Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Postdoc at Imperial College London

A number of highly competitive Foyle Science Scholarships available for PhD, MSc and MSCi Graduates
● Do you have, or will you have a PhD or MSc / MSCi in Physical Sciences or Engineering by August 2011?
● Are you interested in playing a pivotal role in an innovative project aimed at raising aspiration of secondary school pupils to study Physics and Chemistry?
● Are you keen to combine your creative ideas gained through research with teacher training to communicate the excitement of Science to pupils?
● Would you like to gain a teacher training qualification (PGCE)?
If yes, then the INSPIRE project will be of interest to you

Applicants from the European Economic Area or with "Resident Status" are invited for a nine months PGCE studentship of £15,000 (equivalent to approx £25k per/annum) for PhD graduates/ Post-Docs or studentship of £12,000 (equivalent to approx £23k per/annum) for MSc / MSCi, as well as payment of home student fees. For TDA training bursary eligibility requirements, please see www.tda.gov.uk

Download an application form and find out more: www.ic.ac.uk/inspire.
E.mail the completed applications with a copy of your c.v. and monitoring form to inspire@imperial.ac.uk Closing date: Monday 18thth April 2011
Interviews will be held on 9th and 10th May 2011
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

[Ed note: there appear to be many colleges participating in the INSPIRE program, but this ad is only from one of them.]