Tenure-track Fellowship
The Fellowship awards of Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUNMC) aim to promote innovation in academic research by giving creative and talented researchers the opportunity to conduct their own research within the context of RUNMC.
The Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS) invites researchers with several years of research experience at post-doctoral level to apply for one of the Fellowship awards. This unique position is a five-year tenure-track, offering a special opportunity to establish an independent research group. It provides resources for the fellow, a technician or PhD student, materials and overheads. The grant is for a maximum of 800,000 euro in 5 years.
The Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences in the Netherlands is a leading European research school providing an outstanding research setting for several Departments of the Radboud University and RUNMC. NCMLS main research themes are (see www.ncmls.eu for more detail):
• Infection, immunity and regenerative medicine
• Metabolism, transport and motion
• Cell growth and differentiation
Criteria:
Preferred candidates should have obtained a PhD degree within the past 8 years and should have recent international experience. An excellent track record, sustained external funding and a robust research line are required.
Application:
After pre-selection, excellent candidates will be invited to propose a research program within one of the RUNMC research themes. Researchers with a strong international record of creative, scientific accomplishments, and those with a novel approach to the discipline of molecular life sciences are particularly encouraged to apply.
For more information contact:
Adrian Cohen, Ph.D.
Scientific Manager
NCMLS
a.cohen@ncmls.ru.nl
Current NCMLS fellows:
Dr. Annette Schenck is the first awardee of the NCMLS tenure-track research fellowship (2007). She obtained her Ph.D. from the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, for her work on the molecular basis of Fragile X Syndrome. During her postdoctoral period at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, she unravelled the molecular and developmental function of a recently discovered endocytic organelle. The research fellowship has allowed her to establish her own research laboratory at Nijmegen’s Human Genetics department. With further funding, such as the prestigious VIDI and ASPASIA awards by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), her team and scope of research have quickly grown.
Ronald van Rij is the second recipient of the NCMLS tenure track research fellowship (2008). He obtained his PhD Cum Laude from the University of Amsterdam on the role of chemokine receptors in AIDS pathogenesis. As a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA and at the Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands, he worked on the function of the RNAi and miRNA pathways as antiviral defense mechanisms. Whether RNAi has natural antiviral activity in mammals is unclear. As of April 2008, he joined the Department of Medical Microbiology, where he will establish an independent research group to study the mechanism of RNAi-mediated antiviral defense, its role in viral pathogenesis, and its relation to other defense mechanism. In 2008 Ronald was also successful in obtaining a prestigious VIDI award from Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
