[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 188 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50468-50469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24683]


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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

Announcement of the William C. Foster Fellows Visiting Scholars 
Program for the 1997-98 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 
the 1997-98 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 Policy 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 
scholars' 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,

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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 1997-98 academic year is January 31, 1997, 
subject to extension at the Agency's discretion. ACDA expects to 
announce tentative selections in June or July 1997.
    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: September 10, 1996.
Ambassador James Sweeney,
Chief Science Advisor.
[FR Doc. 96-24683 Filed 9-25-96; 8:45 am]
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