ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851: Industrial Fellowships

Are you a post-graduate Scientist or Engineer?

"Extending the influence of science and art upon productive industry"

The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 offers major awards to scientists and engineers for research, development and design. Its aims are to support education for the benefit of productive industry and full details of all its awards are on this website.

Industrial Fellowships - deadline: 5pm, Thursday 26 January 2012

Background

• To encourage profitable innovation and creativity in British Industry
• Exceptional graduates with the potential to make an outstanding contribution to Industry for a programme of research supported either by their employing company or in the case of doctoral candidates, nominated through a sponsoring company by a UK University EngD Centre/Industrial Doctorate Centre or similar entity
• About eight Industrial Fellowships are available each year, including an ERA Foundation Fellowship for the electro-technology sector
• The Royal Commission has no interest in related Intellectual Property Rights or commercially sensitive information and is motivated simply by its altruistic aim to ‘extend the influence of art and science upon productive industry’

Eligibility

• Employed or sponsored in the UK by a British-based company
• Good first degree in engineering, science or medicine, normally within five years from degree graduation.  Earlier qualified candidates may apply but it is unlikely that those already with substantial post-graduate qualifications will be accepted
• Identified research and/or development topic leading to a patent, product or process in conjunction with a higher academic award
• Established link between company and appropriate staff at a UK University, OR in the second year of a UK University based doctoral programme strongly coupled to industry, such as through an EngD/Industrial Doctorate Centre or similar arrangement

Benefits

• Duration of up to three years, renewable annually on receipt of appropriate reports. 
  
  (a) Company employed candidates
  - 50% of the Fellow’s salary, including the employer’s share of national insurance and   superannuation paid, up to a limit of £21,000 p.a., reviewed annually
  - University fees paid up to normal levels for UK students
  
  (b) Nominated Company sponsored EngD/Industrial Doctorate candidates
  - Grant of £20,000 for first year and £21,000 in year 2, apportioned by agreement to augment the Fellow’s stipend and contribute towards costs of the EngD/Industrial Doctorate centre and sponsoring company
  - For year 3, after graduation, the award will be as (a) above, with the aim of supporting the Fellow’s transition to employment by the sponsoring company as well as publication and commercialisation of the EngD/Industrial Doctoral research

All candidates

• Travel is encouraged and costs up to £3,500 p.a. are paid
• Honorarium to the University research department of £10,000 on completion

To apply

Please see www.royalcommission1851.org.uk/ind_fellow.html for further details.

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