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The Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) attaches great importance to the contribution of female scientists in research and education. For this reason we are offering:
6 MacGillavry Fellowships (Tenure track position for talented female researchers)
The MacGillavry Fellowship is directed at talented women. You are strongly encouraged to apply if you have a strong track record in one of the Faculty’s scientific disciplines and at the same time have the potential and ambition to obtain a leadership position as professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Each MacGillavry Fellow will initially be appointed as an assistant professor on a temporary contract for six years. During this period you are expected to set up your own independent research programme hosted by one of the Faculty’s research institutes. You are expected to publish in high-profile journals, attract your own external funding and contribute to the teaching programmes within the Faculty of Science. We offer mentoring and courses to help you meet the requirements. Key performance indicators in both research and education will be monitored and will serve as input for a transparent evaluation process, which will lead to a decision as regards tenure. Assuming your tenure track is successful, you will be offered a permanent staff position as an associate professor. A subsequent personal career path towards a full professorship can be mutually agreed upon.
We are also happy to consider applications from women with a more senior profile than that of assistant professor. In that case, reduction in the length of the tenure track and/or entry at associate professor level are possibilities that can be tailor-made.
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With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.
The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.
The Faculty of Science, located at the inspiring Amsterdam Science Park, has a leading position internationally in its fields of research and participates in a large number of collaborative programmes with other universities, research institutes and businesses. The Faculty has a student body of around 7,000 and 1,600 members of staff, spread over eight research institutes and several Faculty-wide support services. A considerable part of our research is made possible by external funding from Dutch and international organisations as well as the private sector. We offer eleven Bachelor's degree programmes and nineteen Master’s degree programmes in the fields of the exact sciences, informatics and life and earth sciences.
The research institutes of the Faculty of Science are:
The following fields in the MacGillavry programme are eligible for applications:
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