UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Daphne Jackson fellowship 2023

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 personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project, in a supportive UK university or research establishment.

They are flexible, with at least 100 hours retraining per year, and part-time – usually completed over two years at 0.5 full-time equivalent although some UKRI funders may award longer than this.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
• City to studySwindon
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• Salary
• Travel and subsistence
• Equipment
• Overheads.

Requirements

• 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) prior to 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.

Interview Dates and Process

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

Application Deadline

How To Apply

You will need to apply to the Daphne Jackson Trust.

You can view current opportunities on the Daphne Jackson Trust website. Sponsored fellowships are also advertised on university websites and on jobs.ac.uk.

Alternatively, if you know the area of research you would like to return to or have identified a potential host institution or supervisor, you can apply for a Daphne Jackson fellowship at any time. You should contact the Trust for advice.

UKRI is implementing a standard method for inputting overseas costs on Je-S from 1 July 2021. This will enhance UKRI’s ability to report on overseas funding to:

• BEIS
• the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD)
• HMG
• other government departments.

It includes any costs incurred by organisations outside the UK, including:

• staff salaries
• travel and subsistence
• equipment
• overheads.

The ‘Other-DI Costs’ document is to contain the following data in the description box in this exact format: ‘Organisation; Country; Cost Category; Cost Description’.

For example: ‘University of Nairobi; Kenya; Other Directly Incurred Costs; Subcontracting of the production of samples’.