Newton International Postdoctoral Fellowships UK
The Newton Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme supports
excellent researchers (see eligibility in attached pdf) to come to the
UK for a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship. Professor Mark Brown (www.markjfbrown.com)
and Dr Elli Leadbeater (http://ellileadbeater.wixsite.com/insectcognition)
are actively recruiting potential applicants for these fellowships to
join them in their research groups at
Royal Holloway University of London. Our study systems include
bumblebees and honey bees, and research areas we’re interested in
include learning and cognition, neuroethology, host-parasite interactions, impacts of agrochemicals on bee
health, conservation ecology, urban ecology of bees, and general social insect biology. We have bumblebee rearing facilities, a cognition lab, a research apiary that includes observation hives, and microscopy
and molecular facilities.
This is a highly competitive scheme. Please read through
all the details on eligibility (pdf attached) and see the Newton
Fellowship page for previous successful applicants (https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/).
If you believe you are a competitive applicant, please contact us (mark.brown@rhul.ac.uk or Elli.Leadbeater@rhul.ac.uk)
before 15th February with your
CV, brief idea for a research project (title and paragraph detailing
question, context, importance, main aims - do your best to map this onto
the assessment criteria in the attached pdf), and a brief letter
detailing confirmation of eligibility, and why you
think working with one or both of us is a good next step for you in
your career.
Deadline: initial submission to Brown/Leadbeater 15th February, final application 27th March 2019