The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced a new cohort of Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships. From the latest in automotive technologies to the use of legged robots in radioactive environments and new ways to understand brain injuries, these partnerships between academia and industry cover a wide range of engineering research.
The Academy’s Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships programme enhances the links between academia and businesses with each of the prestigious five-year positions co-sponsored by an industrial partner. Each awardee will establish a world-leading research group in their engineering field.
Professor Máire O'Neill OBE FREng, Chair of the Academy’s Research Committee, said: “When research engineers partner with industry the innovations can be truly transformative. The wide range of research being undertaken by our latest Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellows illustrate this sort of promise and I wish them all the very best.”
The latest five Research Chairs and eight Senior Research Fellowships are listed below. More information on each can be found on the Academy website.
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Research Chairs:
Senior Research Fellows:
Regarding the latest appointments, Professor Máire O'Neill said: “For the past three years it has proved a particular challenge to attract women applicants for this research programme. It matters a great deal to the Academy that we should strive to improve outcomes for all and support an innovation community that is more reflective of the society it serves. We continually review our application processes and seek advice from other organisations on how to remove barriers to progress, and I look forward to seeing improved gender diversity in future cohorts.”
The Academy has a wide range of measures in place to broaden the range of applications at all stages of the selection process, which have been effective in improving diversity of participation of our other research funding programmes. It also provides funds to support the Daphne Jackson Fellowships for those returning to academic research after a career break, the majority of which are awarded to women. The latest fellowship sponsored by the Academy under this scheme is held by:
The next round of Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships will open for applications later in May.
1. Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships aim to strengthen the links between industry and academia by supporting exceptional academics in UK higher institutions/universities to undertake use-inspired research that meets the needs of the industrial sponsors. Awardees are expected to:
2. Diversity and inclusion is of paramount importance across all Academy programmes. We welcome any insights into barriers to application for this or any programme. Please send any feedback to Dr Andrew Clark, Executive Director, Programmes andrew.clark@raeng.org.uk or Dr Lucy Wheeler, Head of Research Programmes lucy.wheeler@raeng.org.uk.
3. The Daphne Jackson Trust is the UK’s leading organisation dedicated to realising the potential of returners to research careers following a career break of two years or more taken for a family, caring or health reason.