Application Deadline: 31 July 2019
The University Council has established several Rhodes University Postdoctoral Research Fellowships across all faculties which may be awarded for one year with the possibility of renewal.
The Fellowships are intended to foster existing research and
scholarly or creative activities within Rhodes University departments
and institutes. Ideally a Fellow’s proposed work will closely complement
existing programmes in the host department.
- Although there is no age restriction, potential Fellows must hold a
doctoral degree, awarded within the last five years, preferably from an institution other than Rhodes University and recognized as appropriate to the discipline for which the Fellowship is sought. Successful candidates must be of exceptional merit as evidenced by the quality and corpus of publications or other recognized forms of achievement relevant to the Fellow’s discipline. The Fellowship will be awarded strictly on merit. - An applicant who has not completed his/her PhD at the time the
Fellowship is offered must have submitted the PhD thesis by the end of
2019. In these circumstances the Research Office will require written
assurance from the applicant’s supervisor that there is a reasonable
expectation that the doctoral degree will be awarded. - Applications should be made through Heads of Departments or Directors of Research Institutes.?
Value of the Fellowship
Each Fellowship is a package of R180 000 per annum with an additional
allocation of a maximum of R20 000 to be used to support the
presentation of papers at formal conferences. The Fellowship cannot be
held concurrently with any supplementary funding.
Conditions of Award
The University expects that all publications, creative works and
other academic products of the Fellowship will bear appropriate
acknowledgement with full affiliation to Rhodes University. The
University reserves the right to co-ownership of inventions and/or
patents directly emanating from research conducted under the sponsorship
of the Fellowship.
The University reserves the right to request the refund of any
fellowship paid to the Fellow should the Fellow terminate his/her
contract prior to its completion.
Award of the Fellowship
Applications for the Fellowships should be made through the potential
host department and then directed to the Research Office
([email protected]). The determination of awards will be made by a
committee comprising the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and
Development (Chair), the Director: Research Office and Faculty Deans.
The committee is not bound to award any or all of the Fellowships in any one year.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Rhodes University Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2020