The Fellowships are intended to foster existing academic research and scholarly or creative activities within university departments and institutes. Ideally a Fellow's proposed work will closely complement existing programmes in the host department.
Each Fellowship is a package of approximately R100 000 per annum with an additional allocation of a maximum of R10 000 to be used at the discretion of the Head of Department for running costs for the postdoctoral project or for transport of the candidate to Grahamstown. As an indication of the Award's value in South African terms, accommodation on the Rhodes Campus is priced from about R2000-R2800 per month. Fellows may apply for such accommodation on a first come first serve basis.
Although there is no age restriction, potential Fellows must hold a recently awarded doctoral degree preferably from an institution other than Rhodes University recognized as appropriate to the discipline for which the Fellowship is sought. Successful candidates must be of exceptional merit as evidenced by the quality and corpus of publications or other recognized forms of achievement relevant to the Fellow's discipline. The Fellowship will be awarded strictly on merit, without regard to race, gender, religion or country of origin.
Applications should be made through Heads of Departments and Directors of Research Institutes. Applications must include a full curriculum vitae and the name of three referees who may be consulted. The head of Department/Director of Research Institutes must then recommend the applicant including an outline research proposal with details of how Rhodes staff will be involved.
The University expects that all publications, creative works and other academic products of the Fellowship will bear appropriate acknowledgement to the University. The University reserves the right to co-ownership of inventions and/or patents directly emanating from research conducted under the sponsorship of the Fellowship.
The University reserves the right to request the refund of any fellowship paid to the Fellow should the Fellow terminate his/her contract prior to its completion.
Nominations for the Fellowships should be directed to the Dean of Research. The determination of awards will be made by a committee composed of the Vice-Chancellor (Chair), the Dean of Research and the Deans of Humanities and Science. The committee is not bound to award any or all of the Fellowships in any one year.
All applications are to be submitted to the Dean of Research (tel: (046) 603 8055/6 Fax: (046) 622 8444 email: research-admin@ru.ac.za).
URL: http://www.ru.ac.za/research/fellowships/fellowships.html
the award is valid for one year in the first instance with the possibility of renewal for a further year at Rhodes University.