The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) invites applications for 6 (6) Research Fellowships inward Health Research. This Career Development Programme is a partnership betwixt the MRC in addition to the Tertiary Education sector.
The role of the Research Fellowship is to construct query capacity in addition to scientific leadership past times creating novel positions for senior Post-Doctoral scientists that stimulate got demonstrated a potential to perish established researchers. Preference volition live given to proposals that address Public Health in addition to Environmental Health query priorities inward the country.
The 6 Research Fellows volition live appointed for a menses of ii years commencing inward January 2011, alongside the alternative to extend for a farther ii years dependent plain to satisfactory functioning in addition to the availability of funds.
Application Process
The role of the Research Fellowship is to construct query capacity in addition to scientific leadership past times creating novel positions for senior Post-Doctoral scientists that stimulate got demonstrated a potential to perish established researchers. Preference volition live given to proposals that address Public Health in addition to Environmental Health query priorities inward the country.
The 6 Research Fellows volition live appointed for a menses of ii years commencing inward January 2011, alongside the alternative to extend for a farther ii years dependent plain to satisfactory functioning in addition to the availability of funds.
Application Process
- Interested individuals must submit a amount application to the MRC no after than xv July 2010.
- Applications must include a amount query proposal, three referee’s reports, in addition to written commitment from the employing establishment to furnish the infrastructure, top-up salary in addition to matching contribution towards the running expenses for the query project.
- Where the Fellow is to live appointed inward an MRC in-house programme, the written commitment must live provided past times the Unit or Group Director.
- Applications volition live sent out for peer-review in addition to the applicants volition live informed of the effect of the application past times September /October 2010, for uptake of the Grant inward January 2011.
- Applicants may live subjected to an interview earlier a lastly determination is made.
Applicants must
- Be South African Citizens or inward possession of Permanent Residency
- Have a query doctorate in addition to post-doctoral query experience
- Apply inside at to the lowest degree v years of obtaining a query doctorate.
Value of the Award
- Research Fellows volition live appointed at the marking of a Lecturer at a University or Senior Scientist at the MRC.
- The MRC volition contribute, R180 000 towards the Fellow’s salary in addition to R50 000 for running expenses for the query project.
- The academy volition top-up the MRC salary contribution to that of a Lecturer at the employing institution.
- Where the Research Fellow is appointed inward an MRC in-house programme, the programme volition live expected to top-up the MRC salary contribution to that of a Senior Scientist.
- Where a Fellow is appointed at a University, the University must hand a written commitment to furnish the necessary infrastructure, salary contribution in addition to a minimum of R50 000.00 for running expenses for the query project.
- Where a Fellow is appointed inward an MRC in-house programme, the Unit or Group Director must furnish written commitment to furnish the necessary infrastructure, salary contribution in addition to a minimum of R50 000.00 for running expenses for the query project.
- The Research Fellow must pass a minimum of 80% of his or her fourth dimension task full-time query on the approved project. Successful applicants volition live required to sign a contractual understanding alongside the MRC in addition to the university.
Kindly frontward your responses to Research Capacity Development Administrator at Philistia.Joshua@mrc.ac.za in addition to re-create Dr Thabi Maitin: e-mail: thabi.maitin@mrc..ac..za
Application Closing Date: 15 July 2010
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