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add this to-do item to your calendarCRF Biomedical Personal Research Fellowships
Due: Friday 31st December 2010
Organisation: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
WWW: www.rse.org.uk/research_fellowships/CRF_Personal_fellowship.htm
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The Caledonian Research Foundation (CRF), in association with the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) offers CRF/RSE Personal Research Fellowships in the Biomedical Sciences for independent research in the biomedical sciences. This covers “the biological, biochemical, physical and clinical sciences related to medicine.”
Applicants will be required to pursue research in any Higher Education Institution (HEI), Research Institute (RI) or industrial laboratory in Scotland. Applicants must possess a doctorate or equivalent higher qualification, and must have two to six years relevant post-doctoral academic research experience at the time of the application closing date.
On the date of appointment, applicants should normally be aged 32 or under. Applicants who are over the age of 32 but have between two and six years’ postdoctoral experience may be considered in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances may include a late entry to further education or a doctorate or postdoctoral experience postponed or interrupted by family leave. When exceptional circumstances are to be taken into account, the applicant will be required to provide a statement of support.
Only applicants who have obtained their doctorate or equivalent higher qualification prior to the closing date for submitting applications will be considered. The foundation does not discriminate on grounds of gender, ethnicity, nationality, or disability. It seeks only to appoint to its fellowships and scholarships those individuals whose applications have achieved excellent rankings following peer review and who will benefit most from the awards. It does, however, require that fellows and scholars live and work in Scotland during their tenure of the foundation’s award - except where the award is specifically for, or incorporates an approved period of, work outwith Scotland.
Applicants must show they have a well-developed capacity for innovative research and have a substantial volume of published work relevant to their proposed field of study.
The fellowships will be tenable for up to three years and, once appointed, the research fellows will normally be expected to devote their full time to research.
Up to two fellowships are normally awarded in any one year. Fellows will not be allowed to hold other paid appointments without the express permission of the foundation, although they will be able to carry out a limited amount of teaching (not exceeding six hours per week during teaching terms) appropriate to their special knowledge, in the department in which the fellowship his held. The level of any teaching hours must be approved in advance by the foundation and the head of the department in which the research work is being undertaken.
The annual salary for the CRF Research Fellowships will be within the scales for Research staff in HEI, Spine Point 29-43 (approximately £28,983 to £43,840 at August 2009 rates). Corresponding scales will apply to a fellowship held in either an RI or industrial laboratory. Normal annual increments and superannuation benefits will apply and salaries will be adjusted from time to time to take account of nationally agreed pay settlements. The salary placement will be according to age, qualifications, and experience plus two extra increments.
Financial support towards expenses involved in carrying out the research is available including support for travel and attendance at approved meetings and the cost of minor equipment. The successful applicant is given a “start-up” grant of £1,000 and a further allowance of up to £1,000 for travel and subsistence each year. In addition, fellows may apply annually for additional support towards the cost of equipment and consumables, up to a maximum of £5,000 per annum. These applications for supplementary support will be considered on an annual basis and applicants should include details of their expected expenses on the application form for this support.
Applications to work on a part-time basis will be considered if
- the request is made for domestic reasons; and
- the applicant is prepared to work for at least two-thirds of the normal full-time hours; and
- the request is recommended by the applicant’s supervisor.
Applicants for the CRF Personal Research Fellowships will be expected to negotiate directly with the relevant head of department of the proposed host institution to ensure that an appointment would be acceptable.
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