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Junior Faculty
Uppsala University
http://www.teknat.uu.se/jf/
What is Junior Faculty?
An organization that...
• represents the interests of anyone with a PhD, but without
a permanent position at Uppsala University (i.e. postdocs,
researchers, assistant professors).
• represents the interest of ca. 300 registered members in
the Junior Faculties at MedFarm and TekNat
• is coordinated in two steering groups, one at MedFarm and
one at TekNat.
• is striving to become a University-wide representative of
junior researchers at Uppsala University. The Junior Faculty
is currently organized at MedFarm and the TekNat Faculty,
actively promoting the start up at the Domain of Humanities
and Social Sciences (HumSam).
Junior/Future Faculty in Sweden
• Several Swedish universities and ’högskolor’ have some kind
of Junior Faculty (JF) in at least one of their faculties.
• JFs are common at other Universities worldwide (e.g. Junior
Faculty Development Program, USA).
• A national network (NOJS) has been formed to coordinate
the efforts of the local Junior/Future Faculties.
National
Network of
Junior
Scientists
(NOJS)
FF – Umeå
(Medicine)
JF-MedFarm & JF-TekNat –
Uppsala
JF Sahlgrenska
Academy –
Göteborg
JF – Karolinska Institut
Stockholm
JF – Linköping
Future Faculty – Lund
(Medicine)
How to become a member
Membership at Junior Faculty is free of charge.
For registration, please send an e-mail with your details to:
[email protected]
or register online at:
http://www.teknat.uu.se/jf/join.html
Join the steering boards
New members to the steering boards are most welcome. For a
schedule of the monthly meetings, please contact our
administrator: [email protected]
Junior Faculty
Med
Farm
Hum
Sam
Tek
Nat
Uppsala University
Ambitions of Junior Faculty
• The Junior Faculty at Uppsala University is an organization
that aims to support and promote the career development
of junior researchers.
• The ambition of JF-TekNat and JF-MedFarm is to
positively interact with the respective faculty board to
develop an optimal working environment for junior
researchers, for instance, to promote the development of
their research independence.
• It will work for a transparent and unambiguous
recruitment policy of junior researchers.
• The Junior Faculty will provide consultancy to junior
researchers on career development, research funding and
grant proposal writing.
• The Junior Faculty functions as a platform for the
formation of new scientific networks, thus ensuring the
continuous generation of new, creative and highly
competitive research environments at Uppsala University.
Activities of Junior Faculty
Junior Faculty continuously organizes the following
activities:
 Provide career advice for those that want to stay
within academia as well as for those that want to go for a
career outside the university.
 Courses on grant proposal writing.
 Continuous dissemination of calls for grant proposals of
relevance to junior researchers. Cooperation with the
faculty administration will be sought.
 Pedagogic workshops to improve teaching skills of both
junior and senior faculty members.
 Seminars with policy makers and speakers from funding
agencies (VR, SSF …).
 Seminars on innovation, entrepreneurship, and patent
issues.
 Annual science fairs to promote the interactions
between young researchers in different Faculties.
 Annual JF-meetings, preferably involving all Faculties
at Uppsala University, including the Domain of Humanities
and Social Sciences (HumSam).
For detailed information of upcoming events, please visit
our website: http://www.teknat.uu.se/jf/activities.html