RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open date: September 15th, 2017 Next review date: October 18th, 2017 Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: December 31st, 2017 Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled. DESCRIPTION The National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program was established in 1980 to study ecological processes operating on decadal-to-century time scales. The program now includes a network of 28 diverse research programs and engages over 2000 researchers from multiple disciplines. Drawing on sustained observation, experiments and modeling, LTER research creates new knowledge about how ecosystems f