Industrial Fellowships

This scheme enables mid-career academics and industrialists to undertake a collaborative research project in either an industrial or academic environment, where one party would host the other.

Programme closed for applications

This programme is currently paused while we conduct a review of opportunities to embed greater flexibility and accessibility for researchers. It is expected to resume in 2026. Find out more.

An overview of the Industrial Fellowships scheme, featuring awardees Dr Kit Windows-Yule and Dr Despina Moschou

Programme overview

collaborative research
strengthen corporate and personal links
enhance knowledge transfer in engineering
generate use-inspired impact
access to bespoke training opportunities
Academy appointed expert Mentor
enrolment to the Awardee Excellence Community

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About the scheme

The scheme aims to strengthen the strategic relationship between industry and academia by providing an opportunity to establish or enhance collaborative research between the two parties.

open to engineers from all disciplines
both industry to academia or academia to industry secondments are available
flexible award duration six months to two years,
options for full-time or part-time equivalents
focus research towards generating use-inspired impact

The Academy will contribute up to a maximum of £50,000 (per-annum) towards the basic salary costs (excluding overheads) of the applicant, paid pro-rata against the amount of time to be spent at the host organisation. The total award is capped at £100,000 for awards that exceed one year in duration

Funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

"The Industrial Fellowship is a great platform for connecting academia to industry and enhances the network of contacts whilst expanding the real-world applicability of research"

Industrial Fellowship Alumni

"The award gave a period of freedom where awardees could focus on real industrial problems and potentially develop a new direction in their research, as well as enhancing their networks through contacts made with new people in industry and gaining experiences that they could relate to others in their university role"

Industrial Fellowship - CRAC Survey 2020

“The application form and process made me feel like the Academy wanted to support and develop me as a person/engineer as much as to support my research. This is a much more mentoring approach than I have found with other funders and actively influences my choice to engage with and contribute to the Academy”

Industrial Fellowship Alumni

"Industrial Fellowship awardees developed a whole range of new skills and an understanding of the industrial world that they did not encounter in academia"

Industrial Fellowship - CRAC Survey 2020

Awardee Excellence Community

Connecting talent, passion and expertise to drive excellence in engineering and change the world for the better

Awardees

Academy Café events

Our online Academy CAFÉ (Connecting Awardees, Fostering Engagement) series provides engagement for awardees and alumni

Academy CAFÉ: Connecting Awardees, Fostering Engagement

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