[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44440-44441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22197]
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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
Announcement of the William C. Foster Fellows Visiting Scholars
Program for the 1998-99 Academic Year
The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) will conduct a
competition to select visiting scholars to serve at the Agency during
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the 1998-99 academic year. University faculty from a variety of fields
are sought, including those in the physical sciences, engineering,
international relations, economics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and
computer science.
Section 28 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C.
2568), as amended, provides that ``a program for visiting scholars in
the field of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament shall be
established by the Director in order to obtain the services of scholars
from the faculties of recognized institutions of higher learning.'' The
law states that ``the purpose of the program will be to give
specialists in the physical sciences and other disciplines relevant to
the Agency's activities an opportunity for active participation in the
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities of the
Agency and to gain for the Agency the perspective and expertise such
persons can offer * * *.'' Scholars are known as William C. Foster
Fellows, in honor of the first Director of ACDA, who served from 1961
to 1969.
Assignments are available in the Bureaus of Strategic and Eurasian
Affairs (SEA); Multilateral Affairs (MA); Intelligence, Verification
and Information Management (IVI); and Nonproliferation and Regional
Arms Control (NP). Visiting scholars participate in a wide range of
Agency activities, such as performing arms control research and
analyses, evaluating data relating to compliance with treaties in
force, supporting interagency development of arms control policy, and
taking part in international arms control and disarmament negotiations.
Visiting scholars will be detailed to ACDA by their universities
for one full year. The institutions will be compensated for the
scholar's salaries and benefits in accordance with the
Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 and within Agency budgetary
limitations. Each Fellow will receive reimbursement for travel to and
from the Washington, DC area for his/her one year assignment and either
a per diem allowance during the one year detail or relocation costs.
Qualified candidates must be citizens of the United States, on the
faculty of a recognized U.S. institution of higher learning, and
tenured or on a tenure track.
ACDA is an equal opportunity employer. Selections will be made
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or
physical handicap that does not interfere with performance of duties.
Prior to appointment, all candidates will be subject to a full-field
background investigation for a Top Secret security clearance, as
required by Section 45 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as
amended. Visiting scholars will be subject to applicable Federal
conflict of interest laws and standards of conduct.
To apply, candidates must submit a letter outlining their interests
and qualifications, a curriculum vitae, copies of two publications, and
optional supporting material such as letters of reference. Applicants
will be evaluated based on their potential to provide expertise or to
perform services critical to ACDA's mission. The application deadline
for assignments for the 1998-99 academic year is January 31, 1998,
subject to extension at the Agency's discretion. ACDA expects to
announce tentative selections in June or July 1998.
For an information brochure, please write to: Foster Fellows
Program, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 320 21st Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20451; or call (202) 647-8090.
Dated: August 12, 1997.
James Sweeney,
Chief Science Advisor.
[FR Doc. 97-22197 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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