Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Department of Animal Science (Job ID 6458) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct innovative research in the following areas: Estimation of genetic parameters in livestock; Genome Wide Association Studies; Genetic Marker Analysis; Rumen Microbiome Diversity Analysis, Animal Production Trials.
• 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. 
• Register and reside as postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS in Bloemfontein and participate in relevant activities of the Centre for Graduate Support and the Directorate of Research Development. 

Eligibility criteria

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State. 
• Graduated with a PhD degree in a relevant discipline within the last five years 
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship. 
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS in Bloemfontein 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. 

Value of the fellowship:

• R 270,000 annual fellowship.
• R30 000 additional research expenses fund