The University offers a number of Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships to attract outstanding post-doctoral scholars to conduct full time research at the University in any of its disciplines. The Fellowships aim to advance the research activities of the University by bringing to, or retaining in Australia, promising scholars. The Fellowships will be available from January 2010 for a period of three years and must be commenced within six months of an offer being made.

Fellowships are offered on the basis of merit to ARC Discovery and NH&MRC Career Development Award and Training Fellowship applicants that narrowly missed out on funding in the 2009 funding rounds. They target early career researchers with a strong track record relative to opportunity, and salaries range from Level A/6 to Level B/6 ($68,483 to $90,680 per annum plus superannuation @ 17%). These salary rates include a superable UNSW academic loading of $3,000 per annum payable to all academic staff (pro rata for fractional academic staff).

 

The Fellowships will be automatically awarded to those early career researchers that have applied for Fellowship support in 2009 through UNSW, for funding commencing in 2009 through the ARC/NHMRC and who have narrowly missed out on funding.  Each year the ARC and NHMRC provide universities with a list of these, shortly after the funding round has been announced. In 2009 we expect to receive this advice at the end of October.

 

The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Strategy) in conjunction with the Deans and/or Associate Deans (Research), will make the awards based on this "near miss" list.  There is no application process for the Fellowships. To be awarded a VC's Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2010, you will have applied for an ARC/NHMRC fellowship, and have narrowly missed out on being awarded one.

 

If you have any queries, please contact your grants team leader.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipients of the 2007 Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowships were: