Applications are invited from graduates to carry out research at institutions in the USA. Fields of research will include Astronomy, Biophysics, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, Mathematics, and Physics. Candidacy is open to UK and Commonwealth citizens who graduated from a UK university before 1 September 2006. Candidacy is also open to UK and Commonwealth citizens who are pursuing postgraduate research at a UK university, although not graduates of these institutions.
The Fellowship, worth $30,000, is tenable for one year, and should not be regarded as a means of taking up a routine sabbatical.
Further details are available from the Education Department, English-Speaking Union, 37 Charles Street, London, W1J 5ED (email education@esu.org). The closing date is 25 February 2009. The interview date is 21 April 2009.