Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Climatology and Climate Forecasting

Organisation/Company: FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation

Research Field: Geosciences

Researcher Profile: Established Researcher (R3)

Country: Brazil

Application Deadline: 2 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract: To be defined

Job Status: Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of São Paulo (IAG-USP) in Brazil offers a Post-Doctoral Fellowship to investigate seasonal and subseasonal climate forecasting procedures, focusing on global climate model products for hydroclimatological applications in Water Security, emphasizing extreme rainfall, droughts, and soil moisture stress.

The fellow will carry out research under the aegis of the Science Center for Development of Water Security in Critical Zones, a SCD supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and hosted by IAG-USP.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Meteorology or related fields, knowledge of climatology and climate forecasting, experience in programming languages and statistics, global numerical modeling, analysis of large datasets, and seasonal and/or subseasonal forecasting.

Fellowship

Open to candidates of all nationalities with a Ph.D. obtained by the start of the fellowship and no more than 7 years before this date. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellowship with a monthly stipend of BRL 12,000.00 for 36 months, plus a 10% Technical Reserve for expenses directly related to research activities. More details at fapesp.br/en/postdoc.

Submission

Email with the subject “PD Fapesp IAG/USP” to humberto.rocha@iag.usp.br, including the following documents in PDF format:

1. A cover letter with motivation for the proposed research (1 page);
2. Curriculum Vitae, including experience in computing and statistics;

Eligibility of fellows

Country/ies of residence: All

Nationality/ies: All

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo (IAG-USP)

Country: Brazil

State/Province: São Paulo

City: São Paulo

Postal Code: 05508-090

Street: Rua do Matão, 1226 Geofield