MCSA Postdoctoral Fellowships are for two years and involve joining an established research group in the Department. The scheme is open to applicants of any nationality provided they have not resided or worked in the host country (UK) for more than 12 months in the 36 months prior to the call deadline.
There are no restrictions based on nationality or age but applicants need to have a PhD and up to 8 years of research experience after PhD. Further details of eligibility can be found on the funder website. An academic (faculty) member of the Department will be needed to act as your Oxford Physics sponsor so if you are interested in applying please contact the person whose group you would wish to join to discuss your proposed application with them and confirm their support for your application prior to submitting an EOI (internal deadline below). NB this department only supports European Postdoctoral Fellowships, not the Global Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme.
The funding provides an allowance towards living, travel and family costs; further details are available on the funder website. Applications are made via the EU's participant portal.
Deadlines and timescales (2024)
- By 8th July 2024 - Internal EOI Deadline. Applicants to send EOI (expression of interest) consisting of one page outline of proposed project, CV and publications/outputs list to Research Facilitators (on fellowships@physics.ox.ac.uk) in order to obtain Departmental approval to apply. Please cc your Oxford Physics sponsor and include the name of your second academic reader. The Oxford Physics sponsor is the academic whose group you will join for the fellowship and the second reader is a second academic based in the department who can read and advise on your application drafts.
- TBC - approved applicants to have completed admin forms in EU portal.
- TBC - draft Part B to Research Facilitators and Oxford sponsor and second reader for feedback
- TBC - internal Physics deadline. Applicants to have completed part B of application and forms for checking.
- TBC- Research Services deadline.
- 11th September 2024 4pm UK time - Funder deadline for final submissions to be made on the portal.
Please note, starting from 2022, the funder have introduced a resubmission rule. You cannot resubmit an application with the same host institution if you received a score below 70 in the previous round. Therefore, if you applied with the University of Oxford as your host institution in the 2023 round and received a score of less than 70, we cannot support you to re-apply in the 2024 round.