Industrial Fellowships

Deadline 5pm Thursday 26 January 2012

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’.

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.

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

All applications must be submitted on the downloadable Application Form [Word doc], and must be accompanied by:

Full CV, including academic record.
Description by the candidate of proposed programme of work including milestones and deliverables.
A Programme showing balance of research and company activity plus costed travel details.
Letters of endorsement of project and candidate support from proposed technical (industrial) supervisor and academic supervisor, plus (EngD/Industrial Doctorate Centre candidates only) a letter of nomination from Centre Director/similar coordinator. Considerable weight is given to these.
Company profile and information (maximum 4 sides).
For EngD, Industrial doctorate, etc. candidates, EngD/Industrial Doctorate or similar Centre profile and information (maximum 4 sides).

Interviews of shortlisted candidates will be held in May 2012. Fellowships commence at the beginning of October in the year of award.

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