The Royal Society Industry Fellowships (UK)

Aims

• The Industry Fellowship scheme is open to academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stage based in the UK. The aims of the scheme are to:
  • Support mobility of excellent academic or industry researchers between the two sectors in the UK, across the natural sciences.
  • Enable the fellow to develop and establish new collaborative links between the academic and industry organisations, which may lead to longer term collaborations.
  • Support the career development of the 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.
• Fellowships can be held up to four years part-time or two years full-time and offer flexible support.
• Secondments must be between the academic and industry sector and can be held in a range of UK-based industries/companies including small and medium-sized companies, as well as UK Universities and not-forprofit research organisations.

Subjects Covered

• Research must be within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to:
  • Computer Science
  • Pure and Applied Mathematics
  • Astronomy and Physics, Theoretical Physics, Applied Physics
  • Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry
  • Engineering, Technology, Instrumentation, Material Science, Experimental Fluid Dynamics
  • Earth Sciences, Environmental Physical Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Molecular Cell Biology
  • Developmental Biology, Genetics (excl. population genetics), Immunology, Microbiology (excl. medical microbiology)
  • Anatomy, Physiology, Neurosciences
  • Organismal Biology, Evolutionary and Ecological Science (incl. soils and agriculture)
  • Health and Human Sciences.
• Submissions from clinically qualified scientists may be considered. The Society does not support clinical or interventional research on humans at the individual or group level, social sciences or humanities, unless otherwise stated.

Funding Information

• Funding will consist of:
  • The fellow’s basic salary for the duration of the secondment, as such the employing institution should continue to pay national insurance and pension contributions for the Industry Fellow.
  • Research expenses of up to £4,000 per year.
• Eligible research expenses include: research consumables and travel and accommodation costs incurred between the partner and the host/employing organisations. Applicants can request one £2,000 summerstudentship per annum.
• Ineligible research expenses include, but are not limited to: publication costs, computer hardware, bench fees, conference or workshop registration fees, travel, accommodation and subsistence for conferences.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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-forprofit research organisation you will be required to submit a new project involving a different university/industry department.
• Applicants cannot have concurrent applications detailing similar projects submitted to both the Royal Society Industry Fellowship and the Royal Society Short Industry Fellowship rounds at the same time. However, former Short Industry Fellowship holders are encouraged to apply to the Royal Society Industry Fellowship scheme if seeking to build longer-term collaborations.

For more information, visit The Royal Society.