Daphne Jackson fellowship at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) 2024

Brief Description:

These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health, or caring reasons. The aim is to give participants the confidence and skills they need to make a successful return to research. They provide an opportunity to balance a personalized retraining program with a challenging research project, in a supportive UK university or research establishment.

Eligibility for the Daphne Jackson fellowship:

• Applicants should have a career break of at least two years’ duration, taken for family, health, or caring reasons.
• Candidates should have a good first degree in a research subject.
• Applicants must have a PhD, or at least three years of research experience (academic or industrial) before the career break (with evidence of research impacts and outcomes). For Research Support Fellowships, those undertaking them may have a professional or technical qualification (e.g. C.Tech., C.Eng. or B Tech.) and not necessarily a Ph.D. or BSc.
• Candidates need to be residents of the UK at the time of application and have the right to work in the UK. We will consider applicants with a Tier 2 visa or those able to apply for a Global Talent Visa.
• Applicants must have good command of English (spoken and written) and good computer skills.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Personal background and experience
• The potential benefit of a Fellowship on the applicant’s future career
• The likelihood of securing sponsorship.

Benefits:

• Salary
• Travel and subsistence
• Equipment
• Overheads.

Application: applicants need to apply through the Daphne Jackson Trust.