Fellowship Available

[Terry A.J. Hedderson]

SMUTS MEMORIAL BOTANICAL FELLOWSHIP

VALUE UP TO R70 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 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 for 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:

SANDY DEWBERRY
Department of Research Development
University of Cape Town
Private Bag
RONDEBOSCH
7701
Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
E-mail: pgasvd at bremner.uct.ac.za

CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:  15 SEPTEMBER 2002


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Dr. Terry A. Hedderson
Department of Botany
University of Cape Town
Private Bag
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa

Tel +27 21 650 4037
Fax +27 21 650 4041