FULLY FUNDED! Illuminate: The Vice Chancellors’s Fellowship 2023-24, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland

by Samrach · April 8, 2023

The Vice Chancellor’s Illuminate Fellowship particularly encourages applications from candidates whose research falls within the following range of research themes:

Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

To be successful at shortlisting you must submit your CV which includes a double sided A4 Research Proposal explaining how this aligns to the area of specialism within the School/Centre:

Multidisciplinary approaches and/or patient-based investigations in cancer, eye disease, inflammation of lung and lung regeneration with emphasis on immunology, molecular/cellular biology or microbiology, including how pathogens become established and proliferate.
Public health, complexity science, health systems and policy research, public health modelling, behaviour change, implementation science, planetary health, epidemiology, and data science
Maternal and Child Health, Chronic Illness and Palliative Care and Education and Practice
Pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacy practice or clinical pharmacy across the areas of drug delivery, biomaterials, advanced manufacture, drug targeting, biosensors, pharmaceutical microbiology and microbiomics, respiratory medicine, primary and secondary care
Understanding Health and Disease, Transforming Agrifood Systems, or Sustaining Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Data/advanced technologies and platforms in healthcare to address societal issues relevant to these themes is particularly encouraged

Engineering and Physical Sciences

To be successful at shortlisting you must submit your CV which includes a double sided A4 Research Proposal explaining how this aligns to the area of specialism within the School/Centre:

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering : Net Zero Engineering with an emphasis on clean energy including batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen systems and closely related areas and circular economy
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering: Digital twins; cyberphysical systems; VR/AR for engineering/manufacturing system design
Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: Electronics for a sustainable society or Sustainable materials and Electronic Systems, including topics spanning materials, flexible electronics, sensors, and power electronics
Natural and Built Environment: Civil: activities in The Intelligent and Sustainable Infrastructure Group or The Water and Energy Resources Group
Psychology: Behaviour change, decision-making, and intervention

Benefits

Queen’s wants to recruit, develop and nurture outstanding researchers who will deliver world-leading research and become our research leaders of the future. This is why we will invest in you with:

Internationally Competitive Salary
Generous fellowship enhancement award of between £20,000 to £50,000 to support your research.
Funding to recruit a full-time PhD student within the first two years of appointment.
A career pathway to a permanent Senior Lecturer post at the end of the Fellowship.
Access to a Fellows Network through our Fellowship Academy
A maximum teaching and administrative workload in years 3 & 4 not exceeding 20% of your time.
A vibrant campus in the heart of Belfast City with award winning libraries and cutting edge facilities. Explore our campus.
Mentorship Programme and a range of professional learning and development opportunities
Excellent relocation expenses in line with Queen’s Relocation Policy.
Many other great benefits offered to all Queen’s staff.

Eligibility

A completed PhD in a relevant subject
Normally 2 – 8 years’ post-PhD experience
A high quality publication record
A research profile and plan which is aligned to an existing research strength at Queen’s

Source / More information: Official Website HERE.