Science Research Fellowship (3 year)
November 16, 2009
http://www.royalcommission1851.org.uk/res_fellow.html
Research Fellowship (3 year)
Summary
To apply for a Research Fellowship you need to complete the online application.
The scheme of 1851 Research Fellowships is intended to give a few PhD level scientists or engineers of outstanding promise the opportunity for conducting research for a further period. Awarded for three years, they provide an exceptional opportunity for PhD graduates to pursue further research at the highest level. Approximately eight awards are made each year.
The Fellowships are open to candidates in any of the physical or biological sciences, in mathematics, in applied science, or in any branch of engineering. Candidates in science subjects should normally have recently obtained their PhD degree, or be in the final stages of their PhD studies. Those offering engineering do not have to be in possession of a PhD, but must be of at least PhD standard.
Applications from qualified engineering researchers are particularly encouraged. To this end the Royal Commission offers an additional fellowship to further strengthen its support for engineering research. This is designated the Brunel Fellowship and was introduced in 2006 to mark the 200th anniversary of the great Victorian engineer’s birth.
The Research Fellowship stipend payable in 2010 is £28,500 for the first year, and £30,000 for the second and third years. In addition a London (Overseas) Weighting of £2,500 per annum is payable in appropriate cases. Final year fellows are also sponsored to attend a Royal Society communication skills course. Stipends are reviewed annually.
A candidate must be a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, or of the Republics of Ireland or Pakistan. He or she should either have spent at least two out of the past three years at a UK Institution, or be intending to hold the Fellowship at a UK Institution, or both.
Applications are made online via this website (link below) and must include two references, plus certification from the institution at which the Fellowship is to be held. Applications must be received by 5pm Thursday 25 February 2010. Appointments to the Fellowship will be made during June 2010. Fellowships commence at the beginning of October in the year of award.
Please download the Full Regulations [pdf].
You can now apply for a Fellowship online.
Mouse chromosome postdoc at EMBL
November 4, 2009
Have completing PhDs familiar with mouse biology and/or stem cells spotted this?
Interview training for staff
October 13, 2009
Preparing for my interview
A course for staff – (not Phd students sorry – we will cover this on the RDP)
still has some vacancies – contact the Staff Development site to book a place.
or email
tanya.gettermann-luque@kcl.ac.uk
Course aims
This session is for anyone who would like to prepare for an interview. The course will focus only on the person getting interviewed and is not suitable for interviewers.
Course date
Friday 06 November 2009 (09.30 – 16.00)
Venue: Room B.12 (Basement floor), James Clerk Maxwell Building, Waterloo Campus
Japanese Scientific Collaborations
September 16, 2009
JSPS London Short-Term Award
Call for Applications with Fellowships to Start Between May 2010 to the end of March 2011
Closing Date: 17:30, Tuesday 1 December, 2009
We would like to inform you of our first call for applications for the JSPS Short-Term Award Programme for fiscal year 2010. JSPS is the leading research funding agency in Japan, established by the Japanese Government for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science. JSPS plays a key role in the administration of various scientific and academic programmes, whilst expanding bilateral exchange between Japan and the United Kingdom.
The Short-Term Award provides the opportunity for pre and post doctoral UK researchers and European and North American researchers based in the UK to visit Japan for 1 to 12 months to undertake cooperative research with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and Institutions. The programme is designed to provide researchers with first-hand experience of the research and living environment in Japan. Eligible research fields are not limited: computer, engineering, health, biological, life, natural and physical sciences, mathematics, humanities and social sciences etc. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 1 December, 2009 and successful applicants are asked to start their fellowship between May 2010 and the end of March 2011.
Electronic versions of all the application materials are available on our website at: http://www.jsps.org/funding/fellow_short.html If possible we would like to ask you to advertise this award on your website and provide a link from there to the award information on the JSPS London website or similarly please forward this information to any eligible and interested parties.
If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us at the JSPS London Office on 020-7255-4660 or by e-mail to: short-termaward@jsps.org
‘University Researchers and the Jobs Market’
June 4, 2009
The new, on-line version, of ‘University Researchers and the Jobs Market’ is available to browse and download from the AGCAS website at:
http://www.agcas.org.uk/agcas_resources/115-University-Researchers-and-the-Job-Market
Although its target audience is Postdoctoral Researchers looking to change career, it does have relevant information for academic careers and would be useful for PhD students.
The blog will publish a review of the document shortly.
‘Getting a postdoc’ session
May 6, 2009
Dont forget this afternoons careers session on ‘getting a postdoc’.
Professor Roger Morris is leading the session in
G14
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Waterloo Campus.
17.00 – 18.00
Everyone welcome
Money to bid for!
April 16, 2009
Research Staff may be interested in the latest ‘call’ from the European Commission as part of the ‘Framework 7′ research funding programme (essentially a massive EU research grant). Lots of career development grants available, details at:
<http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm>
It’s also worth looking at the EU Euraxess web site that has been set up to be a one stop shop for all things to do with Research Careers and employment across the EU (a charter and code recommendation is that we should all advertise jobs here): <http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm>
NatCen Learning has some places available on the popular Cognitive Interviewing Skills course. This two day course (22-23 April 2009, central London) provides participants with a thorough grounding in cognitive question testing methods and practical experience in cognitive interviewing skills. The course also covers the analysis and reporting of cognitive interview data. It is ideal for researchers involved in designing and developing questionnaires and survey instruments giving you with a comprehensive understanding of the value cognitive approaches can bring to your survey design.
For booking form see our websiote at: www.natcen.ac.uk/natcenlearning/ or contact Susan Mackenzie on 0207 549 8577.
A Career in Science Publishing and Writing?
February 27, 2009
A Graduate School Careers Seminar
Graduate School Training Room
Waterloo Bridge Wing
4.14
5pm – 6.30pm
Tuesday 10th March 2009
Dr Chris Surridge will talk about careers in scientific publishing. He is a Biology Editor for Nature and has worked on Open Access journals as well as traditional publishing.
His PhD and Postdoc were in Biophysics at Imperial College.
If you wish to attend please e-mail
Phd-careers@kcl.ac.uk
MBTI psychometric instrument
February 26, 2009
Some PhD students have expressed an interest in completing the Myers Briggs Type indicator. This is a personality measure, based on Jungian psychoanalytical theories, widely used in personal development and training.
As a result I have arranged for these students to attend the Waterloo Bridge Wing, Graduate School Training Room (WBW 4.14) on Wednesday 4th March at 5pm.
They will fill in the questionnaire – which will take 30-40 minutes max, and I will book an appointment for another occasion with them to give feedback on their scores. These feedback sessions last for up to one hour.
If other PhD students or postdocs wish to do the MBTI please email Terry Jones so he can arrange for enough copies of the Questionnaire to be brought to the Training Room on that date.
