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University of Oxford

WHITLEY PROFESSORSHIP OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Applications are invited for the above post, which is available for refilling as soon as may be arranged. The Professor will be required to deliver lectures and give instruction in Biochemistry, and to undertake original work and the general supervision of research and advanced work in his/her subject. The electors will seek to appoint the best available candidate without restriction as to field of study within the general area of the post. The successful candidate will have an international reputation in scholarship and research, and will contribute both through personal research endeavour and through leadership, to maintaining a programme of research and teaching at the highest level, and to ensuring long-term development and interest in the subject in Oxford, and its wide recognition outside.

A non-stipendiary Fellowship at Trinity College is attached to the Professorship.

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD. The closing date for applications is 6 January 2003.

VIOLETTE AND SAMUEL GLASSTONE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN SCIENCE

Applications are invited for the above Research Fellowships, tenable at the University of Oxford, in the fields of Plant Sciences, Chemistry (Inorganic, Organic, or Physical), Engineering, Mathematics, Metallurgy, and Physics. The Fellowships will be tenable for one year with a possibility of renewal for up to two further years. The awards will be available from 1 October 2003 or as soon as possible thereafter.

There is one Fellowship for men and one Fellowship for women. These are supported from the Glasstone Fund for Men and the Glasstone Fund for Women respectively. The salary will be on the RSIA scale (currently £18,265 to £27,339 a year). The number of awards to be made will depend on the value of the funds in 2003 (in 2002 two Fellowships were awarded, one from the fund for men and one from the fund for women). Additional travel and research support grants may be available.

Applicants should have submitted for their doctorate by the time of taking up a Fellowship (normally 1 October of the year in which the offer is made). There is no age limit but applicants should not normally have had more than five years of post-doctoral research experience.

Application forms and further particulars can be obtained from Mrs J. Brown, Life and Environmental Sciences Divisional Office, 2 South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UB (tel. 01865 282464, e-mail judith.brown@admin.ox.ac.uk). They are also available at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/. The closing date for receipt of applications is Monday, 9 December 2002.


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Cambridge University Reporter 6 November 2002
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