Applications invited for 2024 Imperial College Research Fellowship Scheme

Imperial College London invites applications for outstanding early career researchers to develop independent research programmes as part of the Imperial College Research Fellowship scheme.

Role: Imperial College Fellowship

Dept: Any Imperial College London Campus

Position: Full-Time Fixed Term

Salary:  £46,593-£54,630 per annum

Closing Date: 19 August 2024 (23:59 BST)

Candidates

We aim to recruit the best talent and encourage applications from researchers from all backgrounds, from all over the world, across research fields active at Imperial. It is anticipated that applicants will be at the early stages of their research career and be able to demonstrate the potential to establish research independence. Candidates are expected to have no more than four years of post-doctoral research experience. Extensions to this time period will be considered in circumstances that support our commitment to diversity, a positive research culture and non-traditional career paths.

Recruitment

We strive to ensure the diversity of our candidates, and we reflect this ethos in the way we promote the Imperial College Research Fellowship programme and in our recruitment and selection process. Imperial’s diversity networks aim to represent different staff groups at Imperial. Imperial is one of the world’s most international universities with almost 60% of our current Imperial College Research Fellowship holders having non-UK nationality. Thus, we welcome applications from UK nationals or international candidates.

Research Proprosals

Proposals will be considered in all research areas active within participating departments at Imperial, and are expected to contribute to the development of Imperial’s Academic Strategy and cross-cutting sub-themes. Multi -/ inter- disciplinary projects are welcomed, as are collaborations with The Francis Crick Institute. In addition, Schmidt Futures will be supporting up to six fellowships based at the I-X Centre for AI in Science. The key evaluation criterion is excellence.

Benefits

In terms of work-life balance, we offer a range of staff benefits, including a generous holiday leave allowance, enhanced Maternity/Shared Parental Leave provision at up to 18 weeks of full pay, opportunities for hybrid working, access to professional and confidential help from our Employee Assistance Provider Confidential Care, our College-wide Parents’ Network and advice and support on childcare and eldercare through My Family Care

Further Information and How to Apply

Applicants will need to identify an Imperial academic staff member to act as their sponsor who will provide laboratory space, facilities and mentorship. Those interested in applying are expected to contact their proposed sponsor and proposed host department as early as possible. To learn more about this outstanding opportunity and how to apply please visit the Imperial College Research Fellowship webpages. If you have any queries about the Imperial College Research Fellowship scheme, please contact Dr Dania Grant at researchfellowships@imperial.ac.uk.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

As part of our research culture, the College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published.