In this section you will find information on vacancies in the School of the Physical Sciences as well as funding opportunities.
- Vacancies
- Selection Committee Memberships
- Herchel Smith Award
- Research Council
- The Ernest Oppenheimer Fund
- Travel Fund
Vacancies in the School of the Physical Sciences
Department: School Office
Position: Deputy Secretary of the School of the Physical Sciences
For information about this vacancy, and to apply for this role, please see here.
For vacancies in the School more widely, please see here.
Selection Committee Memberships
Under University procedures, we will publish here the membership of Selection Committees for senior academic posts.
Department: Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Position: University Lectureship in Statistics
Selection Committee Members:
- Prof. James Norris (Chair)
- Prof. Richard Samworth
- Prof. John Aston
- Dr Rajen Shah
- Dr Sergio Bacallado
- Prof. Richard Nickl
- Dr Kaisey Mandel
- Prof. Carola Schonlieb
- Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar
- Dr Vivien Gruar (Secretary)
Department: Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Position: Two University Lectureships in Pure Mathematics
Selection Committee Members:
- Prof. James Norris (Chair)
- Prof. Ivan Smith
- Dr Holly Krieger
- Prof. Jack Thorne
- Prof. Neshan Wickramasekera
- Dr Oscar Randall-Williams
- Dr Peter Varju
- Dr Jason Miller
- Dr Nilanjana Datta
- Dr Vivien Gruar (Secretary)
Department: Chemistry
Position: University Lectureship in Atmospheric Chemistry
Selection Committee Members:
- Dr James Keeler (Chair)
- Prof. Rod Jones
- Prof. John Pyle
- Dr Alex Archibald
- Dr Anja Schmidt
- Dr Marie Edmonds
- Prof. Peter Haynes
- Dr Howard Jones (Secretary)
Department: Institute of Astronomy
Position: University Lectureship in Astronomy
Selection Committee Members:
- Prof. Richard McMahon (Chair)
- Prof. Chris Reynolds
- Dr Debora Sijacki
- Dr Ian Parry
- Prof. Mark Wyatt
- Prof. Martin Haehnelt
- Prof. Mike Irwin
- Dr Vasily Belokurov
- Prof. Roberto Maiolino
- Prof. Val Gibson
- Mrs Angela Macharia (Secretary)
Department: Geography
Position: University Lectureship in Human Geography
Selection Committee Members:
- Prof. Ash Amin (Chair)
- Dr Harriet Allen
- Prof. Matthew Gandy
- Dr Alex Jeffrey
- Dr Emma Mawdsley
- Prof. Saul Dubow
- Dr Sian Lazar
- Dr Adam Strange (Secretary)
Department: Chemistry
Position: University Lectureship in Theoretical Chemistry
Selection Committee Members:
- Dr James Keeler (Chair)
- Prof. David Wales
- Prof. Stuart Althorpe
- Dr Lucy Colwell
- Prof. James Elliott
- Prof. Christopher Ford
- Dr Julia Riley
- Dr Howard Jones (Secretary)
Department: Earth Sciences
Position: University Lectureship in Earth Sciences - three posts
Selection Committee Members:
- Prof. Simon Redfern (Chair)
- Prof. Nick Butterfield
- Dr John Maclennan
- Dr Alex Piotrowski
- Prof. Nick Rawlinson
- Dr Helen Williams
- Dr Alex Archibald
- Prof. Abir Al-Tabbaa
- Dr Andy Buckley (Secretary)
Funding Opportunities
Herchel Smith Award
The Herchel Smith Fellowship and PhD Studentship Scheme offer awards across the physical and biological sciences.
For more information about the schemes, please click here.
Research Council
Information on Research Council PhD studentship funding can be accessed here.
The Ernest Oppenheimer Fund
Applications are closed for the Ernest Oppenheimer Fund
Travel Fund
- SPS Travelling Expenses Fund (TEF) Guidelines 2018-19
- Travel Fund Application Form
- Travelling Expenses Fund Receipts