[Academic] UKRI FLF: Departmental process

[Gail McConnell]

Dear all,


Please see below details of the next UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme.


If you are interested in applying to this scheme, please let me know by email no later than close of business on Monday 11th February. We are not planning a Departmental triage of applications, but we will identify an appropriate academic to support to each applicant, which will include providing draft statements for the HoD letter.


Thanks,


G.


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Professor Gail McConnell
Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
107 Rottenrow
Glasgow G4 0NG
United Kingdom

Tel: 00 44 141 548 4805
Email: g.mcconnell at strath.ac.uk<mailto:g.mcconnell at strath.ac.uk>
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Subject: FW: UKRI FLF: round 3 internal process

Dear all

Please see email below.  Please submit applications to science-enquiries at strath.ac.uk<mailto:science-enquiries at strath.ac.uk> by Monday 25 February.

Many thanks

Elaine

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Subject: UKRI FLF: round 3 internal process


Dear all,


The next UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships deadline is 30th May for full applications (2nd May for outlines). Our guidance is that UKRI expect 1 or 2 proposals from Strathclyde. Following constructive engagement with UKRI, we are implementing an internal selection and support process, as outlined below, in order support the highest quality of applications to this very competitive competition.



Each Faculty is invited to put forward up to 2 candidates for consideration at the institutional level by 7th March, i.e. 8 maximum from across the University to be shortlisted down to 2. These candidates should meet the eligibility criteria (below). The call is highly competitive and only exceptional candidates should be considered, these applicants can be submitted alongside an appropriately strong case.



Faculties should submit, for each candidate:

•         2 page proposal outline

•         2 page person specification (see p3 of the scheme overview: https://www.ukri.org/files/funding/flf-overview-of-the-scheme/)

•         2 page CV

·          HOD letter of support (see p28 https://www.ukri.org/files/funding/flf-completing-the-application-form/) (note that this should explain the faculty selection process that was used, as this is mandated in the full proposal to ensure there was equality and diversity in the selection)



to Madeleine Rooney (madeleine.rooney at strath.ac.uk<mailto:madeleine.rooney at strath.ac.uk>) by the 7h March.



Proposals put forward by the faculties will be reviewed by a cross-disciplinary university panel and, following interview, successful applicants will be invited to a Fellowship clinic session to support further development to the highest standard. A reserve list will be kept, and where candidates fail to meet the milestones such as providing drafts ready for internal review, the candidate may be postponed for consideration in a later round.





Candidate Eligibility



This scheme aims to support excellent and high potential future research and innovation leaders. You are strongly encouraged to consider proposing candidates from outside of the traditional academic background as well as the highest calibre of researchers ready to make the move to independence.



Guidance from UKRI:



‘The flagship Future Leaders Fellowships scheme will attract, develop, retain, and sustain the best early career research and innovation talent in the UK. By inviting applications from across all disciplines, and open to those who may be based within universities, research institutes or businesses, the programme will foster new research and innovation career paths and facilitate interdisciplinarity and movement of researchers and innovators between sectors. Providing long term, flexible funding will open the opportunity for the best and the brightest to tackle previously intractable challenges, open novel avenues of research and receive the training, development and mentorship that they require.’





Please note the following applicant eligibility requirements (full details here https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/future-leaders-fellowships/ ). In addition, please note:



·         Colleagues on permanent academic contracts are eligible, but should not have yet achieved ‘independence’. UKRI has indicated it is possible to apply if the person already had a fellowship, if they could express clearly why they required the current scheme to advance their career. This could be because they are moving to a different area of study, widely broadening interdisciplinary collaboration, or the person works in a discipline where they could advance in their career without having applied for research funding, and thus don’t have PI status yet.

·         Applications from external candidates outside the conventional academic career path are strongly encouraged.

·         The training component is very important in the application, not just what we provide in terms of staff development, but also how the FLF will learn leadership skills by collaboration with business etc. or other disciplines.