The Fellowships are extremely prestigious and highly competitive. Applicants must have an outstanding track record relative to opportunity in order to be short-listed.The Fellowships aim to generate research outcomes that will benefit society, strengthen the research profile of UTS and its areas of research strength and excellence, and equip Fellows for research careers.

In 2011, the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme will award Fellowships with the aim of building research capacity in areas of strategic importance to UTS. The number of Fellowships awarded will be dependent on the quality of the candidates and the funding available.

Applicants will have been awarded a research doctoral degree (equivalent to an Australian PhD degree) within 5 years of the closing date. Research doctoral degree candidates whose thesis is under examination at the closing date, and research doctoral degree candidates who will submit their PhD thesis by end of 2010 may also apply. International applications are welcome.

Fellowships are available for a three-year period. A four-year research and teaching option is also available under certain conditions.

Fellows will initially be appointed at Level A, step 4 (A$72,297) or Level B step 1 (A$76,105) per year, under the UTS Academic Staff agreement 2006. Applicants with less than 2 years experience since the award of their PhD should expect to be offered Fellowships at Level A. Project funding of up to $45,000 is also available.

Intending applicants must, in the first instance, contact the Faculty with which they wish to work. They must have a UTS supervisor who must complete a Supervisor’s Statement (doc, 36.5Kb).

Applications must be submitted using the Application Cover Sheet (doc, 50.5Kb) and including the required supporting documents in accordance with the Scheme Guidelines and Instructions for Applicants (doc, 230Kb).

All enquiries about the UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme should be addressed to:
Helen Thomson
Manager, Research Development
Research and Innovation Office
University of Technology, Sydney
E: Helen.Thomson@uts.edu.au
T: 61 2 9514 9616
F: 61 2 9514 1244

Closing Date: 26 August 2010