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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska

Salary: $57,408.00 - $74,628.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Term NTE 2 Years
Phone: (402)472-1511

JOB SUMMARY:

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Find Solutions to Agricultural Problems that Affect Americans Every Day, From Field to Table.

Applications for this position will be accepted from both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Nationals who meet both Appropriations Law and Immigration Law requirements found under "Foreign Nationals Eligible for Federal Employment" at http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/hrd/EmployForeignNationals/index.htm

 

This is an Excepted Service temporary appointment not-to-exceed 2 years and may be extended up to a total of 4 years without further competition.

 

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the United States Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency and one of the world's premiere scientific organizations.  ARS Postdoctoral Research Associates are hired to supplement a lead scientist's research on agricultural problems of high national priority affecting American agriculture.

 

The incumbent will be assigned to the Agroecosystem Management Research Unit in Lincoln, NE and will assess the feasibility of winter oilseed production for biofuel in Midwest corn-soybean rotations.

           **ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED OR October 24,2014**

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• A Ph.D. is required