Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2025 (One Year Contract, Renewable up to 3 Years) Job ID: 5918 at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct innovative research and obtain evidence-based empirical data on the innovative instructional strategies and curriculum innovations in science education.
• Author/co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of DHET-accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books. The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
• Initiate projects and seek funding for them.
• Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Directorate of Research.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein Campus. 
• Graduated with a PhD degree in a relevant discipline within the past five years.
• 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 85% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS.

Value of the fellowship:

• R 240,000 annual fellowship.
• R 30,000 additional research expenses fund