Dear colleagues, The Petrology Group at the University of Bristol is actively looking to identify and support outstanding researchers who may wish to apply for independent research fellowships to be hosted with us. Our group offers a collaborative environment with exceptional experimental and analytical facilities and a friendly team of permanent academic staff, fellows, PDRAs, PhD students and technical staff. Our expertise spans experimental petrology, mineral physics, computational geodynamics and thermodynamic modelling. We sit within a School of Earth Sciences that also hosts world-renowned groups in geophysics and isotope geochemistry, as well as a vibrant volcanology group — all with strong collaborative links. Bristol Earth Sciences was ranked second in the country in REF2021, with 100% of our research rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. There are many fellowship schemes that could support researchers joining us, at career stages from postdoctoral through to established PI. These include NERC Independent Research Fellowships, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships, Royal Society University Research Fellowships and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships, Newton International Fellowships, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships, ERC Starting/Consolidator/Advanced Grants, and others. We maintain a summary table of schemes, eligibility and deadlines on our opportunities page: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/research/petrology/opportunities/ We want to be upfront about what we are — and aren't — offering here. We are not advertising a specific position. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to support any particular candidate's application — eligibility, career stage, research fit and competitiveness all vary, and both the group and the School will need to assess each enquiry on its own merits. What we can say is that we have extensive experience with fellowship applications, both as applicants and as hosts, and that where there is a good match we are enthusiastic about working with candidates to develop the strongest possible proposal. We welcome enquiries well in advance of deadlines so there is time to do this properly. If you are interested, we would welcome an initial expression of interest comprising: * Your CV * A brief outline of your research interests and the kind of work you might pursue at Bristol (~200 words — we are not asking for a developed proposal at this stage) * Which fellowship scheme(s) you might be interested in applying for Please direct your enquiry to whichever member of the Petrology Group seems most relevant to your research area. You can find our staff profiles and research interests here: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/research/petrology/ We welcome expressions of interest from researchers of all backgrounds and nationalities, working across the full breadth of experimental petrology, mineral physics, computational geosciences and allied fields. We look forward to hearing from you. All the best, The Petrology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olivertlord/email-signature-images/main/oliver_photo_180.png] [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olivertlord/email-signature-images/main/olivertlord_qr_180.png] Oliver Thomas Lord Head of Petrology | University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences phone: +44 (0)7939 904629<tel:+447939904629> address: Room G40, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ linktree: https://linktr.ee/olivertlord