Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) has been successful in securing a 1.6m research grant from Research England to create a new Research Centre: Plastics Innovation and Curation (PlastIC). The new Centre will link the expertise of AUB’s Museum of Design in Plastics (MoDiP) with the design, manufacturing and testing capabilities of the Creative Technologies Research Group based in AUB’s Innovation Studio. The Centre will explore how plastics degrade over time or behave in different environments, resulting in research which will have international relevance to both museum collections and modern manufacturing. We invite applications for a Research Fellow (Heritage Science) who will focus on projects to support the new Centre. The post will be based within the Research and Development team at Arts University Bournemouth under the direction of Dr Christian McLening. Applicants must have a PhD in a field related to Heritage Science or Conservation and have an understanding of conservation processes from a science/engineering background.