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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please see
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">the <span style="color:black">call below for the Leverhulme International Professorships scheme.</span>
<span style="color:black">If you</span> know anyone whom the Department <span style="color:black">
could nominate for this please let me know by </span>the <b>17<sup><span style="color:black">th</span></sup><span style="color:black"> April</span></b> at the latest. We would need to provide a
<span style="color:black">strategic case for the appointment (up to 2 pages)</span>, and t<span style="color:black">he university can only submit one bid to this scheme, which is for candidates currently working outside the UK</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Stefan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor Stefan Kuhr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Head of Department<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Physics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Glasgow <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">G4 0NG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="mailto:Stefan.kuhr@strath.ac.uk"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0563C1">Stefan.kuhr@strath.ac.uk</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: +44 141 548 3364<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>Leverhulme International Professorships</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><a href="https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/leverhulme-international-professorships"><b>https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/leverhulme-international-professorships</b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>Internal deadline: <span style="color:red">09 June 2023</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>External deadline: 22 November 2023</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>Each UK University is permitted to make only <u>one bid</u> to this call.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Applications are invited from universities seeking to recruit excellent research leaders of any nationality, currently working outside the UK. International Professorships should fulfil strategically important positions in this country
and contribute to the institution’s strategic aims and objectives. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Professorial candidates may conduct research in any subject area, with certain exceptions (<a href="https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-we-do-not-fund">https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-we-do-not-fund</a>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Funding for the Professorships is <u>up to £1M per annum for 5 years</u>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">The expectation is that the candidate (and their staff, where possible) will be appointed permanently and will be offered an ongoing package of support after the end of the award.
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>Given the institutional support expectations and the funder cap, an internal candidate selection process will be in operation.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Faculties are invited to <u>nominate 1 candidate</u> each and provide the following documentation for review by an Institutional Selection Panel
<u>by 9 June 2023</u> (email: <a href="mailto:louise.virdee@strath.ac.uk">louise.virdee@strath.ac.uk</a>):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt">• A statement of support setting out how this appointment meets the strategic objectives of the Department/School, Faculty and University (up to 3 pages). The case for the appointment
should explain why the post is important for the university and its significance more generally in the UK context. This should include confirmation for the Head of Department/School that they have agreed this nomination with their Dean and that both the Department/School
and Faculty are willing to commit. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">• A detailed curriculum vitae (up to 10 pages) and summary of the particular qualities of the candidate who will fill the Professorship.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">• A statement from the Professorial candidate (up to 3 pages) setting out how this appointment is important and interesting to them and how they expect the post will contribute to their career development and that of their
team. Brief details of any key staff who will be involved and their planned<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt">contribution should also be included (the Candidate is not required to submit a fully worked-up research project).<o:p></o:p></p>
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