Deadline for submission of outline proposals: 24th February 2012 to rpo@st-andrews.ac.uk
Deadline for institutional proposal of candidate: by 1st March 2012 (French time GMT +1)
Application deadline for selected St Andrews’ candidate: 29th March 2012 (French time GMT +1)
The first campaign of AXA Post-Doctoral fellowships for 2012 has opened. The domains of research are Environmental risks, Life risks and Socio-economic risks. Please see http://www.axa-research.org/sites/dev/files/areas_of_research_eligible_for_funding_in_detail.pdf for further details on eligible areas.
Please note there is a limit of one application for St Andrews. Prof Hawkesworth will review outline proposals and will select one application candidate on behalf of St Andrews based on the following selection criteria:
- Academic excellence of the candidate
- Innovative nature and originality of the project
- Feasibility of the project (management, organization)
- International reach/International scope of the host laboratory
- International mobility (valued but not required)
Please send an outline proposals to include the following to rpo@st-andrews.ac.uk marked for the attention of the Deputy Principal by the 24th February 2012:
Required Information:
- A detailed description of the Post-Doctoral project (4 pages maximum) – Draft version
- A detailed CV
Optional Supporting information:
- 2 letters of recommendation:
- 1st letter by the applicant’s Post-Doctoral advisor, which should include:
- An engagement of the Post-Doctoral advisor to supervise the Post-Doctoral candidate
- Information about the excellence of the research environment offered by the institution: international reach, academic networks, details of the research facilities, research equipment, IT, etc.
- The number of fellows/trainees to be supervised by the Post-Doctoral advisor during the fellowship
- 2nd recommendation letter, preferably by the applicant’s Ph.D. advisor
Full application details can be found at:
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with your relevant Business Development Manager should you require any assistance.
