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Post-Doctoral Opportunities Scheme at JIC

The JIC Post-Doctoral Opportunities Scheme provides bursaries (covering travel and accommodation costs – up to £250 for UK and £500 outside UK) allowing exceptional post-doctoral scientists from the UK or abroad to make a short visit to the Centre in order to meet scientific project leaders, discuss research possibilities and explore fellowship applications.

Visitors on the scheme would be expected to meet with several project leaders during their visit and to give an informal seminar here at JIC.

The scheme is aimed at the most exceptional post-doctoral candidates who would be credible candidates for fellowships from EMBO, Marie Curie, Human Frontiers Science Program or similar international or national programmes.

To be considered for a travel bursary, candidates must be eligible to attract funding from one or more of these sources. It would be expected, for example, that a recent PhD graduate would have one or more papers with a significant impact in their field. More mature applicants would have a correspondingly increased record of achievement.

Application procedure

There is no application form. To apply for a visit:

1. Consult the Project Leaders list and select a host Project Leader, plus three other JIC Project Leaders whom you would like to meet during your visit.
2. Provide a short statement (one A4 page) of your research interests and the funding sources for which you are eligible.
3. Send the above information, with a full CV, to Sally McIntosh (please do not send your application to your host).
4. Your CV should highlight your most significant publication, with reasons why you consider it to be so. Please also include the contact details of three referees.
5. Indicate whether you have had any previous contact or interactions with JIC/SL scientists.

Successful candidates will be contacted within a month of receipt of their application.