Become a part of our mission to maintain and strengthen the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise, for over 50 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.  NSF Program Directors bear the primary responsibility for carrying out the agency's overall mission to support innovative and merit-reviewed activities in basic research and education that contribute to the nation's technical strength, security, and welfare. To fulfill this responsibility requires not only knowledge in the appropriate disciplines, but also a commitment to high standards, a considerable breadth of interest and receptivity to new ideas, a strong sense of fairness, good judgment, and a high degree of personal integrity.

The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) is seeking qualified candidates for two permanent Program Directors. MCB supports fundamental research that addresses complex living systems at the molecular, subcellular, and cellular levels. The research portfolio within MCB includes projects that address questions on the origin, organization and properties of the basic molecular structures and processes of life using a variety of experimental systems, including plants and microbes. Awards include integrative projects that address (i) molecular and cellular structure, function, and organization; (ii) genetic, metabolic, and signaling pathways or networks and the regulatory mechanisms that control them; (iii) genome structure and genetic processes, and other cellular mechanisms; (iv) communication and interaction between molecules, macromolecules and subcellular components and pathways; and (v) the flow of energy and information within and between molecules or macromolecular complexes or within and between cells.  MCB is looking for individuals with an expertise in global approaches to molecular and cellular biosciences and in the use of mathematical and/or computational modeling. 

Additional information about MCB can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/bio/mcb/about.jsp.