LMB International Fellowship scheme

Aim:  to provide fellowships to outstanding researchers, at an early stage of their career, to work in the LMB.

Support:  3 year fellowship.

Eligibility:  researchers with limited postdoctoral experience, or who are changing fields.  Applicants will not usually have had extensive postdoctoral experience at the time they take up the award, unless they are clearly changing fields.  Full allowance will be made for maternity leave, other family circumstance and military service.  You must have received your PhD before taking up the award.

Personal support provided:  salary usually in the range £25 - £28k).  The fellow will be employed on MRC terms and conditions as a Career Development Fellow.

Research support:  full support will be provided for research expenses.

Application process:Applicants need to identify the group in the LMB in which they wish to hold the fellowship.  Only one application per round is permitted.

Applicants should discuss their proposed application with the group leader at an early stage.  A letter of support from the group leader must accompany the application. There are likely to be limitations on the number of applicants that can be supported.

Formal applications (once group leader support has been secured) will only be accepted through the MRC e-recruitment web page (www.mrc.ac.uk then ‘vacancies’) where the fellowship scheme will be listed under LMB International Fellowship.   The web link will open in September 2009.

Applicants should attach the following to their application:

• Covering letter, explaining why you are applying to your chosen research group
• Full CV including publications
• Short statement of research plans  - 4 sides with references
• Letter of support from the LMB group leader
• Names of 3 Professional Referees

There is no requirement to complete tabs 4 (work history) and 5 (qualifications) since these details should be included in your CV.

The ‘job description’ outlines the aims of the fellowship.  Details of the criteria for selection are included in the person specification, and you are advised to address these requirements in your covering letter.

Successful candidates are likely to have at least one first author paper accepted for publication in a recognised peer reviewed journal by the time the application is submitted.

Review of applications:

Applications for fellowships will be considered by a committee representing each of the four Divisions in the LMB.  Members of the committee will not themselves be sponsoring any fellowship application.

Short listed candidates will be invited for interview at LMB.   The LMB will meet reasonable costs of attending for interview (economy airfare etc).

Final decisions are made by the LMB Executive Committee (Director, Deputy Director and Heads of Division of the LMB) on the recommendation of the committee

The award of a fellowship will be dependent on meeting any requirements for a work permit and/or visa.

Deadlines

• Application open 7 September 2009
• Application close 7 October 2009
• Interviews and decisions during October/November 2009