Call for Applications
The Australian Liver Foundation-Professor Pauline Hall Research Fellowship
Australian Liver Foundation (ALF) is pleased to announce the ALF-Professor
Pauline Hall Research Fellowship.
Professor Pauline Hall was a distinguished Australian liver histopathologist.
She was widely recognized internationally for her work on alcoholic liver
disease but also many other liver diseases.
In her Will, she left a significant
bequest to the Australian Liver Foundation with the explicit intention of
creating a Fellowship to provide young clinicians or scientists at a postdoctoral
level to continue their research to bridge the gap between completion of their
research training and attainment of status as an independent investigator.
The ALF Pauline Hall Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed for medical or science
graduates who have obtained a research doctorate either a PhD or MD (or
have submitted a thesis).
The Fellowship will enable the recipient to undertake
full-time research into hepatobiliary disease in its broadest sense. Such study
can involve clinical and/or laboratory research including pathology studies.
The Fellowship will be awarded for two years with an option for renewal for a
further year at the discretion of the ALF Management Committee on the
recommendation of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee. The level
of appointment and stipend will also be determined by the ALF Management
Committee on the advice or recommendation of the Medical and Scientific
Advisory Committee.
This Fellowship will be awarded to an applicant who is able to secure matching
funds to support the Fellow's salary from their host institution(s)for the
duration of the award. This support is for the salary package only, is not to be
in-kind and is not to be sourced from NHMRC Research Grants or from
equivalent granting agencies.
The Fellowship will be awarded to a postdoctoral scholar who will work for a
significant period of the Fellowship in Queensland, preferably, but not
necessarily, in the initial phases of the Fellowship.
Preference will be given to
2 applicants who have arranged, or have spent, a research training position overseas, e.g., USA or Europe.
The fellowship is tenable in association with a gastroenterological unit
(Medical, Surgical or Paediatric) in a teaching hospital, a University Department
or research institution in Queensland, with a demonstrated interest in research
into hepatological health and disease.
Applicants from across Australia are
encouraged to apply.
The research conducted may be of a collaborative nature
and thus applicants with supervisors from institutions in both Queensland and
other Australian states are encouraged to apply.
A period of time at an
interstate institution may be incorporated into the term of the Fellowship.
Value
Current value of this Research Fellowship package is $95,000 p.a.(including
on-costs and travel) for a total of 2 years (with an option for renewal for a
further year), subject to a satisfactory progress report at the end of each year.
The ALF will support one half of the salary for this Fellowship.
It is expected
that the Fellow's host Institution will support the remainder of the Fellow's
salary for the term of the award.
Eligibility
The applicant is required to:
Hold a relevant postgraduate research degree (MD, PhD or equivalent);
Be no more than ten (10) years from the awarding of their postgraduate
research degree and wish to make their career in Australia undertaking
research in an Australian academic institution;
Have a demonstrated committment to research in hepatology;
Correctly complete the application form and lodge it with attachments
prior to the closing date;
Provide a letter of commitment from your host institution to co-fund
(i.e., provide matching funds for salary) the fellowship for two years with
an option for renewal for a further year (at the discretion of the ALF
Management Committee).
Applications:
Application forms are available by contacting:
The Australian Liver Foundation,
PO Box 455,
The Gap
QLD., 4061
or
E-Mail: mike.ahern@bigpond.com
or
Webpage: http://www.liver.org.au/Application
Completed Application forms must be submitted to the above address (or via
E-Mail) by no later than Friday 30th March, 2012.
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