Balliol College proposes to elect a Phizackerley Senior Scholar in the Medical Sciences. The Scholarship, which will be awarded solely on the basis of academic merit, is open to graduates currently working in Oxford who are reading, or intend to read, for a D.Phil. Applicants will normally be in at least their first year and not later than their second year of graduate work at the time of application.
The Scholarship will be awarded for a maximum of two years. Scholars will take up their award on 1 October 2005.
The value of the Scholarship is £1,750 a year. In addition, the Scholar will receive free meals, and will be entitled to dine twice a week at High Table. The Scholar will be entitled to accommodation (for which they will be charged) until they have completed their University residence requirements. This accommodation will be in the Graduate Centre at Holywell Manor.
Application forms may be obtained from the Senior Tutor's Secretary, Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ. Candidates are requested to return two copies of their applications by 31 January 2005 (third week of Hilary Term). Candidates are requested to ask their referees to write to the Senior Tutor by the same date. The College hopes to interview short-listed applicants during the week commencing 21 February 2005 (sixth week).
Balliol College invites applications from scholars of outstanding distinction or promise to be Visiting Fellows of Balliol and Oliver Smithies Lecturers.
A Visiting Fellowship normally lasts for at least two, but not more than three terms. Visiting Fellowships are intended primarily to give scholars from outside the United Kingdom an opportunity to pursue their own research as a member of the College. Fellows will normally be expected to reside in Oxford during terms. The College is regrettably unable to offer Visiting Fellows accommodation. However, Visiting Fellows will be entitled to full membership of the Senior Common Room and to take all their meals in College free of charge. The College will meet the cost of one return trip from the Fellow's home institution. A Visiting Fellow must also be willing to take up the Oliver Smithies Lectureship, which carries with it a requirement to offer two or three University-wide lectures on a subject of the Lecturer's choosing. An honorarium of £500 per lecture is offered. Other things being equal, preference will be given to candidates whose work is close to the academic interests of one or more Fellows of the College.
Applicants who are unable to be in Oxford for as long as two terms may apply for the Oliver Smithies Lectureship on its own. In this case the Lecturer would be expected to visit the College for a period of between one and four weeks, at a time to be mutually agreed by the College and the Lecturer, to deliver his or her lectures. The Lecturer will be entitled to free College accommodation and free meals for the period over which the lectures are to be given. Travelling expenses will be met by the College, and the same honorarium is offered. The reverse arrangement - applying for the Visiting Fellowship, but not for the Smithies Lecturership - is not possible.
Applications, in the form of a letter, should include a statement of the research the applicant intends to carry out during his/her visit; details of the proposed lectures; a full curriculum vitae; and the names and addresses of two academic referees. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that their references are sent directly to the College by the closing date. Applications should be sent to the Senior Tutor's Secretary, Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ, and should reach the College by 28 January 2005. The College hopes to complete the elections by late February 2005.
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