"Aola Richards Postdoctoral Fellowship in Entomology"

• Full time, fixed term for 2 years, located on the Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney
• Unique opportunity for an early career entomologist to lead impactful research
• Base Salary $113K + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

Funded through the extraordinary generosity of Professor Aola Richards, this fellowship supports one outstanding early-career researcher to lead an independent research programme in entomology at The University of Sydney, hosted within a supporting research group. The fellowship provides protected research time, mentorship, and practical enabling support so the fellow can deliver ambitious, high-quality insect science within a two-year term. It is designed to be both research- and training-intensive: the fellow is supported to deepen technical and conceptual expertise, build leadership and collaboration capability, and strengthen translation and engagement where relevant. The goal is to equip the fellow for diverse next-step pathways across academia, museums, government, industry, consulting, and conservation and community organisations. Further details and application template are available at The Aola Richards Sydney Insect Hub.

Successful fellows will receive a once-off research support grant of $20 000, to be used throughout the Fellowship (e.g., fieldwork, consumables, sequencing/analysis costs, equipment access, travel for conferences or collaboration, and other direct research expenses in line with University policy).

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow who has:

• a PhD in entomology, or the ecology, evolution, systematics, or genomics of insects and/or their affiliates submitted on or after 1st January 2024, with allowances for career interruption.
• strong track record relative to opportunity (thesis, publications, preprints, data/products, or equivalent research outputs).
• a clear, feasible research proposal in entomology aligned with the Hub's remit
• a demonstrated capacity to work independently and collaboratively within a research group, with evidence of effective project delivery
• evidence of, or plan for, research translation and engagement (e.g., industry/government/museum/community partnerships, outreach, policy relevance) where relevant
• eligibility to work in Australia for the fellowship term, and willingness to be based at The University of Sydney in the host academic's laboratory for the appointment.

To Apply you will need to submit the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae (maximum 5 pages)
• Project proposal (maximum 5 pages), using the supplied template found at The Aola Richards Sydney Insect Hub under the Opportunities heading
• Supporting academic letter (maximum 1 page). You must obtain a nomination from a continuing academic within The Faculty of Science, who is willing to host you for the duration and support your training and development (see application template for further details). Please note that each academic may support only one applicant.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

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