Deadline for submission of
outline proposals: 9th December 2013 to rpo@st-and.ac.uk
Deadline for institutional
proposal of candidate: by 16th December 2013, noon (French time GMT +1)
Outline proposal deadline for
selected St Andrews’ candidate: 9th Jan 2014, noon (French time GMT +1)
Full application deadline for
selected St Andrews’ candidate: 13th March 2014, noon (French time GMT
+1)
The campaign of AXA Post-Doctoral
fellowships for 2014 has opened. The domains of research are Environmental
risks, Life risks and Socio-economic risks. Please see http://www.axa-research.org/areas-of-research-eligible-for-funding
for further details on eligible areas.
Please note there is a limited
number of applications for St Andrews. A panel chaired by Prof
Hawkesworth will review outline proposals and will select candidate(s) on
behalf of St Andrews based on the following selection criteria:
- Academic excellence of the candidate
- International exposure of the candidate
- Relevance of the host laboratory for the research project
- Innovative nature and originality of the project
- Feasibility of the project (management, organization, budget)
- Ability to transmit his/her work and popularize his/her research. While not eliminatory, this criterion may differentiate between two candidates with equal level of academic excellence
·
*By International
exposure, we mean (a) Change of institution and/or country between current
institution of applicant and targeted post-doc position or (b) Minimum of 1
semester spent abroad since Master’s thesis or planned in the course of
upcoming postdoc studies. It is expected that most of the selected candidates
move to another country between current and targeted post-doc position. Such
international mobility is more valued than national mobility. Where a candidate
remains in the same institution for the Post-Doc fellowship, a clear
justification of such a decision is 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 9th
December 2013:
Required Information:
- A detailed description of the Post-Doctoral project (1.5 pages maximum + references) – Draft version
- A detailed CV (2 pages max + 1/2 page of the most relevant publications)
- A career statement (1 page max)
Optional Supporting
information:
2 letters
of recommendation:
·
1st letter by the applicant’s Post-Doctoral advisor, which must
include:
o A commitment from the advisor to supervise the candidate in
their PostDoc project
- Information on the excellence of the research environment offered by the candidate’s host institution, e.g. international reach, academic networks, description of research facilities and equipment, IT support.
- The number of students supervised by the PostDoc advisor during the candidate’s fellowship.
- 2nd recommendation letter is necessarily written by a different referent, preferably by the applicant’s previous advisor. It is up to candidates to make the most strategic choice of referent in order to highlight the strong points of their applications.
Full application details can
be found at: http://www.axa-research.org/post-doctoral-fellowships
Please do not hesitate to get in
touch with your relevant Business Development Manager should you require any
assistance.
