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Schemes for Engineers in Research and Development
Global Research Awards
Expand your R&D networking with an international secondment!
Aims of the scheme
 The
Global Research Award scheme provides UK-based
engineers currently engaged in research the
opportunity to undertake a secondment overseas for a
period of three months to one year. The scheme
encourages the development of international research
networks and knowledge transfer within any
engineering discipline. Benefits of the research to
the UK may include enhancing prosperity, the uptake
of a globally competitive technology, improving
quality of life or stimulating wealth creation.
The Scheme
This scheme enables engineers to work with overseas organisations that are leading the development of new or enhanced technology, or conducting engineering research not pursued in the UK. Its purpose is to:
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provide opportunities that jointly benefit the seconded engineer, their employer and the overseas host, normally for single periods between three and twelve months or in modules over two or three years;
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facilitate lasting research collaborations between UK and overseas institutions;
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enable an engineer to gain experience of alternative approaches to research projects in a different cultural environment;
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disseminate the benefits gained to the UK engineering, scientific and business community by means of seminars, public lectures, published papers in journals and through new or existing research networks.
Benefits
For the Awardee
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a prestigious international Award
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the opportunity to live overseas and work at a top overseas organisation
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use facilities and technology unavailable in the UK
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learn new skill and techniques
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make links and network with key people overseas
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establish a lasting research collaboration
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family friendly funding
For the Employer
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additional source of research funding
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establish international research collaborations
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helps to develop new links or strengthen existing links between the employer and the overseas host
Eligibility
The scheme is open to engineers from all engineering disciplines, who have several years of postgraduate experience in R&D and its application
in either industry or academia. Applicants should be confident of achieving the objectives of their proposed research programme during their secondment and of contributing to the UK engineering research community as a whole on their return. Applicants should be employed in industry, higher education institutes, local government, research associations or other approved R&D organisations, based in the UK. The host organisation may be chosen from the overseas equivalent of any one of these categories (though not a parent or subsidiary company of the employer) provided that it is a recognised centre of excellence in the chosen field.
Please note that full time PhD research students will no longer be funded under this Award scheme. Applicants must be salaried employees in either industry or academia to be eligible for an Award.
Programme of Work
Clear benefits need to be shown both for the candidate and for the UK engineering research base, such as:
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involvement with advanced engineering facilities not readily available in the UK in which new technology is being developed or applied;
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involvement with multi-disciplinary teams at the leading edge of engineering research and development.
The candidate, the employer and the host organisation will agree a proposed programme of work, which should achieve mutually beneficial objectives.
Duration
The secondment can be for a
period of no less than three months and a maximum of
one year. The secondment may also be taken as
modules and completed over a period of up to 3 years
providing the cumulative number of months on
secondment is not more than 12.
Support For Seconded Engineer
The engineer will remain an employee of the sponsoring body and will continue to receive salary, salary awards and pension rights as apply under his or her contract of employment. The seconded engineer will continue to be paid by the employer but The Royal Academy of Engineering will provide a grant of approximately 50% of the total agreed costs of the secondment, up to a ceiling of £40,000. Allowable costs include salary, employer’s National Insurance and superannuation contributions, travel, accommodation and language training. Funding for the candidate’s accompanying family will always be considered sympathetically. Applications must be costed on the basis of full economic costs (FEC). The Royal Academy of Engineering will provide funding at 80%FEC for directly incurred and indirect costs - please contact the scheme manager for further advice, or refer to the example costing table in the guidance notes.
How to Apply
Global Research Award applications are welcomed throughout the year – there are no closing dates and applicants may submit at any time. The scheme application form must be completed in full and appended to the necessary supporting documentation detailed on the reverse of the application form. Applicants are advised to download the scheme guidance notes which provide the necessary information on putting together a complete application and further details on the application and assessment process.
More
For further information please read the scheme
FAQ or contact scheme manager.
Misty Palmer
– Assistant Manager, Research Programmes, at the Academy's
address.
Tel: 020 7766 0621
Fax: 020 7766 2067
[E-mail Misty]
[E-mail
Research team]
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