Smuts Memorial Postdoc Fellowship at UCT in South Africa 2021

The University of Cape Town invites applications from suitably qualified persons for Smuts Memorial Fellowship which commemorates General Smuts’ interest in South African Botany for 2020/2021 academic year.

The object of the Fellowship is to enable a person who has exhibited proficiency in independent research to undertake study and research in systematic botany and geographical distribution of South African flora, these being the branches of Botany in which General Smuts was most keenly interested. The possibility of work on other aspects of the South African flora is not excluded.
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The research to be conducted by the Fellow will be under the general supervision of the Head of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town, and the Director of Research, South African National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch. As part of the Fellow’s professional development, the successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to participate in limited teaching and supervision of senior students in the Biological Sciences Department.

The tenure of the Fellowship is 12 months, with the commencement date preferably within the first quarter of 2021.
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Worth of Award
Eligibility
How to Apply
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Worth of Award

The successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to participate in limited teaching and supervision of senior students in the Biological Sciences Department.
The tenure of the Fellowship is 12 months, with the commencement date preferably within the first quarter of 2021.

Eligibility

The fellowship is open to any eligible person, South African or otherwise, who is capable of carrying out its objective and materially advancing the knowledge of the South African flora.
Possession of a PhD degree which has been obtained no more than five years ago is a minimum requirement.
Eligible candidates may not have previously held any academic or professional permanent positions.

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How to Apply

Applications must be submitted electronically to the Head of Department, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town ([email protected])

Applications must include the following:

Research Proposal (maximum 5000 words).
The applicant’s full curriculum vitae and list of publications.
Three reports from referees. The referees must be requested to email the references directly to the head of department at the email address shown below.
Certified copies of all academic transcripts and degree certificates.
Written endorsement by the host (principal investigator; normally a permanent staff at UCT or SANBI) of the proposed project. To be emailed directly to the head of the department.
Applications will be considered by a sub-committee in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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