Supported by a generous donation to the University, the first Fernandes Fellowships programme supported thirty one Researchers from across Europe, Ukrainian Academics at Risk, to spend significant time at Warwick in order to build long lasting research collaborations.

Thanks to a further generous donation, we are now launching a second round of fellowships which will support researcher exchanges between between the University of Warwick and Universidade NOVA de LisboaLink opens in a new window. These fellowships will catalyse long-term interdisciplinary research collaborations and deepen the educational and research links between our institutions to further develop the partnership created through our participation in the EUTOPIA European UniversityLink opens in a new window.

These fellowships will support exchanges in either direction with researchers at Warwick able to visit NOVA and researchers at NOVA able to visit Warwick. Applications particularly encouraged in areas of strategic importance (e.g. Global Research PrioritiesLink opens in a new window) or shared areas of research excellence at Warwick and NOVA.

The new call for applications is now open. The deadline for applications is 15th April 2024 at 5pm