Hester Cordelia Parsons Fund: Call for New Board Members (deadline: Monday 28th October)

The Hester Cordelia Parsons Fund supports the costs of research in the experimental biological sciences, with a focus on supporting promising scientists in developing novel experimental methods at the boundaries of physical, chemical and biological sciences.

The Fund is renewing its Board membership and is inviting expressions of interest from academics in the above research area to join. We are looking to recruit 3 academics with MPLS affiliations (with one as Chair) and 2 academics with MSD affiliations. Board members will typically:

• Be Associate Professor or Professor career stage when joining. Earlier career researchers that are gaining independence (e.g. manage a research group, have an independent fellowship) and are seeking experience in reviewing and committee membership are welcome to also get in contact.
• Serve for a period of 3 years
• Be available to review applications in Hilary term 

The Fund particularly welcomes interest from anyone identifying from an underrepresented group in academia. 

Please email research@mpls.ox.ac.uk if you are would like to discuss the above or are interested in joining. If we receive more expressions of interest than seats available, Board membership will be assigned by random allocation and is subject to the appointment process outlined in the HCP Trust terms.