Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct innovative research in the following areas: teaching and teacher change in science or mathematics education; science or mathematics teacher identities; instructional leadership for science or mathematics education; and curriculum implementation studies in science or mathematics education.  
• Co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of DHET– accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books.
• Initiate research projects and seek funding for them.
• The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
• Provide limited supervision and/or co-supervision at Honours, Master’s and/or Doctoral level, where appropriate.
• Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and 
• Participate in relevant activities of the SANRAL CHAIR in Science and Mathematics Education, and Faculty of Education, Centre for Graduate Support and the Directorate for Research Development.
• The successful candidate will be required to conduct innovative research and obtain evidence- based empirical data on current developments in Higher Education within the South African context and internationally. 

Competencies

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State.
• Graduated with a relevant PhD degree, with a focus on Science or Mathematics Education and/or Instructional Leadership, within the last five years.
• Successful candidates must remember that the fellowship will terminate once your PhD degree reaches the fifth (5th) year of graduation.
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. 
• This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS Bloemfontein Campus.