UNIVERSITY OF YORK
Department of Archaeology
Marie Curie Fellowship in PALAEO
(Ref: BS06330)
We wish to appoint a postgraduate Fellow to support research in Human Palaeoecology and Evolution in the Department of Archaeology and in the Functional Morphology & Evolution group, Hull-York Medical School. The appointment is for a fixed term period of three years.
You will join a group of six Early Stage Fellows in the PALAEO training site (www.york.ac.uk/res/fme/palaeo/) - an interdisciplinary training centre dedicated to the recovery of information about past peoples and their environment from sources that range from human skeletons to ancient biomolecules. For this post, we would particularly welcome applications from candidates wishing to work in the fields of human and primate palaeoecology and evolution, though other research topics will be considered from strong candidates. PALAEO is funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie actions, and UK citizens are not eligible for these posts. You will be expected to register for a PhD degree.
Salary will be within the range: £20,234 - £24,886 per annum, plus an annual travel allowance (€250 – 2,000 depending upon distance from York to the researchers location of origin) and a one-off career exploratory allowance of €2,000 payable after twelve months.
For further particulars and details of how to apply, please see our website at: http://www.york.ac.uk/admin
Closing date: 20th October 2006
The University of York is committed to diversity and has policies and developmental programmes in place to promote equality of opportunity. It particularly welcomes applications from ethnic minority candidates.
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