Transcript Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships

Imperial College Junior Research
Fellowships
Rebecca Wilson / Angela Kingman
Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships
 2008 Imperial launched a Junior Research Fellowship scheme
 £3.6m of Imperial funding to support the careers of brilliant young
scientists and facilitate the development of an independent research
career
 Up to 60 scientists in the first three years
 20 Fellowships now under offer.
Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships
Who is this scheme for?
 Outstanding individuals early in their postdoc career (up to 4 years
postdoc)
 Upper second or first class undergraduate degree with a PhD or
equivalent is required. Note differences in requirement by Faculties.
 Any nationality
 Internal and external applicants
 Research areas of relevance to Imperial research base
 Hopefully you!
Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships
What do Junior Research Fellowships provide?
An opportunity to spend up to 12 months at another institution including
overseas and industry.
 Three years salary. (£29690-£34,920)
Lab space, facilities and mentor (the sponsor)
 Up to £10K contribution per annum towards expenses.
 Career development and cohort activities.
No teaching or administrative duties
Expectation that successful applicants will seek additional funds to further
build research programme
Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships
The Sponsor
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An academic at Imperial
Will provide support, lab space and facilities
Can only have one JRF at any one time
The prospective fellow is responsible for identifying their Sponsor
Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships
What do you have to do?
 Find a sponsor within Imperial (who must be a tenured member of
staff)
 Develop a research programme
 Apply by 30th October 2009: www.imperial.ac.uk/jrf
Review and Selection Process
Applications that
meet basic eligibility
criteria
Faculty Review
Panel
Jan 2010
Faculty
Interview
Committee
Feb 2010
JRF
Selection
Committee
March 2010
Assessment Criteria
• standing of the applicant
based on CV
• scientific merit of the
proposed research
• the appropriateness of the
sponsor and host laboratory
• ability of the research
proposal to provide the Fellow
with an independent career
Current Institution of 2009 Applicants
Current Insitution of JRF Applicants 2009
Other e.g.
Business
7%
Overseas
Research
Organisation
25%
Other UK
Research
Organisation
25%
Imperial
College
London
43%
Proportion of Applications by Faculty
Junior Research Fellowships Applications
2009 (207)
Business
School CHOSTM
1%
3%
Engineering
29%
Natural
Sciences
47%
Medicine
20%