Melbourne ResearchResearch Grants and Contracts

McKenzie Fellowships

Funding Body University of Melbourne (UoM)
Status
 Closed
Key Dates

Applications open: 25 July 2011
Applications close: 9 October 2011 (Please note the closing date has been extended from 7 October 2011)
Advice re outcome: First week of December 2011
Funding for successful applicants commences: 1 January 2012, but start date may be deferred up to 30 June 2012.
Aim of Scheme

The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme has been established to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates to the University in areas of research priority for the university and its faculties, and in particular to recruit new researchers who have the potential to build and lead cross-disciplinary collaborative research activities inside and across faculties. The University offers a leading and lively research environment that is internationally engaged, public-spirited, and with many outstanding areas of research strength.

The objectives of the scheme are to:

  • assist the university to build an ambitious program of research activity, and
  • attract outstanding postdoctoral researchers to be part of that and to begin to build the next generation of research activity.
Further information

Applicants must have graduated or have completed all the required steps to be eligible to graduate with a PhD by the closing date of 9 October 2011, from a university other than the University of Melbourne.  The PhD must have been awarded in the preceding 12 months, ie on or after 9 October 2010. The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for applicants who do not hold a fixed term or continuing appointment at the University of Melbourne.

  • Applicants may be drawn from any field in which the University of Melbourne has research strength, and must have an ability to contribute to research collaborations and programs across faculties or disciplines.
  • Applicants will be required to provide a declaration of support from the department/school in which they would be located if successful but the criteria for selection will be university-based.
  • Assessment will take account of achievement relative to opportunity.
Funding

The Fellowships will be funded by Melbourne Research to the value of a Level A academic salary including on costs. Fellows will be employed at Level A.6 in the University Salary Band.

Fellows will receive an additional $15,000 to be spent on travel and/or equipment over the term of their Fellowship. Awards will be for a maximum of three years commencing (1 January 2012) but start date may be deferred up to (30 June 2012).
How to Apply

1. Read the Funding Guidelines
2. Complete the Application Form
3. Obtain the appropriate signatures
4. Submit your application by the due date by email to Mckenzie-application@unimelb.edu.au
Resources
  1. Application Form
  2. Funding Guidelines
  3. Frequently Asked Questions
Contact

For further information in the first instance please email:
McKenzie-application@unimelb.edu.au
or you may phone the Office of the Executive Director, Research - Dr David Cookson: +61 (0)3 8344 2049. 
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