Academic/Research Positions

The NSF review process depends on having talented researchers and scholars spend time at NSF leading the proposal review process. Roughly half of the science staff in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) are “rotators” from universities and research labs.

We will soon have for a Program Director in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. We are seeking a Program Director in the Information Integration and Informatics cluster in such areas as Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Information Privacy and Security, and related topics. The announcement for this position can be found at

http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=55870440.

Serving as an NSF Program Director is a particularly rewarding experience that involves both fostering innovative research and encouraging growth and broad participation in the discipline. It offers a unique opportunity to influence the direction of the field. The anticipated start date is September 1, 2007, but is flexible.

Rotators’ salaries and benefits (annualized with summer support to 12 months) are funded by NSF through a grant to their home institutions – rotators remain on their home institutions’ payroll while serving at NSF. Additionally, for those not local to the NSF area, NSF provides a per diem allowance or moving expense reimbursement, and provides up to 50 days per year to continue your professional activities, including covering travel to your home institution as appropriate. (Further financial and logistic details can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/about/career_opps/rotators/ipa.jsp.)

Haym Hirsh
Division Director
Information and Intelligent Systems
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1125
Arlington, VA 22230
(703) 292-8930

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