Fellowship Opportunities – Deadline 28 July 2025
The SMTG invites expressions of interest for the following fellowship opportunities to be hosted by the group:
STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (STFC deadline 1 Oct 2025, 16:00 UK time):
The School of Mathematics and Statistics in St Andrews can support one STFC ERF application in 2024. The successful candidate will be determined by an internal selection process (for details, see https://solar-mcs.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/stfc-ernest-rutherford-fellowships-2025/)
Interested candidates should follow the instructions on the SMTG STFC ERF Webpage and submit the required application materials to Prof. Thomas Neukirch ([email protected]) by 28 July 2025.
For informal enquiries please also get in touch with Prof. Neukirch.
We also encourage interested candidates to contact us about Royal Society University Research Fellowships (Royal Society deadline 10 September 2024; call opens 15 July 2025): https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/
While there is no quota on Royal Society URF applications, applicants will still need to undergo an internal selection process.
Furthermore, we would welcome enquiries regarding our group hosting Marie Slodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (European Commission closing date 10 September 2025): https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
Our group’s research focusses on applications of the theory of solar system plasmas, in particular using MHD, to the solar atmosphere and planetary magnetospheres. Applications from candidates who would add to or complement our research group’s expertise in these areas would be welcome.