Post-doctoral fellowships at the National University of Singapore

[Leher Singh]

The Department of Psychology invites applications for *up to TWO* Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowships (FASS PDF) whereby
appointees can gain valuable teaching experience in addition to the
research typically expected of post-doctoral fellowships.



The successful candidate should be someone with a Ph.D degree (or is
awaiting conferment), has research interests and expertise in line with
ongoing research in the Department, and can teach modules offered by the
Department. More information on the research conducted in the Department
and the modules offered by the Department can be found at
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/psy/


*Terms and Conditions*



The terms and conditions for FASS PDF are as follows:



1.      Appointment to begin in July 2014, tenable for up to two years.



2.      An Annual Base Salary of up to S$66,000 per year.



3.      An allowance of S$500 a month as contribution towards housing
expenses for appointees who are non-citizens (i.e., non-Singaporeans) and
their spouses who do not own any property in Singapore and whose spouses
are not in receipt of any form of housing benefits from their Singapore
employers.



4.      Appointees who are Singapore citizens and permanent residents are
eligible for provident fund benefits.



5.      Travel Assistance, payable once only, as follows.

·         S$2,000 for the appointee

·         S$2,000 for his/her spouse

·         S$1,000 for each eligible child, subject to a maximum of 3
children.  Children must be less than 18 years of age and receiving
full-time education.



The above travel assistance is a contribution towards expenses incurred by
the appointee and his/her dependants in re-locating to Singapore. Such
expenses refer to costs for travel, packing, transportation and insurance
of personal and professional effects as well as settling-in expenses.



The travel allowance is contingent upon the appointee's completion of
his/her initial contract. In the event that the appointee does not fulfill
the two-year contract, the appointee shall be liable to refund the
University a proportionate amount of the travel assistance granted to
him/her and his/her dependants on appointment.



6.      Foreign appointees who are granted Singapore Permanent Residence
will continue to receive an allowance of S$500 a month as contribution
towards housing expenses.  The allowance will cease once they acquire
Singapore citizenship.



7.      Medical benefits in accordance with the Medical Benefits Plan.



8.      Vacation leave of 28 days per calendar year.


9.      PDFs can expect an equal balance of time spent on teaching and
research, with each PDF teaching up to 2 modules per academic year.


*Application*


While not required, applicants are encouraged to seek out potential
research mentors from the Department before applying. All application
dossiers, including details of publications, research interests, teaching
areas, as well as letters from two academic referees, should be submitted
to the Department by *30 April 2014*. Please submit documents (softcopy
preferred) to:



The FASS PDF Search Committee

(Attention: Ms. LOO Bee Bee)

Department of Psychology

National University of Singapore

Block AS4 Level 2

9 Arts Link

Singapore 117570

Email: psylbb at nus.edu.sg



Informal queries can be directed to the Head of Department, A/P SIM Tick
Ngee, at psyhead at nus.edu.sg

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