Call for Applications: NRF Freestanding, Innovation, and Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowships 2017

Call for Applications for NRF Freestanding, Innovation and Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2017 

The National Research Foundation (NRF) in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) are pleased to announce the call for scholarship applications for 2017 in the following categories: 

  • DST-NRF Free-Standing Postdoctoral Fellowships (local and abroad)
  • DST-NRF Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • DST-NRF-DHET Scarce Skills Development Fund: Postdoctoral Fellowships 

Successful applicants must undertake full-time Postdoctoral research. The Fellowships cannot be held concurrently with any salaried full-time employment.

Potential applicants interested in being hosted by scholars at WiSER should get in touch with Dr Sarah Emily Duff (sarah.duff@wits.ac.za), WiSER's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Co-Ordinator, for more information about both the Fellowships as well about choosing a host at the Institute.

Typically, Fellows based at WiSER apply for DST-NRF Free-Standing Postdoctoral Fellowships. For more information on these and on the application process, please see here and here. However, more information is available on the Innovation and Scare Skills Fellowships should applicants be interested in these.

These fellowships begin in January 2017. They are open to both local and international students, and those who have recently completed - or are on the point of completing - their PhD.

WITS DEADLINE: 3 JUNE 2016

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