Fully Funded Fellowship at the University of Sydney 2019

The University of Sydney Fellowships aim to attract outstanding early career researchers to contribute to and enhance the research strengths and culture of the university.  Holders of the Fellowships will be lifetime members of the Sydney Society of Fellows. The society fosters inter-faculty collaboration, builds on a network of outstanding international alumni and provides further career development opportunities.

Applications are encouraged from any discipline or research area, with recipients able to work with our leading Faculties, schools and centers as well as with one of our 10 whole-of-university multidisciplinary initiatives that are focused on some of the greatest challenges of our time:

• Charles Perkins Center.
• Brain and Mind Center.
• Sydney Nano.
• China Studies Center.
• Sydney Southeast Asia Center.
• Cancer Research Network.
• Sydney Environment Institute.
• Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity.
• Center for Translational Data Science.
• Sydney Policy Lab.

A total of 10 three-year fellowships will be awarded for 2019. Recipients will receive a $98,940 per annum base salary, up to 17 percent superannuation (pension fund), a $25,000 research grant, four weeks annual leave per year (plus generous leave loading) and return airfares to relocate to Sydney. A $30,000 bonus grant will also be awarded if fellows receive an external fellowship in the first two years of their fellowship.

Eligibility:

[1] Applicants must have a PhD award dated no earlier than 1 January 2013 and no later than 19 August 2018. PhD award/conferred date is defined as the date on the testament.

[2] Applicants must obtain the endorsement of a proposed supervisor before applying.

[3] Strong preference will be given to applicants seeking to join the University from another organisation in Australia or from overseas. However, applicants currently employed at the University of Sydney or other affiliated institutions (including medical research institutes) who commenced such employment after 1 July 2017 are eligible to apply.

[4] Applicants with a PhD awarded by the University of Sydney may only apply if they have held a paid position with another organisation subsequent to the award of their PhD.

There are two essential criteria:

[1] Research excellence will be a primary criterion, both in terms of the project quality, innovation and feasibility and the track-record and potential of the researcher (relative to opportunity).

[2] The alignment of the proposed research with the University’s agenda of excellence and multidisciplinary research (both with the initiatives listed above and more broadly).

When applying for this opportunity, the following documents must be submitted:

[1] Curriculum Vitae.

[2] Evidence of a PhD award.

[3] 2-page proposed research project.

[4] Signed letter of endorsement from your proposed academic supervisor.

[5] Career interruption details and supporting evidence if relevant.

[6] One referee report.

Note: Applicants must find a supervisor from working in their area of expertise at The University of Sydney and request a letter of support via this link.