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 2009.
Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) are intended to provide opportunities for outstanding academics at the beginning of their careers. University College has at any time between eight and ten JRFs in any of the subjects in which it has Fellows and Lecturers, several of which are funded by Old Members of the College. JRFs play an important part in the intellectual and social lives of the College. While the College is careful to protect the research time of its JRFs, the College will use its best efforts to provide access to a limited amount of teaching, in the interest of the Fellow's career development. Further details of University College are available from the College website (see http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/) where details of the research of current Fellows can also be found.
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 recently begun post-doctoral study; have research expertise as demonstrated by publications, or demonstrate promise of such achievement; have a coherent plan of research for the duration of the Fellowship; and have evidence of access to funding for consumables and laboratory facilities.
Candidates must be confident that they will have obtained their doctorates by the start of their appointments, or within a couple of months. Conversely, this position is not intended for those who have already held another stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship or equivalent (such as a Career Development Fellowship), or for those who obtained their doctorates more than two years prior to the application date.
The current stipend for a Junior Research Fellow not in receipt of other emoluments is £18,462. This sum will normally be reduced by the annual salary support received from any other 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 free single accommodation in College if available, or a housing allowance in lieu (currently £4,700 a year). Fellows not living in College will be offered study space in College. The Fellow will also receive an academic allowance (currently £1,800), an entertainment allowance (currently up to £660), membership of USS, and private health insurance.
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 thesis. 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 Assistant to the Senior Tutor, University College, Oxford, OX1 4BH (tel. 01865 276601, fax 01865 276790, email verity.pavitt@univ.ox.ac.uk) by 12 noon on Monday, 1 December 2008. Applicants should arrange for three referees to send their references to the Assistant to the Senior Tutor by the same date.
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