Dear All

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is re-opening its Academic Fellowship scheme. The scheme was set up to increase and strengthen the interactions between parliamentary and academic communities, with the aim of creating mutual benefit for both. Offices across Parliament have a number of projects which they would like an academic fellow to conduct. These projects include filling gaps in expertise, building staff capacity and skills, informing parliamentary scrutiny, analysing and evaluating parliamentary practices, or helping to grow Parliament’s academic networks.

The scheme is open to any UK-based academic with a PhD, or university staff working in impact or knowledge exchange, and applicants must seek funds to cover the costs of their fellowship (buy out of teaching time, travel, subsistence, and other associated costs) from funds within research institutions or research funders set aside for impact activities. It is anticipated that the main sources of funding will be the institutional Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAA).

Applicants wishing to access institutional funds should submit the following application materials to the appropriate Impact Manager (contact details below) by no later than 5pm on Friday 3rd January 2020:

POST Application Form

The University of Warwick Internal Funds Application quick costing tool outlining the funding required

A two-page CV

A sample of writing for a non-academic audience of between 500–1500 words (or URL to writing sample of same length)

Diversity Monitoring Questionnaire (Optional)

Applications will be assessed by the relevant internal funding panel on a case by case basis against funding availability. Any colleague wishing to apply is strongly encouraged to contact their respective Impact Manager for advice and guidance:

Social Sciences: Carolyn Silvester and Carly Hegenbarth - ESRCImpactAccount@warwick.ac.uk

Engineering, WMG, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science: Laura Smith – Laura.J.Smith@warwick.ac.uk

Maths, Statistics, WMS, Life Sciences, Psychology: Katie Irgin – K.Irgin@warwick.ac.uk

Arts – Katie Klaassen - K.Klaassen@warwick.ac.uk

I would be grateful if you could circulate this call within your departments. Your further support in notifying academics working in areas relevant to the project themes would also be very much appreciated. The information and documents in this email can also be accessed online here.

With many thanks and best wishes

Carolyn

Carolyn Silvester

Research Impact Manager (Social Sciences) | Research and Impact Services| University of Warwick
c.silvester@warwick.ac.uk 

R&IS (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (pm)) ext: 73172

Social Sciences Faculty Hub (Tuesday, Thursday (am), Friday) ext: 75475