Royal Academy Of Engineering 2023 Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships

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:

• establish or enhance a world leading engineering research group
• deliver ‘use-inspired’ research that meets the needs of their industrial sponsors
• disseminate the outcomes of their research for appropriate academic use
• become a self-sustaining research group by the end of the award (by securing substantial external grant income).

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.

• Table of Content
• About Royal Academy of Engineering
• Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships
• Requirements for Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Royal Academy of Engineering

Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships

Application Deadline	07 Sep 2023
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Royal Academy of Engineering
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships

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:

• Mentoring support from an Academy Fellow to offer independent expert advice and guidance on research related matters throughout the duration of the award
• Training, events and additional funding opportunities
• Reduction of teaching and administrative duties to enable the awardees to focus on delivering use-inspired research, that creates impact for their industrial sponsors
• Networking opportunities with other awardees and Academy Fellows.

Requirements for Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships Qualification

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. 

Interview date, Process and Venue for Research Chairs And Senior Research Fellowships

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.

• Quality of the applicant
• Quality of the collaborative research programme
• Strength of the strategic partnership
• Beneficiaries and impact
• Financial costing of the proposal

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.

Application Deadline

September 7, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Royal Academy of Engineering on raeng.org.uk to apply

For more details, visit Royal Academy Of Engineering website.