4-MONTH TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP TO AUSTRALIA

[Tim Entwisle]

           ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, MELBOURNE
                 FERDINAND MUELLER FELLOWSHIP
                        UP TO 4-MONTH TENURE

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne (Australia) invites
applications for this research fellowship honouring
Australia's greatest nineteenth century botanist, Baron
Ferdinand von Mueller. Funds are available to cover one
return economy airfare, living expenses for a period of up
to 4 months at AUD125 a day in Melbourne, and a small
operating budget. The Fellowship must be taken up between
July and December 1998.

The Fellowship is available for a research project
contributing to one of the following programs at the Royal
Botanic Gardens: systematics of vascular plants (Legumes,
Rhamnaceae and Rutaceae); systematics and ecology of
macrofungi; selection and propagation of ornamental plants;
floristics of cultivated plants; interactive identification
products; and conservation genetics. The work must involve
collaboration with a staff member of the Royal Botanic
Gardens.

Applicants should send a proposed research program,
curriculum vitae and the names of three referees to the
Human Resources Manager, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne,
Birdwood Ave, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia by 15
April 1998. Applications will be assessed on the merit of
the proposal and the demonstrated achievements of the
applicant.

For further information about the Fellowship and research
programs at the Royal Botanic Gardens contact Dr Tim
Entwisle (ph: +61-3-9252 2313, fax: +61-3-9252 2350, email:
tentwi at rbgmelb.org.au).