4 p.m.
Dear Forpathers and Forenters,
Here’s an opportunity for an early career individual.
All the best!
Enrico
[The Ohio State University]
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
(http://plantpath.osu.edu<http://plantpath.osu.edu/bonello>)
Center for Applied Plant Sciences (http://caps.osu.edu<http://caps.osu.edu/>)
614-688-5401 Office | 614-292-4455 Fax
bonello.2@osu.edu<mailto:bonello.2@osu.edu> osu.edu<http://osu.edu/>
From: Richard Buggs <r.buggs@qmul.ac.uk<mailto:r.buggs@qmul.ac.uk>>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 11:48 AM
To: Richard Buggs <r.buggs@qmul.ac.uk<mailto:r.buggs@qmul.ac.uk>>
Subject: Early Career Research Fellowship in Plant Health at RBG Kew
Dear all,
I would be very grateful if you could point this advertisement out to anyone looking for a
3-5 year Research Fellowship, as part of my new group at RBG Kew. I am looking for someone
with a good track record in genomics, pathology, phylogenetics or ecology relevant to
plant health.
https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/early-career-research-fellowship-in-plant-h…
many thanks,
Richard
Early Career Research Fellowship in Plant Health at RBG Kew
The ECRF will be a key member of the Plant Health research group, a team of researchers
with a primary focus on fungal and plant diversity relevant to plant health including the
development of molecular identification tools, based on Kew’s world class fungal and plant
collections. The team will focus on diseases of native UK plants as well as agricultural,
forestry and horticultural pathogens, and may engage with citizen and international
scientists in surveying, monitoring and researching plant health.More details
You will be an outstanding early career scientist with a PhD and specialist knowledge in a
field of fungal diversity, genomics, or ecology relevant to plant health awarded within
the past eight years and, ideally, some postdoctoral experience. You will have a proven
aptitude for delivering excellent science publications and demonstrated potential to raise
science income. You will be an outstanding and enthusiastic communicator who is ready to
engage with students, peers and the general public.
This role forms a key part of RBG Kew’s new Natural Capital and Plant Health Department
(NCPH), which is geared to research on plants and fungi that are directly, indirectly or
potentially utilisable for economic and societal purposes. The NCPH department applies the
full range of diversity research techniques to increase knowledge of those plants and
fungi. The research outputs will lead to sustaining and enhancing plant and fungal natural
capital, in particular where it underpins provisioning, regulating and supporting
ecosystem services.
Kew is a world-leader in plant diversity science, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a
major visitor attraction that shows the importance of plants in all our lives. Kew’s
mission is to inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing
the quality of life.
You will join Kew’s science staff as a postdoctoral research fellow, for three years,
extendable to five on review. You will conduct and publish outstanding research within the
Plant Health theme, and develop funding streams to support your science alongside a cohort
of other research fellows. You will be a future leader in the science disciplines pursued
at Kew. The fellowship will provide you with the opportunity and skills to establish
yourself as an independent researcher and to gain international recognition. At the end of
the fellowship you will be a fully equipped research leader who is well-placed to secure
full-time employment in science.
For full details, please see further information below.
Please complete an application form. In addition, please upload (1) a list of your
publications and grants and (2) a three year research plan (max three pages) outlining
your proposed research programme at Kew, which should also cover funding and publication
plans (You can attach the above documents in the document upload section of the
recruitment system).
Further Information
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew seeks applications from promising early-career scientists
to join the Natural Capital & Plant Health Department of its Science Directorate in a
research fellow role. The scheme aims to identify future leaders in the science
disciplines pursued at Kew. The fellowships provide the opportunity for scientists within
8 years of securing their PhD to establish themselves as independent researchers in these
disciplines and to gain international recognition. At the end of the fellowship, fellows
will be well qualified to apply for permanent positions arising at Kew or in other science
organisations and universities.
Value of Fellowship: Each fellowship provides a salary of £26,047 to £35,505 (depending on
experience) for three years, extendable to five on review. An annual pump-priming
allowance of £1000 will be provided to all fellows for labwork and travel/fieldwork, and
support will be provided by Kew’s research services team to help with fund-raising.
Fellows will be eligible to apply for a wide range of external grants as well as internal
funding sources (e.g. Bentham-Moxon Trust, Kew Foundation). A structured training and
mentoring programme will run alongside the fellowships during the first three years.
Eligibility: Successful applicants are expected to hold a relevant PhD and to have
demonstrated their aptitude for delivering excellent science publications and their
potential to raise science income. Ideally, applicants will have had some postdoctoral
experience. As an early career opportunity, these fellowships are open to applicants
within eight years of their PhD being awarded (based on full-time working). Further
eligibility criteria are laid out in the person specification section of the job profile.
Review and extension of Fellowships: Fellows will be recruited for three years in the
first instance. A subsequent two year extension may be awarded on successful completion of
a formal academic assessment of the quality of the research in the middle of the third
year of appointment (at month 30).
For more information, please contact Dr Richard Buggs, Senior Research Leader (Plant
Health). Dr Buggs will start a joint appointment at RBG, Kew and Queen Mary University of
London in April 2016: r.buggs@qmul.ac.uk<mailto:r.buggs@qmul.ac.uk>