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[Roy Maartens]

The South African SKA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME provides talented postdoctoral scientists from around the world an opportunity to engage in ongoing research projects related to the mission of the South African Square Kilometre Array Project (SA SKA). The SA SKA is a project of the South African Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation and comprises Africa’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope (SKA), the design, construction and operation of the Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT) and a youth into science and engineering programme focused on supporting science and engineering students and postdoctoral fellows. Africa has been short-listed with Australia to host the SKA. For more information about SA SKA and SKA visit www.ska.ac.za and www.skatelescope.org.

The UWC Astrophysics Group (uwcastro.org) offers 2 fellowships in Galaxy Evolution and Observational Cosmology, working with Profs Catherine Cress (ccress@uwc.ac.za ), Matt Jarvis (M.J.Jarvis@herts.ac.uk ) and Roy Maartens (rmaartens@uwc.ac.za).

The SA SKA postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for a period of two years (plus one additional year if agreed to by the host institution, the candidate and the SA SKA Project), renewable every six months based on progress. The value of a postdoctoral fellowship is R300 000 per annum (non-taxable), excluding travel and equipment grants.

Applicants should email a CV and statement of research interests and arrange for three recommendation letters to be emailed to [Log in to view email] . The deadline for applications is 15 February but late applications will be considered.