Applications are now open for the 2024–2025 South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Marine Postdoctoral Fellowship. It also includes steps on how to apply, but you must meet the criteria before applying.
Applications are invited for one postdoctoral fellow to join the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI) Biodiversity Research, Assessment, and Monitoring Division to support research under the Mission Atlantic Project. The fellowship will commence soon for the duration of one year on a full-time basis. The fellowship will be hosted by the University of Cape Town, under the supervision of Dr. Lynne Shannon and the co-supervision of Prof. Kerry Sink from SANBI.
SANBI MARINE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ELIGIBILITY
- Candidates must be independent and productive and have a PhD (at least submitted, if not awarded) that is related to the assessment of marine ecosystem condition and/or ecosystem threat status. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to anyone who has completed their PhD in the last five years.
- Applicants must be able to contribute data and knowledge to the ground-truth marine ecosystem condition in South African waters, must have demonstrated experience in the South African National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA), and must be familiar with integrated ecosystem assessment and analyses to identify ecosystem tipping points.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate an ability to undertake research through demonstrated publications, synthesise literature and data sources, and find scientific evidence to formulate defendable recommendations. Applicants must have competency in R-statistical software and demonstrated experience in conducting spatial analysis of ecological data. Candidates should also possess strong organisational and communication skills.
Bursary value
- A fellowship of R300,000 is available. The funding will be transferred to the University of Cape Town, where the postdoctoral fellow will be registered, and will be paid to the fellow by the university. Some running expenses will also be made available for the year.
SANBI MARINE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Each application is to be accompanied by a standard bursary application cover sheet.
Applications are to include: a full CV that shows the applicant’s educational background, relevant research, work experience, publications, and other scholarly activities; two letters of reference (one must be from an academic supervisor); a certified copy of academic marks for courses studied; a certified copy of the highest qualification; one or two published or submitted articles; and a 2-page outline of the applicant’s vision for the workshop planned under milestone 5.3, envisaged outputs, and how workshop outcomes can contribute to the Mission Atlantic Project and the NBA.
Send all documents to students@sanbi.org.za with ‘SANBI Marine Programme postdoctoral fellowship’ in the subject line.
SANBI reserves the right not to fill this fellowship.If no response has been received within 21 days of the closing date, candidates may assume that their applications were unsuccessful.
The successful candidate will be notified before the end of April 2024.
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