Every year, the Human Frontiers
Science Program funds a number of Post-doctoral fellowships (for more details,
see below and follow the links).
In my research group, there is
an opportunity for an enthusiastic post-doctoral fellow to work on an
interdisciplinary project investigating seasonal changes in the hippocampus of
food-hoarding birds, investigating both what the adaptive value of them is, and
what causes them. The project would combine experimental fieldwork in Finland
with histological investigation of neuroanatomy and high-throughput expressome
analysis.
Since the purpose of the HFSP
Long-Term Fellowships is for an early career scientist to BROADEN THEIR
RESEARCH SKILLS, this project would be ideal for someone who might have
experience with one of these areas, and wants to learn more about the other
areas.
If you know of anyone who is
interested in applying for such a post-doctoral fellowship with me (deadline:
29 August 2013), they should contact me with a CV by July 14th to
give us enough time to coordinate a good application.
Looking forward to your replies.
Sincerely,
Tom Smulders
Title
Human Frontier Science Program: 2014 Call for Postdoctoral
Fellowships
Deadline
Initiation deadline for registering the proposal: 13 August
2013
Submission deadline: 29 August 2013
Summary
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) postdoctoral
fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research
skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country.
HFSP offers two different types of fellowships for basic research in life
sciences: Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships.
Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) are for applicants with a
PhD in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a
project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their
previous PhD or postdoctoral work.
Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) are for
applicants with a PhD from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics,
chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences), who have had limited
exposure to biology during their previous training.
HFSP fellowships are for three years. Fellows may choose to
stay for up to three years in the host country or use the last year of their
fellowship to return to their home country or to move to another HFSP member
country.
Eligible applicants must be in possession of a PhD (awarded
between 1 September 2010 and 29 August 2013 or for candidates who have not
obtained their PhD yet, it must be awarded at the latest in December 2014).
Furthermore, applicants must have at least one lead author paper - either
published, in press, or accepted for publication - on 29 August 2013.
A candidate who is not from one of the HFSP supporting
countries may apply to work only in a research institution in any of the
supporting countries. A candidate from one of the supporting countries
(including the UK) can apply to work in a research institution in any country.
The list of the supporting countries is available on the HFSP website.
Further information