & Learning Sciences; Geography & Regional Science; Linguistics; Perception, Action & Cognition; Physical Anthropology, or Social Psychology. The Program Director would also serve as a liaison for human subjects issues within NSF and participate in activities within and across programs in the division, directorate, foundation, and federal government.

This rotator position is posted as an IPA position (Intergovernmental Personnel Act).

For IPA assignments, the individual remains an employee on the payroll of his or her home institution and the institution continues to administer pay and benefits. NSF reimburses the institution for NSF's negotiated share of the costs. Individuals eligible for an IPA assignment include employees of State and local government agencies, institutions of higher education, Indian tribal governments, federally funded research and development centers and qualified nonprofit organizations.

For further information, please contact Peg Barratt, mbarrattnsf.gov Phone: 703 292-7305 Website: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/e20060050/e20060050ipa.txt