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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (in total £1.2m grant)

Fellowship Research in Natural Science , in Social Science
  • Apply Before : December 2, 2020

Opportunity Details

  • Opportunity ID 90902
  • Degree Non Degree Program/Certificate
  • Language Requirement Not Required
  • Fields of study Different
  • Opportunity Type : Fully Funded
  • Duration 1 to 3 Years
  • Gender MaleFemale
  • Language of Instruction English
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Opportunity Description

Fellowship overview

Application is now open for the UKRI Knowledge Exchange (KE) fellowship in the UK. The NERC knowledge exchange (KE) fellowships are intended to enable the information sharing, knowledge dissemination, and expertise between NERC funded researchers and their stakeholders, partners, and user communities to create impact from NERC-sponsored research in the priority areas detailed in the NERC delivery plan. Therefore, if you are eligible, apply for this fellowship.

Fellowship details

Application deadline: 4: pm on 2 December 2020

Moderating sift panel meeting: January 2021

Interviews: March 2021

The latest start date for projects: July 2021

Organizer: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Funder: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Duration: one to three years

Benefits

  • The total Call Budget is £1.5m.
  • KE Fellowships provide up to 100% of the Fellow’s salary on a pro-rata basis, including £40,000 for travel and other related expenses.
  • It covers direct costs excluding overheads.
  • There is no budget boundary for salary costs. Applicants can also apply for Travel and Subsistence costs for stakeholders to attend meetings/events.

Eligibility criteria

  • Applicants can either hold a position where they would be eligible to apply as a Principal or Co-investigator for a grant and would generally be expected to apply for the KE Fellowship for a percentage of their FTE only.
  • Applicants can be at an earlier career stage and not yet be eligible as a PI/CoI for NERC grants but may apply for up to 100% of their time through this fellowship.
  • Normal fellowship and research organization eligibility applies and is in section C of the NERC research grant and fellowships handbook.
  • Proposals from applicants with varied backgrounds and experience are encouraged, and there are no limits on the amount of postdoctoral experience.
  • KE fellows can secure and undertake the NERC research and fellowship grants for all schemes at confirmed UK higher education institutions, approved research council institutes (RCIs), and approved independent research organizations (IROs).
  • Applicants have to be employed by a partner institution during this fellowship. Read more in the handbook.

Fellows’ responsibilities

Applicants can work on any area of their choosing across the NERC remit. Besides, applicants should develop their proposals around one or more of the priority areas outlined in NERC’s delivery plan:

  • Environmental solutions
  • Productive environment
  • Healthy environment
  • Resilient environment
  • The digital environment, and
  • Global environment

Applications for KE Fellowships should center on accelerating and strengthening impact all across the cycle of research by engaging and working with stakeholders, partners, industry, and/or user communities and business mediators.

In particular, applicants will contribute to the following areas:

  • Fostering existing partnerships
  • Building new relationships that result in collaborative projects
  • Determining the knowledge needs of the business, non-governmental organizations, and policymakers and embedding these into UKRI-NERC to inform the development of future strategy and funding opportunities
  • researching new market opportunities
  • preparing briefings and reports appropriate for policymakers and business customers
  • Public engagement.

How to apply?

Applicants must submit online applications for the UKRI Knowledge Exchange Fellowship.

Apply now

For further information about the fellowship, visit the official link or contact UKRI at fellowships@nerc.ukri.org.

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