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An exciting opportunity exists for up to two four-year PhD scholarships, beginning in 2021, to be part of a five-year Australian Research Council Laureate Program led by Professor Quentin Grafton. An attractive stipend of a minimum of $28,092/year (tax free) is payable for each PhD scholar. In addition to the stipend, there is a full offset for tuition fees and full-cost support for field-related research.

Position: Research Fellow

Classification: Academic Level B
Salary package: $99,809 – $113,165 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full time, Fixed term (5 years)

The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship under the direction of Professor Quentin Grafton that will be located within the Crawford School of Public Policy.

Position: Research Fellow/Fellow

Classification: Academic Level B or Level C
Term: Tenure Track (Level B) or Continuing (Level C)

The IWF and the Crawford School of Public Policy are seeking to appoint an outstanding early to mid-career academic to contribute to the School’s research, education and policy impact in the thematic area of water research and policy.

Classification: Academic Level B or C

Term: Tenure Track (B) or Continuing (C)

The IWF and the Fenner School of Environment & Society are seeking an outstanding advanced early- or mid-career academic with expertise in qualitative social research, futures thinking and/or scenario development; a good track record of interdisciplinarity in natural resource management areas; and ability to work collaboratively within and beyond academia

Classification: Academic Level C
Term: Continuing

The IWF and the Fenner School of Environment & Society are seeking an exceptional early- or mid-career academic with expertise in hydrological modelling, to provide leadership in research and teaching in the area of spatial water resources observation, assimilation and hydrological system modelling and forecasting. 

Classification: Academic Level C
Term: Continuing

The IWF and the Fenner School of Environment & Society are seeking an early- or mid-career academic with outstanding expertise in model-based integrated assessment and decision support that is recognized internationally.

Classification: Academic Level B
Term: Tenure Track

The IWF and ANU Climate Change Institute are seeking an advanced early-career academic with expertise in climate adaptation including vulnerability assessment, scenario development, planning or other climate adaptation areas related to water management.

Classification: Academic Level B or Level C
Term: Tenure Track (Level B) or Continuing (Level C)

The IWF and the Research School of Earth Sciences seek an established advanced early- or mid-career researcher with proven expertise in the analysis of high-level space geodetic data and the development of software to perform the analysis, both for existing and future satellite missions.

Classification: Academic Level B or Level C
Term: Tenure Track (Level B) or Continuing (Level C)

The IWF and the Research School of Earth Sciences seek an outstanding advanced early- or mid-career researcher with a demonstrable track record of incorporating observational data into numerical models that represent and track the transport of water in the Earth system.

Classification: Academic Level B or Level C
Term: Fixed Term, 2 Years

The IWF and the 3A Institute in the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science are seeking an exceptional early- to mid-career candidate who is passionate about water management and how technologies, such as the use of artificial intelligence in a range of cyber-physical systems, have the power to transform water systems and the people who depend upon them.

Classification: Academic Level B or Level C
Term: Tenure Track (Level B) or Continuing (Level C)

In November 2019, the Mathematical Sciences Institute will be advertising a new continuing position in applied mathematics in support of the IWF in areas such as system modelling and uncertainty quantification.