Sydney Brenner Fellowship 2021 | How to Apply

Application is now open for the 2021 Sydney Brenner Post-doctoral Fellowship. It also includes steps on how to apply but you must meet the criteria before applying.

The Sydney Brenner Fellowship aims to contribute to the advancement of biomedical research on the African continent, by providing support to advance the careers of young researchers of African nationality in health-related research.

In line with Dr Brenner’s work, the successful candidate will demonstrate research interests in genetics, complex traits, bacterial genetics and viral infections. The fellow will also be expected to work with big data and data integration across areas such as genomics, population genetics, bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, molecular and cellular biology, computational and structural biology and epidemiology.

The fellow will be hosted at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB), Wits University in Johannesburg, and jointly supervised by scientists from the SBIMB and the University of Edinburgh, UK. The fellow will spend time at the University of Edinburgh to receive additional training and skills development, as well as mentoring and network opportunities. An annual visit of between 1 and 3 months will be arranged and funded as part of the fellowship. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the Institute’s research, the fellow will have the chance to work with collaborators at Wits, in South Africa, elsewhere on the African continent, and across the globe.

The Sydney Brenner Fellowship is for a four-year period (full-time) and will include an annual stipend, computer to facilitate research, funding to attend conferences and start-up fund for research.