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FMHS Postdoctoral Fellows

Fellowships are dependent on selection and funding, and may be awarded for a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years. A Postdoctoral fellowship may be awarded up until five years following graduation from a PhD.

Apart from full postdoctoral fellowships, SU also offers funding to allow doctoral candidates to spend six months from completion of the degree to write and publish articles based on their doctoral research via the competitive Consolidoc programme.

As every postdoctoral fellow should have a host, it is best to explore this possibility in conversation with your supervisor or a prosepctive host who is a senior academic in your academic environment, even before submitting your dissertation for examination at SU. External and international prospective postdocs are also welcome and encouraged to apply for advertised postdoctoral opportunities within four years of receiving a doctoral degree. Should you have successfully secured independent funding, you are also welcome to approach a prospective host in the FMHS about a possible postdoctoral fellowship. 

The Tygerberg Doctoral Office serves as a campus-based referral point for all FMHS postdocs or prospective postdocs. Overarching responsibility for all general matters pertaining to Postdoctoral Fellowship, especially registration and payment, lies with the SU Postdoctoral Office. You are invited to contact that office at postdocinfo@sun.ac.za.

The following services are available to all registered postdoctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences based on Tygerberg campus:

1 Card?? access

To obtain an access card a registered post-doctoral fellow may go to the card activation office located near the entrance of the clinical building, where a picture and an access card is issued for a fee of R200. (Access cards may also be acquired at Stellenbosch campus at the IT Hub in the Admin A building.)

A post-doctoral fellow who is not yet registered, will need to apply for visitor's access at a cost of R200. An application form is completed with a copy of ID attached and sent to Ms L Matthee  lm@sun.ac.za and Mr A Hartzenburg abrahamh@sun.ac.za for processing.

2 Park?ing

Post-doctoral fellows may park at P5 in front of the BMRI (please see the map at thi?s link). To have boom and parking access activated, post-doctoral fellows need to contact the parking coordinator or apply for parking here by clicking on the link in section 1.1.2. The details of the post-doctoral fellows may also be sent to the parking coordinator by the host in order to be loaded in the system.

3 Librar?y

Post-doctoral fellows have the following privileges (as indicated at this link):

• Borrowing: 15 items for 30 days per item.
• Renewal: 2 per item (with a maximum renewal period of 90 days) unless someone else has requested it. Renew online or ask a staff member. 
• Returns: To any of the Library and Information Service sites.
• Fines: Overdue items will be fined at R1 per item per day. Borrowing privileges will be suspended when a limit of R30 is reached.
• Reserving books currently on loan: Free and unlimited - reserve online or ask a staff member.

The Medicine & Health Sciences Library has nine seminar rooms. Postdoctoral fellows may book seminar rooms 4 and 8 which are reserved for use by postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff. A seminar room may be reserved at this link.

4 Access to research software

The SU software hub gives postdoctoral fellows access to specific research software packages as facilitated by institutional licenses.

6 Cam?pus Health Services

The Health Services clinic on Tygerberg campus is open Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, and can be reached at (021 – 938 9590 ). The clinic is located at the 2nd Floor, of Tygerberg Student Centre. To visit the Tygerberg clinic one must book an appointment first by contacting the above-mentioned contact number. More information of the campus health services is available here.

7 Student Supp?ort

The Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD) offers free and confidential support services to students at Tygerberg Campus. An appointment should be booked during work hours at reception or at tel (021) 927 7020 or email supportus@sun.ac.za. More information of mental health services support is available here.

8 Food ??outlets

The following options are available for buying food on Tygerberg campus:

• Cups & Saucers Coffee Shop located near the entrance of the clinical building. It offers a variety of coffees, cold drinks, breakfast and lunch meals and snacks, while platters may be ordered in advance;
• Vida Cafe Coffee Shop situated in the foyer of the education building sells cold and hot beverages, sandwiches and snacks;
• Hospital Cafeteria or Student Centre with various outlets including chips, pies, wraps, burgers, pasta etc. Offerings range from sandwiches starting at around R40, to cooked or cold meal with an average cost of R100 per meal. The hospital and student cafeteria can both be accessed using the access card.
• The student center has four shops which sell food: My Brew Coffee Roastery, Planetsavvy, Vida café, and a mini supermarket. My Brew Coffee Roastery offers cold and hot beverages and snacks, while Planetsavvy sell cold beverages, sandwiches, pizza slices, pie, wraps, pasta, chicken and steak.

9 General e?nquiries

Postdocs walk-ins are welcome at the Tygerberg Doctoral Office in office 1073 on the first floor of the Clinical Building (Support Divisions passage) on Wednesdays or Friday mornings, or to direct any queries to Ms Marifa Muchemwa of our office at tel 011 938 9909 or email address tyg-phd@sun.ac.za.?

10 Membership of the Postdoc Society