Plant Systematics Postdoc in Cape Town

[Peter Linder]

SMUTS MEMORIAL BOTANICAL FELLOWSHIP

VALUE UP TO R60 000 PA

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for this
prestigious Fellowship which commemorates General Smuts' interest in South
African Botany.

The object of the Fellowship is to enable a person who has exhibited
proficiency in independent research to undertake study and research in
systematic botany and geographical distribution of the South African flora,
these being the branches of botany in which General Smuts was most keenly
interested.  The possibility of botanical work in other aspects of the South
African flora is not excluded.

The fellowship is open to any person, South African or otherwise, who
is capable of carrying out its objective and materially advancing the knowledge
of the South African flora.  Possession of a Masters degree is a minimum
requirement, and although the Fellowship will normally be awarded to post
doctoral research, the possibility of research leading to a doctoral degree is not
excluded.

The work of the Fellow will be  under the general supervision of the
Director of the National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch and the Head of
Botany at the University of Cape Town.  The fellow will also be offered the
opportunity to participate in the teaching and supervision of senior students in
Botany.

The Fellowship will be awarded for one year in the first instance and
may be renewed for an additional year subject to satisfactory progress.  An
extension for a third year will be considered only in exceptional cases.

Written applications, including curriculum vitae, the proposed
research programme and the reports of two suitable referees should be sent to:

LYNNEMORE SCHEEPERS
Research Support Services
University of Cape Town
Private Bag
RONDEBOSCH
Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA

E-mail:  reals at bremner.uct.ac.za

CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:  28 FEBRUARY 1999

Any informal queries may be directed to Peter Linder,
plinder at botzoo.uct.ac.za


Peter Linder
Bolus Herbarium
Botany Department
UCT
Rondebosch 7700
fax +27-21-6504041

Systematics conference in January 1999 URL:
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/botany/systconf.htm