P5.21

The Royal Academy of Engineering invites applications for its research chairs and senior research fellowships scheme. This aims to strengthen the links between industry and academia by supporting academics in conducting use-inspired research that meets the needs of industrial partners. Research may be conducted in any area of engineering. Awardees are expected to:

•establish or enhance a world-leading engineering research group;

•deliver use-inspired research that meets the needs of their industrial partners;

•disseminate the outcomes of their research for appropriate academic impact;

•become a self-sustaining research group by the end of the award by securing substantial external grant income.

Applications are welcome from any engineering discipline, defined in its broadest sense, encompassing a wide range of diverse fields, including computer science and materials. Applicants for research chairs should already be professors or equivalent, whereas applicants for the fellowships should already be a reader or senior lecturer level or equivalent. The host institution must be a UK university and applicants should be able to demonstrate an outstanding research profile, including a proven track record in securing external grant income and developing collaborations. Each programme must include an industrial sponsor that must have a significant base in the UK. Industrial sponsors are required to contribute at least £250,000 towards the project for a period of five years. The university is expected to have already identified an appropriate collaborative research project and secured the support of an industrial partner prior to applying.

Grants are worth up to £45,000 per year over a period of five years and cover gross salary, indirect costs and estates costs.