FSBI Postdoctoral International Travelling Fellowships (PITF)

The FSBI is pleased to invite applications for our established research funding opportunity: FSBI Postdoctoral International Travelling Fellowships (PITF).

Each FSBI Fellow (PITF) can apply for up to £20,000, to include travel, subsistence and accommodation, and eligible research costs, over an approximate duration of 3 months to be undertaken within 12 months of the award.

The scheme aims to;

  1. Support outstanding postdoctoral scientists to undertake research that is in line with the objectives of the FSBI.
  2. Facilitate international mobility and expertise and/or facilities of the chosen host.

The research can comprise independent experimental studies, development/validation of a methodology or fieldwork, or similar activities within an existing programme of research.

The research will require sufficient coherence to generate explicit quantifiable outputs and with a demonstrated benefit(s) to the career development of the FSBI Fellow. Two PITFs are awarded each calendar year: Incoming PITF, hosted within an appropriate University, research body or industrial partner within the British Isles, and an Outgoing PITF, hosted at a suitable institution globally.

See previous Awardees

 

Next Application Deadline:  Applications must be submitted before 23:59 (GMT) on the 26th February. More Information will be released a month before the deadline

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Criteria

The research will require sufficient coherence to generate explicit quantifiable outputs and with a demonstrated benefit(s) to the career development of the FSBI Fellow.

Two PITFs are awarded each calendar year: Incoming PITF, hosted within an appropriate University, research body or industrial partner within the UK, and an Outgoing PITF, hosted at a suitable institution globally and coming from an institution within the UK.

There is a mandatory condition which is that successful candidates will for the purposes of the fellowship, be transferring from their UK host University to a host outside the UK (Outgoing Fellowship), or from a host University outside the UK, to a host within the UK (Incoming Fellowship).

Applications for 2023 must be submitted before 23:59(GMT) on Friday 24th February
 

 Interviews (in person or via skype) will depend upon applications received in each round, and with advance notice to secure availability. The outcome is expected by the end of September 2023, and following a period of negotiation, for Fellowships to commence from November 2023 onwards.

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PiTF Awardees

Casey Benkwitt

Lancaster University (UK), University of Santa Barbara (US) and the Tetiaroa Society (French Polynesia)
How natural nutrient inputs from seabirds influence herbivorous fishes on coral reefs, and how this in turn shapes benthic communities and reef resilience.
Find Out More About Casey's Project

Katie Dunkley

University of Cambridge (UK) and Charles Darwin Foundation
How reef fish cleaning interactions change as a function of the number and abundance of fish species on Galapagos reefs
Find Out More About Katie's Project
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Nildeniz Top-Karakuş

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi (TUR) & Bournemouth University (UK)
Invasive topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) and its generalist pathogen Sphaerothecum destruens.
Find Out More About Nildeniz's Project

María Florencia Scaia

University of Buenos Aires (ARG) & Leicester University (UK)
Genes and neural circuits controlling aggression using zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism
Find Out More About Maria's Project
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Tim Lamont

Lancaster University (UK) & IBP University (IDN)
Effects of coral restoration on reef fish communities
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Amanda Pettersen

The University of Sydney (AUS) and University of Glasgow (UK)
What is the evolutionary potential of early life physiology traits under thermal stress?
Find Out More About Amanda's Project
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Gert-Jan Jeunen

University of Otago (NZ) & Liverpool John Moores University (UK)
Understanding fisheries bycatch composition through on-board passive eDNA sampling
Find Out More About Gert-Jan's Project

Marina Papadopoulou

Swansea University (UK), Humboldt University of Berlin and the Excellence Cluster: “Science of Intelligence" (Germany)
Investigating the impact of behavioural individuality and group size on leadership dynamics using genetically identical fish (Poecilia formosa) and the RoboFish
Find Out More About Marina's Project
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