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Published: 14 Aug 2023 576 views
This scheme aims to strengthen the links between industry and academia. The scheme supports exceptional academics at UK higher education institutions/universities to undertake use-inspired research that meets the needs of the industrial sponsors.
Funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), over the last 35 years, the Academy’s Research Chairs and Senior Fellowships scheme has successfully supported over 200 academic appointments and enhanced internationally renowned centres of excellence.
Awardees are expected to:
The Royal Academy of Engineering is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all under-represented groups across engineering. It is the Academy’s policy to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged or receives less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We would like to support you to achieve a balance between your personal and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and consider part time and other flexible working arrangements.
| Application Deadline | 07 Sep 2023 |
| Type | Fellowship |
| Sponsor | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Gender | Men and Women |
The scheme provides funding for five years. Each application is capped at a maximum contribution from the Academy of £225,000 over the five-year period.
In addition to the direct financial support, the scheme benefits include:
Research Chairs are professorial appointments, so applicants should already be a professor or equivalent.
Senior Research Fellowships are senior academic appointments, so applicants should already be a Reader or Lecturer level or equivalent.
The applicant must have a permanent academic position or an unconditional offer of such a position. The host institution’s letter of support must make clear that they have offered a permanent position to the applicant stating the starting date. The permanent position must start before the award.
Applicants Selection
Stage 1: expert review
The full application will be assessed by a minimum of three expert reviews (usually Academy Fellows). Expert reviewers will provide comments and score against each of the following assessment criteria, the overall quality of the application and a recommendation on whether they should proceed to interview.
Sift panel:
The Academy staff will collate all reviewers’ comments and scores into a summary table, and rank the applications by overall score and the Yes/No recommendations. These are presented to the sift panel for a final decision on which applications should proceed to interview stage. Those applicants not asked to attend an interview will be informed of this decision as soon as possible following the sift panel’s decision.
Stage 2: interview
The interview will be conducted by a generalist panel consisting of at least three Academy Fellows. Each interview will take about 50 minutes. Panellists will provide comments against the assessment criteria outlined above.
The ranking of candidates during the preceding sift panels will have no bearing at interview. All interview candidates are considered to have equal standing. Following the interviews, the panel will rank the applications and select the top ranked candidates for awards.
Full details of the selection process are outlined in the Reviewer Guidance for Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Research Team at [email protected] to discuss options.
For more details, visit Royal Academy Of Engineering website.