Center for Health & Wellbeing

The Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW), part of the Woodrow Wilson School, invites outstanding researchers to apply for visiting appointments each year. Visitors will be appointed as either Visiting Associate Research Scholars or Visiting Research Scholars depending on their rank in the home institution. CHW supports research on the multiple aspects of health and wellbeing in both developed and developing countries. Successful candidates will devote an academic year or a semester in residence at Princeton to research, discussions, and scholarly collaborations concerned with the determinants of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, and the effects of public policy on health and wellbeing. Applications are welcome from researchers in a variety of disciplines, including medicine, psychology, biology, epidemiology, economics, sociology, and related social science disciplines.

Visiting Research Scholars participate in activities of CHW, including faculty-graduate seminars, workshops, and public lectures, and enjoy access to a wide range of other activities throughout the University. Most scholars devote the major portion of their time to research and writing on issues related to health and wellbeing. Some scholars may also have the opportunity to teach in one of Princeton’s graduate or undergraduate programs. Any teaching is contingent on sufficient enrollments and must be approved by the Dean of the Faculty. Although most Scholars will stay for the entire academic year (September through June), applications for a single semester or a portion of a semester will be considered.

Applicants should have a doctorate or equivalent degree. The program is open to all regardless of citizenship, but it does not support work toward the completion of a degree. Salaries are usually based on the salary in effect at the Scholar’s home institution, but are capped based on the maximum salary paid to Princeton faculty. Scholars from academic institutions normally receive up to one-half their academic-year salaries from their home institutions for the appointment period. A supplement may be paid to Scholars who teach a course.

Visiting Research Scholars must be employed at an institution other than Princeton during their visit. Applicants who do not have a home institution from which to visit should refer to CHW advertisements for Post-doctoral Research Associates, defined as those within three years of receipt of the PhD or equivalent degree, and Associate Research Scholars, defined as those who received a PhD or equivalent degree more than three years ago.

Applicants are evaluated on the basis of (1) the quality of their achievements in their field of specialization and their ability to benefit from the activities of CHW; (2) the significance of their proposed contribution to CHW’s mission; and (3) the contribution they are likely to make to research in the future.

To apply, please submit online a cover letter, a CV, a research paper, book chapter, or a dissertation chapter; a statement of no more than 1,500 words describing how you plan to use your time at Princeton; and a confidential statement indicating your current 12-month salary and what sources of financial support you are likely to have during your visit via:  https://jobs.princeton.edu.

Search for "Visiting Research Scholar-Center for Health and Wellbeing," requisition number 1200615.

The deadline for submission is December 15, 2012.  Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications in March 2013.