The innovations partnership scheme fellowship is open to any university that receives funding from the Science and Technology Facility Council’s core science programme.
The scheme supports a university in employing a knowledge exchange professional for up to four years to promote the commercial exploitation of that research and its benefits to other users.
We will fund 40% of the full economic costs of any proposal. The host institution is expected to fund the remaining 60%.
The innovations partnership scheme fellowship is open to any UK university in active receipt of funding from the STFC science programme. It can be a single-university or multi-institution fellowship.
We are looking to support knowledge exchange and commercialisation professionals to transfer the technologies, skills and knowledge developed through Science and Technology Facilities Council research to industry and other potential users.
This includes technologies or ideas originating from our core funded areas:
The fellow should have:
Fellows do not need to be identified at the time of application and can be recruited later.
The fellowship must be a full-time position for up to four years and focus on:
We will fund 40% of the full economic cost of the proposal. The host institution must show how the remaining 60% will be funded.
Funding can support:
You should apply via the Joint Electronic Submission system (Je-S). The application should be made by an individual at the lead university who is expected to be the fellow’s line manager.
You should attach the following documents to your application:
We recommend you start your application early. You can save completed details in Je-S at any time and return to continue your application later. When you submit the application, it will first go to your host organisation for review. Please allow sufficient time for this.
The process from submission deadline to decision normally takes about five months.
See the guidance for applicants for more information on how to apply (PDF 304KB).
Your application will be assessed by external reviewers and then reviewed by an independent panel made up of members from industry and academia. You will have the opportunity to respond to reviewers’ comments before the panel meeting.
Your application will be assessed on the following criteria:
See the guidance for applicants for more information (PDF 304KB).
Wendy Carr, Senior Programme Manager
wendy.carr@stfc.ac.uk
Ed Mansfield, Programme Manager
edward.mansfield@stfc.ukri.org
STFC innovations partnership scheme fellowship guidance notes (PDF 304KB)
