There is an opportunity to apply for a 4 year research fellowship in my lab. It's through a government scheme called Future Fellowships (information at http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm), which is open to everyone between 5 and 15 years out of PhD regardless of nationality. The applications are due in November. Funding includes salary, plus $50k per year in research costs. Note the Australian dollar currently equals .98 US$, and .73 Euro. To be competitive, applicants will need a good track record of publications (e.g., I would guess a minimum of 12 papers in the last 5 years, 2007-2011/inpress; and generally in good journals).

If you are interested, please contact me ASAP.  See my website below for information on the lab.

There is also a related fellowship program for early career researchers (0 to 5 years out from PhD), for which applications are likely to be due somewhere between Feb and May next year (2012). See: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra.htm

Please feel free to forward this email to others.

Elinor

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