Job Title: Biological Science Administrator (Program Director)

Agency: National Science Foundation

Job Announcement Number:IOS-2012-0005

SALARY RANGE: $105,211.00 to $163,957.00 / Per Year

OPEN PERIOD: Monday, April 16, 2012 to Wednesday, May 16, 2012

SERIES & GRADE: AD-0401-04

POSITION INFORMATION: Full-time. – Permanent.

PROMOTION POTENTIAL:04

DUTY LOCATIONS: Arlington, VA, US

JOB SUMMARY:

Become a part of our mission to maintain and strengthen the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise. For over 60 years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has remained the premier Federal agency supporting basic research at the frontiers of discovery across all fields, as well as science and engineering education at all levels.

The National Science Foundation’s Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) is seeking qualified candidates for a permanent Program Director in its Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster (PSS) in the Process, Structures and Integrity (PSI) programmatic area. Individuals with expertise in comparative animal physiology are particularly encouraged to apply. The PSS Cluster supports research aimed at furthering the understanding of organisms as integrated units of biological organization. The focus of the PSI programmatic area is on understanding the unity of organisms as complex systems through studies of coherent, structural and functional properties and interactions. Systems approaches that predict or reveal the nature of coordination among functional processes and/or structural components as a means to further the understanding of organismal integrity and emergent properties are particularly encouraged.

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