Royal Academy of Engineering: EXTENDED DEADLINE: Enterprise fellowships

11/02/2021

01/03/2021

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. The programme focuses on equipping the awardee with the confidence, skills, experience and network of expert advisors necessary to enable them to develop their innovation. Funding is available for researchers wishing to spin out a company from a university or research institute, recent graduates wishing to create a company, and international PhD students based in the UK, wishing to spin out or start up. Approximately 12 fellowships, worth up to £60,000 each for one year, are available.

Engineering; Computer Science & Informatics; Innovation & Technology Management; Spin-Offs & Academic Innovation

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 December 2019 and 30 November 2020.