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A new cohort of post-doctoral fellows have joined the teams across STFC departments thanks to the Rutherford International Fellowship Programme (RIFP).

RIFP is an EU-funded programme which provides two-year fellowships for the brightest and best early-career researchers to work alongside STFC scientists and within STFC facilities across the UK.

Twelve RIFP fellows have been appointed this year, with details of their projects below. They will all take up their posts in STFC over the next few months and their work will vary from exploration of new technologies for particle accelerators through to using neutrons to study archaeological objects; and from studies of intergalactic dust through to investigation of plasma wave turbulence in the Earth’s magnetosphere.

Dr Philip King from STFC’s ISIS neutron and muon research facility and the co-ordinator of the RIFP programme, said: “The research topics of the new wave of RIFP fellows span STFC departments and facilities, and their work will cover a very diverse range of subject areas. It is exciting that we can attract excellent early-career researchers, who gain a unique training experience whilst contributing to STFC’s science and technology programmes.”

There will soon be a final call for fellowship applications under the current EU grant when a further 11 fellowships will be available (the deadline for applications for this will be 29 September 2017). The RIFP programme, funded under a five-year Marie-Sklodowska Curie COFUND grant to STFC (worth €2.54M), will provide 36 post-doctoral fellowships over a five-year period.

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