Uni Melbourne - 2017 McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship (9/25)

[Kangaroo]

The University of Melbourne - 2017 McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships Program


The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships Program aims to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates in areas of research priority for the university and its faculties, and in particular to recruit new researchers who have the potential to build and lead cross-disciplinary collaborative research activities inside and across faculties. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD no earlier than 1 January 2014 from a university other than UoM, and must not hold a fixed term or continuing appointment greater than 1 year at UoM. Eligibility Exemption Requests due 1 August (e.g. career interruptions for parental/carer leave.)

Submission Deadline: Applications due 11.59pm (AEST) Monday 26 September 2016


Contact: [e-mail]

More information: research.unimelb.edu.au/work-with-us/funding/internal/mckenzie-fellowship 

Yes, these are open to non-Australians and they will help with visa sponsorship.

Yes, these do run like a normal post-doc, (e.g. provost's fellowships) where you need to find a local Melbourne researcher to work with, and then you submit an application with a sponsor letter from that researcher. (And yes, it does help our KPIs for our annual review to bring in someone good, so people should be motivated to sponsor your application.) Find a good match here - you can search for "sociology" or subfields: www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/

Yes, they are interested in sociologists applying in sociology, and in related disciplines, like management and marketing, geography, school of environment, political science, social work, anthropology... 

Yes, that does mean more work on the front end, with better odds of actually being selected. 

Yes, Melbourne *is* amazing.

Yes, you can work out the publication strategy such that you'll be competitive for US jobs when you finish. Or you might end up liking it in Australia... 

[hey kangaroo]

Interesting opportunity. It does look like ABD's are not eligible, correct? If that's the case, the most competitive applicants will not apply, as they will generally secure TT jobs or postdocs before defending their dissertations.

[Encourager]

I'm too far out of my PhD but I'd encourage anyone interested to apply. Melbourne is a great city and Uni Melb is a fantastic place to work. Plus the pay is great. Good luck!

[kangaroo]

If you are ABD and have already defended the dissertation or will do so in the next few weeks, you can probably apply, even if you haven't filed yet.

[kangaroo]

Jul 5, 2016 14:17:40 GMT -5 hey kangaroo said:

Interesting opportunity. It does look like ABD's are not eligible, correct? If that's the case, the most competitive applicants will not apply, as they will generally secure TT jobs or postdocs before defending their dissertations.

This is the Australian system and they have different rules to the game, similar to the UK/Europe, where one usually has to complete prior to applying to things.

So apply or don't - it's not that helpful to quibble about application conditions. It's not like I make the rules.