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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2021/22 STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship scheme is running again this year, and the Department can put forward one candidate.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">If you are interested in applying for one of these prestigious fellowships, or if you are supporting an external candidate in their application
to be based in the Department, we request that interested candidates send me (<a href="mailto:g.mcconnell@strath.ac.uk">g.mcconnell@strath.ac.uk</a>) a candidate CV using the attached template and a one page outline of their research plan no later than 5pm
on Monday 12<sup>th</sup> July for internal triage. We will operate a selection process based on the submitted documentation. We aim to complete this process by late July to give the successful candidate sufficient time to prepare and submit a full application
to STFC by the deadline on 16<sup>th</sup> September 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks and regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
<a href="mailto:Fellowships@stfc.ac.uk">Fellowships@stfc.ac.uk</a> <<a href="mailto:Fellowships@stfc.ac.uk">Fellowships@stfc.ac.uk</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> 22 June 2021 10:06<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:physics-hod@strath.ac.uk">physics-hod@strath.ac.uk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship application limit 2021/22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear Head of Department</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">STFC ERNEST RUTHERFORD FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS 2021/22</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ernest Rutherford Fellowship Application Limits</span></u><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">STFC sets a limit on the number of Fellowship applications that each department is permitted to submit and these limits are agreed annually by the Education, Training and Careers Committee.
For the current round the Committee has recommended that the overall maximum number of applications should remain at the current level to ensure that only genuinely competitive candidates are put forward and that the peer review process can focus on careful
assessment of those candidates. The Committee also recommended that no appeals should be allowed.
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<u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Your Department’s Limit</span></u><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Physics</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The maximum number of Ernest Rutherford Fellowship applications that may be submitted by your department is<span style="color:red"> 1</span></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This limit is derived from the number of applicants on consolidated and consortium grants within the department as input in 2020 to the STFC research studentship algorithm. In keeping
with the recommendation of the Education, Training and Careers Committee, no appeals for applications above the limit calculated by this method will be allowed. To avoid disadvantaging candidates who might otherwise have applied through another department,
you should remain within these limits. You may also wish to consider the timing of internal selection processes in case of excellent late-emerging candidates. You should take into account Equal Opportunities requirements as part of your process.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ERF scheme is set up to fairly assess applications from all applicants regardless of their background. You have a critical role in ensuring that all potential applicants have a fair chance of being put
forward for the scheme and are encouraged and supported through a transparent selection process based on ability and potential</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Application limits for Ernest Rutherford Fellowships can be found through the
</span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fopportunity%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccath.cheshire%40strath.ac.uk%7C4ed768be11634ee8a03208d937dcb884%7C631e0763153347eba5cd0457bee5944e%7C0%7C0%7C637602243653060097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XeLS7dF1QfYrERWDiurg5Os7T9D8pflUSJeUDqP5fYw%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">UKRI
funding finder</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> webpage under the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship opportunity; this will help applicants to identify possible host institutions. The UKRI Webteam are in the process
of adding this opportunity to the webpage and it should be available by 1 July. We will also be informing candidates that they should not be put under any pressure to accept an offer to be hosted before the
<b>19th August.</b> Departments are requested to abide by this date. </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">You are requested to supply a name and email address of a single point of contact for potential applicants by
<b>2 July 2021</b>. If the department has an internal deadline for applicants to contact the department by, this should also be notified to STFC. This information will be added to the STFC website.
<b>This is a mandatory requirement. </b></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Any departments who exceed their limit will be required to withdraw the excess application(s). Departments will be notified by STFC if they exceed their limit and will need to select the
application(s) to withdraw within one week of this notification. If no selection is made by the department, the excess application(s) will be selected by STFC based on the chronological order in which they were received.
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<u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Career Breaks and impact of Covid
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">STFC encourages returners to research from career breaks and applicants from diverse backgrounds. In assessing the effects of career breaks, the Panel will note the applicant’s career trajectory
and potential at the beginning of the break, relative to the stage of the applicant’s career. In assessing proposals, the Panel will recognise that the effects on productivity of a career break, may continue beyond the return to work.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UKRI recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused major interruptions and disruptions across our communities and are committed to ensuring that individual applicants and their wider team, including partners and
networks, are not penalised for any disruption to their career(s) such as <span style="color:#111111">
breaks and delays, disruptive working patterns and conditions, the loss of on-going work, and role changes</span> that may have been caused by the pandemic.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reviewers and panel members will be advised to consider the unequal impacts of the impact that COVID-19 related disruption might have had on the track record and career development of those individuals included in
the proposal and will be asked to consider the capability of the applicant and their wider team to deliver the research they are proposing. Where disruptions have occurred applicants can highlight this within their application, if they wish, but there is no
requirement to detail the specific circumstances that caused the disruption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Global Talent Visas</span></u><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">All successful Ernest Rutherford Fellowship applicant</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">s</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
who require a visa to work in the UK will be eligible to be considered under the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fresearch%2Finternational%2Fglobal-talent-visa%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccath.cheshire%40strath.ac.uk%7C4ed768be11634ee8a03208d937dcb884%7C631e0763153347eba5cd0457bee5944e%7C0%7C0%7C637602243653070089%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=GJ9W2TrUgsc9%2BivS%2BvgfaEC%2BgMpy1fzjDVbiDldlWEA%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Global
Talent visa</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> route. UKRI is able to provide additional guidance regarding the appropriate evidence required to complete the visa application process under
the Exceptional </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">T</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">alent visa.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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</b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please refer to the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applications-under-global-talent"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Home Office Guidance
</span></a></span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">for further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Call for Proposals</span></u><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The closing date for the 2021/22 fellowships round will be
<b>Thursday 16 September 2021 </b>and the guidance and application form will be available in the next week via the Je-S system.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The ERF guidance for applicants 2021 for completing proposals will no longer be available on the Fellowship webpage. All information and documentation regarding the ERF 2021 opportunity
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