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From: Ray Cas <Ray.Cas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Australian Research Council is establishing a new postdoctoral
research fellowship scheme for outstanding mid-career (5 - to 15 years
post PhD graduation) researchers. There will be 200 Future
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships across all disciplines in the first
round to be announced soon, so competition will be very strong. Monash
University guarantees successful applicants who come to Monash a
tenured position at the end of the 4 year fellowship. Expressions of
interest are being solicited from well qualified, interested parties.
So could you please pass this email to well performed mid-career
researchers and ask anyone interested in a volcanology position to
contact me as soon as possible? The final guidelines for the scheme
and application deadlines are not yet available, but preliminary
guidelines follow.
OBJECTIVES
• Attract and retain outstanding Australian and International
mid-career researchers;
• Build collaboration across industry, research institutions, and disciplines;
• Support research in areas of national priority that will result in
economic, environmental, social, health or cultural benefits for
Australia; and
• Strengthen Australia's research capability by supporting innovative,
internationally competitive research.
Up to 200 new Future Fellowships, will be awarded per year, commencing
in 2009 to 2013.
• There are two proposed salary levels:
- Step 1:$95,000 -$100,000 (Australian$)
- Step 2:$135,000 -$140,000 (Australian$)
In addition, $50,000 per year to each Future Fellow's administering
organisation to support related infrastructure and equipment for
research projects as well as travel and relocation costs. The Monash
Faculty of Science has indicated it will increase the research budget.
Successful applicants will be expected to apply for other ARC national
competitive research grants as well, after commencement.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Investigator:
– consideration will be given to the opportunities the Future
Fellowship candidate has had to attain the level of
achievement
– evidence of capacity to conduct high quality, innovative research
– record of high quality research outputs –evidence of
international research standing
Strategic Alignment:
– how well does the research project align with and/or
complement the research strengths of the host organisation(s)?
– will the proposed project contribute significantly to the
building and sustainability of existing or emerging
research strengths of the host organisation(s)?
Collaboration:
– evidence of Future Fellowship candidate's capacity to build
collaboration across industry, research institutions, and/or with
other disciplines.
– the extent to which the proposed project will build
collaboration across industry, research institutions and disciplines.
National Priority:
– will the proposed project contribute significantly to the
advancement of knowledge in one or more areas of national priority?
Interested researchers should send me a comprehensive and up to date
CV as soon as possible at ray.cas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that I can
begin working with our Associate Dean for Research to develop
applications.
Cheers,
Ray Cas
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