An excellent postdoc opportunity is now open at the University of Queensland, Australia. These competitive UQ ECR Fellowships are open to postdocs (early career researchers) in any field of study and fund a three year research position (very competitive salary starting at ~AU$79,000 per year plus a very generous retirement package, accumulated paid carer and sick leave - including 6-months full paid maternity leave if applicable).
This postdoc opportunity provides salary only so applicants MUST find a sponsoring academic who they will work with during the fellowship and who will help them with their application and agree to a project - each applicant should discuss project ideas directly with their sponsoring academic. Applicants must have earned their PhD on or after August 1, 2010 (though time off for parental/carers leave is allowable as a way of extending this date). Fellowship details, key dates, and procedures can be found at the following website: http://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/uq-fellowships Though applicants can apply through any academic unit a the University of Queensland, these instructions apply for applicants working through the School of Biological Sciences. If you are interested please follow these steps: 1. Go to the website listed above to obtain details about the fellowship application process from Research office at the University of Queensland 2. Identify researchers you would be interested in working with and contact them directly about applying with them as a sponsor. (Profiles of academic staff in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland are all available at this website: http://www.biology.uq.edu.au/ and all ecologists at UQ are listed at: http://ecology.uq.edu.au/) 3. Once you have the support of an academic sponsor for your application, contact me ([email protected]) so I can help you through the application process. Full applications are due October 16, 2015. Please keep in mind that this is a highly competitive fellowship scheme and successful applicants will undoubtedly have multiple first author papers in high ranking journals. Dr. Margie Mayfield Director of the Ecology Centre School of Biological Sciences Goddard Building (8) St Lucia Campus The University of Queensland Brisbane, 4072 Queensland Australia Phone: +61 (7) 3365 1685 Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1655 http://www.mayfieldplantecologylab.org For Ecology Centre related business please e-mail: [email protected]
