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Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Scheme
The scheme provides
funding to enable an academic engineering
department in a United Kingdom (UK) university
to be a host for up to a month to a
Distinguished Visiting Fellow from an overseas
academic centre of excellence. For advice
please contact the Scheme Manager.
Scheme Manager: Imren
Markes
[E-mail Imren]
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Global Research Awards
The Global Research Awards
provide funding for engineering researchers in
universities or in industry to undertake
projects at centres of excellence overseas.
Projects can be in any area of engineering, but
should focus on research which will enhance
general prosperity and improve the quality of
life, supporting the development of
international research networks and encouraging
the uptake of globally competitive technology in
the UK. The Award covers approximately 50% of
the costs of the secondment, up to a maximum of
£40,000, with all additional costs the
responsibility of the employer. Secondments
should be for between three months and one year,
but can be taken in shorter modules over a
number of years where required. Secondments may
be taken to more than one host organisation.
Allowable costs include salary, travel and
accommodation and the cost of accompanying
family. For advice please contact the Scheme
Manager.
Scheme Manager: Chris
Coulter
[E-mail Chris]
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International Travel Grants
Grants are provided to help engineering researchers in the UK make study visits overseas, particularly to attend conferences. Grants of up to 50% of approved costs may be awarded for visits of up to two months. The scheme is open to UK nationals and permanent residents of any age who are postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, lecturers involved in research, and chartered engineers in both academia and industry.
Scheme Manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail ITG]
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Research Chairs
The Research Chairs Scheme provides funding
for full time professorial appointments, at UK universities, in
order to develop pre-competitive research programmes which will
attract significant sponsorship and support from UK industry.
The Royal Academy of Engineering aims to strengthen industrial/academic
links through co-funding the appointments with industrial organisations,
over periods of five years, to establish, or enhance, an internationally
renowned centre of excellence in an identified area of engineering.
Scheme Manager: Rob Barrett
[E-mail Rob]
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Research Fellowships
The Fellowships have been introduced to help outstanding
engineers develop their careers in research at a UK university. Complementing the
Research Chairs and Fellowships jointly funded with industry, these posts offer freedom to concentrate on research in any field of engineering. They also provide time to establish a track record, together with reduced teaching and administrative duties. An Academy mentor is also on hand to offer advice and facilitate industrial contacts. Fellowships are open to
outstanding researchers from all branches of engineering who are about to
finish their PhD, or have up to 3 years Post-Doctoral experience. The award is conditional upon a doctorate being awarded before the Fellowship starts.
Scheme Manager: Rob Barrett
[E-mail Rob]
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Research Student Development Fellowships
This scheme provides funding of £5,000 for PhD and EngD students to undertake relevant professional development and training activities that complement their research oriented education and the training available through the UK Grad Programme. In addition at their end of their PhD/EngD awardees who intend to pursue a research career in either industry or academia are eligible for a financial prize of £5,000.
Scheme Manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships
These Fellowships provide an opportunity for mid-career academics based in UK
universities to be relieved of their administrative and teaching responsibilities, for between one academic term and a year, in order to concentrate on full time research in any engineering discipline.
The award provides a grant to cover the cost of a replacement member
of staff for the period of the Fellowship to carry out the teaching and administrative responsibilities of the researcher. A support fund of up to
£2,500 is also available as part of the Fellowship.
Scheme Manager: Rob Barrett
[E-mail Rob]
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Senior Research Fellowships
These Fellowships enable an individual to progress in his or her chosen field whilst benefiting from and contributing to an established centre of excellence. This scheme runs in parallel with the
Research Chairs scheme and aims to attract outstanding researchers with several years postdoctoral experience. Senior Research Fellows are free from the constraints of teaching and administration to concentrate on research that, in this case, is closer to the requirements of the industrial sponsors, who take a more proactive role in monitoring the programmes. Senior Research Fellowships are available in any engineering-related subject.
Funding is provided for a maximum of five years.
Scheme Manager: Rob Barrett
[E-mail Rob]
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Research Exchanges with China and India
This scheme will enable
either a UK academic researcher to spend time at
an Indian or Chinese university, or an Indian or
Chinese researcher to visit a UK university.
There will be two types of award available.
Short awards will be available to support
exploratory or networking visits of up to one
month. Major awards, lasting between three and
12 months, will be offered to support more
substantial and longer term projects. The awards
will cover the researcher’s living expenses,
travel and accommodation.
Scheme Manager: Shafiq Ahmed
[E-mail Shafiq]
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International Fellowship Scheme
The aim of the new scheme
is to encourage outstanding, early career
postdoctoral researchers based outside the UK to
undertake high quality research at UK academic
Institutions for a period of two years.
Subsequent additional alumni funding will be
available for a period of up to ten years to
strengthen long term links with researchers
overseas.
Scheme Manager: Shafiq Ahmed
[E-mail Shafiq]
