University College invites applications for a Science Junior Research Fellowship in the fields of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering Science, Materials, and Physics) tenable for a period of three years from 1 October 2007. Junior Research Fellowships are intended to provide opportunities for outstanding academics at the beginning of their careers. The Statutes of the College currently provide that the successful candidate should be under thirty-five years of age.
The primary criterion for appointment will be research excellence. Candidates must have a strong educational record; be approaching the end of their doctoral research or have begun post-doctoral study; have research expertise as demonstrated by publications, or demonstrate promise of such achievement; and have a coherent plan of research for the duration of the Fellowship.
The current stipend for a Junior Research Fellow not in receipt of other emoluments is £16,729 (under review). This sum will normally be reduced by the annual emoluments received from any funding body or other source (other than payment for piecemeal teaching), with a minimum stipend payable by the College of £2,500. The Fellow will be offered free meals and single accommodation in College if available, or a housing allowance in lieu (currently £4,375 a year). There will be an academic allowance (currently £1,463), an entertainment allowance (currently up to £612), membership of USS, and private health insurance. The post-holder will be expected to offer a limited amount of undergraduate teaching for the College if invited to do so.
Selected candidates may be asked to submit written work, which, depending on the discipline in which they are working, may be one or two published or submitted articles, or all or part of their theses. Applicants should indicate on their application forms which material they propose to submit, if invited to do so, but should not at this stage submit any written work. Candidates should send their application form (to be downloaded from the College website at http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/) to the Academic Administrator, University College, Oxford, OX1 4BH (tel. 01865 286565, fax 01856 276790, e-mail jrf@univ.ox.ac.uk) by 20 October 2006. Applicants should arrange for three referees to send their references to the Academic Administrator by the same date.
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