ISSF Springboard Fellowships 2021/2022
ISSF Springboard Fellowships provide flexible funding for up to 12 months to help with the career progression and retention of early career researchers. Funding in partnership with Departments, these awards are intended as short-term fellowships to enable these researchers to acquire preliminary data and develop the independence required to be competitive for future external fellowship applications.
These fellowships are open to researchers across ALL Faculties in College, to undertake research within the science remit of the Wellcome Trust. Researchers from disciplines outside of biomedicine can apply for funding, provided the project is within this remit. Please read the science remit of the Wellcome Trust.
Multidisciplinary applications are strongly encouraged. We also encourage applications from female scientists and scientists from a diverse set of backgrounds who are currently underrepresented in this scheme.
Since the events of Summer 2020 and the Black Lives Matter movement, we are looking to be even more proactive in ensuring all our opportunities are open to all groups as part of the bigger effort to make Imperial a truly inclusive place to work. We are aware this ISSF has not supported many fellows from a Black background, so are proactively trying to increase awareness of this scheme and to attract applications from a broader pool of people. Therefore, we want potential PIs to keep this in mind, so if you work with researchers; collaborators from a different discipline; or external to Imperial, this is an ideal an opportunity to encourage them to stay at, or join, Imperial.
The fellowship can be hosted within any of Imperial's four faculties, you can identify potential supervisors by searching on the faculties and departments webpage. The Faculty of Medicine also has an A to Z research directory webpage which covers a wide range of disciplines and focus areas. Please visit the A-Z research directory webpage.
If you require assistance in identifying a potential Imperial supervisor, please contact Dr Sarah Essilfie-Quaye at issf@imperial.ac.uk. We cannot guarantee that an appropriate supervisor will be found.
"The fellowship covers salary costs PLUS up to £15,000 for consumables. e.g. £35,000 salary + £9,000 consumables = £17,500 + £4,500 to be paid from the department and £17,500 + £4,500 to be paid from ISSF. There are usually 2-3 awards per call."
The call for applications is CLOSED
The Application Deadline CLOSED
Departments are expected to make a 50% contribution to the award. All applications must be discussed with the relevant Departmental Manager prior to submission.
The deadline for departmental signoff CLOSED
ISSF Springboard Fellowships 2021/2022
Applications must comprise of the following:
- A completed ISSF Springboard Fellowships application form, please contact issf@imperial.ac.uk to request an application form and a copy of the guidelines.
- Letter of support from the host/supervisor
- A copy of your Worktribe summary statement
- The Worktribe costing should not be submitted for approval but must have been agreed in outline by the appropriate department(s)
- An e-mail signifying approval will suffice and must be attached to the Worktribe summary statement
- ‘Recovery’ on Worktribe must have the 50% charge and ‘Institution Contribution’ the other 50%. All costs can be inflated.
- Departments should cc ISSF@imperial.ac.uk when contacting CBS re the CBS costing tool. The CBS approval email must also be sent directly to this ISSF email account.
- The Worktribe costing should not be submitted for approval but must have been agreed in outline by the appropriate department(s)
You are required to contact your department to seek departmental approval before CLOSED.
All fellowships must commence by CLOSED
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Departmental Contacts
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Imperial College Business School
Department of Infectious Disease: Paula Kirby p.kirby@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Brain Sciences: Paula Kirby p.kirby@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Immunology & Inflammation: Dania Grant-Serroukh d.grant-serroukh@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction: Dania Grant-Serroukh d.grant-serroukh@imperial.ac.uk
National Heart and Lung Institute: Alun Owen a.owen@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Surgery and Cancer: Rita Carvalho, r.carvalho@imperial.ac.uk
Institute of Clinical Sciences: Peter Norsworthy p.norsworthy@imperial.ac.uk
School of Public Health: Lyndsey Pallant l.pallant@imperial.ac.uk (applicants should copy in their departmental managers as appropriate)
Maths: Svanidze, Rusudan r.svanidze@imperial.ac.uk
Physics: Hayward, Louise l.hayward@imperial.ac.uk*
*Physics are not participating in the October 2021 call
Centre for Environmental Policy: Gourlay, Anca a.gourlay@imperial.ac.uk
Grantham: Laila Read l.read@imperial.ac.uk
Chemistry: Chemistry Fellowships chemfellowships@imperial.ac.uk*
*Chemistry are not participating in the October 2021 call
Life Sciences: Fellowships Committee dols-fhc@imperial.ac.uk*
*Life Sciences are not participating in the October 2021 call
Head of Research Support: Dr David Wilson david.wilson@imperial.ac.uk
Research Support Manager: Ross Clark ross.clark@imperial.ac.uk
ISSF Springboard Fellowships 2020/2021 Documents
For further information and eligibility, please email issf@imperial.ac.uk to request a copy of the guidelines and application form.
Please complete the ISSF Springboard Fellowship Application Form and submit to issf@imperial.ac.uk before 12noon 16 November 2021.
Find out more about previous fellowship/award holders on the College's Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund case studies webpage.