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Royal Academy of Engineering, GB: COMING SOON: Enterprise fellowships
Added date
18/03/2021
Closing date
01/09/2021
Call summary
The Royal Academy of Engineering invites applications for its enterprise fellowships. These support entrepreneurial engineers who have demonstrated innovation in engineering and want to develop this further. Approximately 12 fellowships, worth up between £50,000 and £60,000 each for one year, are available.
Scientific scope
Engineering; Computer Science & Informatics; Innovation & Technology Management; Spin-Offs & Academic Innovation
PI eligibility
Researchers must be based at a UK HEI or research institute in an engineering department or engineering-focused research area and hold a PhD or equivalent experience. PhD students must receive their degree before the start of the fellowship. All levels of academic and researcher are eligible. The lead applicant must not be less than 50 per cent full time equivalent. Recent graduates must be based in the UK and be currently studying for, or have been awarded their first degree after 1 January 2015, which must be in engineering, design, IT or a related discipline. Undergraduate students must receive their degree before the start of the fellowship. They cannot be employed by a university or well-established company during the award period. International PhD students must be non-UK citizens studying at a UK university or research institute and receive their degree between 1 June 2019 and 31 May 2020.