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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The NSCF offers postdoctoral grants for two years to work in the collections of South African institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Natural Science Collections Facility, which is funded by the Department of Science & Technology as part of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR), is offering two-year postdoctoral scholarships
for research on South African collections or specimen data. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The objective of the postdoctoral grants is to enhance capacity for natural science collections-related research.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The following requirements must be met in order to qualify:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">• Applicants must have been awarded their PhD in the last five years (ie. after 2012).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">• Applicants must have completed a PhD in i. taxonomy or systematics that involved the study of natural science collections (botanical, zoological, palaeontological, macrofungal), or ii. biodiversity
informatics or iii. innovative applications of natural science collections data, or iv. where the research involved innovative use of natural science collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">• Applicants may not be employed on a full-time basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is a very good opportunity to study the syrphid collection of, e.g. the NMSA and BMSA. I have good contacts in both museums and have visited both collections several times over the last years myself; both
collection have ample opportunities to do taxonomic research on the Syrphidae. In case you know a suitable candidate, please let me know; I will be happy to assist him/her with the grant application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Very best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kurt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kurt Jordaens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dept. of Biology – Entomology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Leuvensesteenweg 11-13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL-BE" style="color:#1F497D">B-3080 Tervuren<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL-BE" style="color:#1F497D">Brussels – Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL-BE" style="color:#1F497D">Tel. +3227695373<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL-BE" style="color:#1F497D">-----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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