Oxford NUFFIELD MEDICAL FELLOWSHIP

University of Oxford, England Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship 2012/13

Applications for this Fellowship are now open.

Please note that the earliest possible starting date in Oxford for this Fellowship is 1 October 2012. All applicants will be advised whether they are successful short-listed candidates or not by the end of June, with interviews for short-listed candidates likely to held in July.

Applications are invited for an award under the Scheme for Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowships in either a Clinical Medicine or Medical Science department of the University.  This prestigious fellowship carries an allowance of £41152 (plus any cost of living increases). This allowance is subject to United Kingdom tax.  The Trustees will also pay direct, economy class return air fares for the appointee, his/her spouse and children up to the age of 18 years.  A generous baggage allowance is also provided.

Applicants should have graduated from one of the universities listed below and should either hold a medical qualification obtained in Australia or the United Kingdom or have appropriate research experience. There is no limit as to age or status.

The fellowship is tenable for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of an extension for a third year.  Fellows are expected to return to Australia at the end of the fellowship to continue to do work of a similar nature.

The award is available from 1 October 2012 or, subject to consultation with the University’s Medical Sciences Office and the department concerned, from such other later date as may be agreed.  The next round of Nuffield Medical Fellowship for Australia will be in 2013/14.

Further information, including details of the research interests of those departments in which the fellowship may be held may be obtained from the Chairman of the Selection Committee and at website http://www.ox.ac.uk/divisions/medical_sciences.html

We understand that some fellows cannot take up their fellowships without a visa. The UK Border Agency is proposing various changes to visa routes including the one which we use to obtain visas for our Fellows.

Participating universities

University of Adelaide, Flinders University, University of Melbourne, Monash University, Australian National University, University of New South Wales, University of Newcastle, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, University of Western Australia.

Summary of financial and other arrangements

How to apply

Applications should be in the form a letter no more than five pages in length and should include a description of the fully developed research project which you wish to pursue at Oxford University together with the following attachments (and which are not part of the five page limit):

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • undergraduate record
  • letter of support from the host Department in Oxford University
  • three (3) referee reports

Applications will be treated as confidential.  All applications will be acknowledged.  Please post or email by 25 May 2012 to:

Awards Officer
Australian Academy of Science
GPO Box 783
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Email: awards@science.org.au

Please direct any enquries to awards@science.org.au or 02 6201 9407.