Division/School Academic Faculties
Contract type Fixed term contract staff
Working pattern Full time
Salary £43,267 - £48,677 per annum
Closing date for applications 01-Jul-2019

Opportunities for future research leaders. The University of Bristol is embarking on bold plans and we’re looking for researchers who share our ambition. Our Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowships scheme offers an exciting opportunity for exceptional early-career researchers to advance their research careers and support our strategic priorities. We’re looking for candidates who are ready to seize the opportunity to become future leaders in their field.

This year we are offering a four-year fellowship focused in Cardiovascular Science (reference ACAD104036).

In this particular call we are seeking a VC Fellow to work as part of the research team delivering an Accelerator Award from the British Heart Foundation. The aim of this award is to provide substantial funding to nurture multidisciplinary collaborative research in two areas that the BHF have identified as areas of scientific excellence at the University of Bristol. As well as fitting into the broad remit for VC Fellows, the successful applicant will conduct research in the area of developmental origins of cardiovascular disease/cardiometabolic health and/or identifying targets for interventions (lifestyle or pharmaceutical) aimed at preventing or treating cardiovascular diseases. They will need to demonstrate ability to adopt a population health science approach to these issues, using causal inference methods such as Mendelian randomization and working in a multidisciplinary environment. They should have expertise in one or more of the following specialist areas: epidemiology, biostatistics, informatics, mathematics or computer science.

REF 2014 ranked Bristol among the UK’s top research universities and we are committed to developing our research staff. As a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, you will have access to our cutting-edge facilities and become part of our outstanding academic community receiving a range of benefits including:

• A competitive salary and start-up funding.
• Expert supervision and mentoring.
• Personal and career development support.
• Support to increase the impact of your research.
• The opportunity to lead and direct your own research programme.

If you are interested in joining the next generation of research leaders, we want to hear from you.

Informal enquiries can be made to vc-fellowships@bristol.ac.uk

Closing date for all applications is midnight on Monday 1st July 2019.

Interviews are likely to be held on 19th July.

Please see the following link for further details http://www.bristol.ac.uk/vc-fellows/about/
including how to apply: http://www.bris.ac.uk/vc-fellows/how-to-apply/.

Applications must be made online (the process is slightly different from the standard one you will be prompted to follow):

• Please merge your academic CV and your covering letter into one document and upload to
• the 'covering letter' section of the application.
• Please upload the Project Proposal and Letter of Support proforma to the 'upload documents' section of the application.

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.