The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria (UP) invites applications from excellent doctoral graduates to apply for a Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University. These fellowships will enable recent doctoral graduates to join the University as postdoctoral researches, and to develop their research skills and academic careers through participation in the University's strategic priority research themes and research centres. The fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis and the abilities and previous achievements of candidates will be important criteria in identifying suitable fellows.

The Univsersity of Pretoria supports research in a range of fields, including engineering, natural and physical sciences, veterinary sciences, human health, education, the humanities and law, with particular focus on the University's Institutional and Faculty Research Themes, which are: Energy; Food, Nutrition and Well-being; Genomics; Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology and Management of Animal and Zoonotic Diseases; Sustainable Control of Malaria; and International and Comparative Law in Africa. Applications are particularly invited from international postdoctoral candidates with expertise in these fields.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 30 May 2012 at 16:00

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