Royal Society: Long industry fellowships

18/01/2024

29/03/2024

This long-standing scheme enables the mobility of talented scientists and engineers from industry and academia in order to move between the sectors. These secondments support the researcher's development, fosters exchange of knowledge, stimulates longer-term collaborations, and establishes personal, scientific and corporate links between sectors. The Industry Fellowship is part of the Royal Society's wider Science and Industry Programme which strives to promote the value and importance of science by connecting academia, industry and government. The aims of the scheme are to: Support the mobility of excellent academic or industrial researchers between in two sectors in the UK, across the natural sciences. Enable the Industry Fellow to develop and establish collaborative links between the academic and industrial organisations, which may lead to longer term collaborations. Support the career development of the Industry Fellow, and their team, through the cross-sector collaborative research experience afforded by the fellowship. Enhance knowledge exchange in science and technology between industry and academia. (Forecasted date for next call).

Research must be within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.

Applicants can be of any nationality and should be at a stage in their career when they would particularly benefit from establishing or strengthening personal and corporate links between the two sectors. Applicants must also hold: • a PhD or be of equivalent standing in their profession. • a permanent post or have an ‘open-ended contract’ in either a UK university, a not-for-profit research organisation* or UK industry. These fellowships are aimed at supporting new collaborations between academic and industry organisations If you are applying to support an ongoing collaboration with an industry partner or UK University or not-for-profit research organisation you will be required to submit a new project involving a different university/industry department.