Applications are invited for a two-year Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowship that will be hosted by the University of Nottingham. The fellowship is intended for individuals returning to research in any STEM subject within the following Faculties:

• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Medicine and Health Science *

* For the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, please note Fellowships are only offered in non-clinical areas of research.

The University of Nottingham will host and half sponsor the fellowship. The remaining funding will be secured by the Daphne Jackson Trust from an additional sponsor.

The University is committed to the advancement and promotion of the careers of women in STEM, holding an Athena Swan Silver Award for the whole of the University. Our aim is to embed equal opportunity across all disciplines at the University and adhere to the principles set out in the Athena Swan Charter.

Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships

The Daphne Jackson Trust is dedicated to returning scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians to their careers following a break taken for family, caring or health reasons.

Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships are unique — they offer STEM professionals wishing to return to a research career after a break of two or more years, the opportunity to balance an individually tailored retraining programme with a challenging research project in a suitably supportive environment.

The Fellowships consist of a challenging research project and at least 100 hours retraining per year.

The unparalleled support offered by the Trust’s Fellowship Advisors and administrative staff, coupled with mentoring and retraining provided during the Fellowship, give returners  the confidence and skills they need to successfully return to research.

For further details about the Trust and fellowship scheme, please visit www.daphnejackson.org. For further information before submitting an application please contact the Daphne Jackson Trust office on 01483 689166 or via email at djmft@surrey.ac.uk.

For further information specifically about this sponsored fellowship opportunity at the University of Nottingham, please contact Kate Miller, Research Strategy Officer on 0115 84 66418 or by email at fellowships@nottingham.ac.uk.

How to apply

To be considered for this opportunity, please complete the CV and personal details information forms that can be found on the Daphne Jackson Trust website.

Please outline your area of research interest and, if you have identified a department within which you would like to work, include the name and contact details of a potential supervisor in that department.

Please email your submission to the Daphne Jackson Trust office at djmft@surrey.ac.uk, clearly stating “University of Nottingham Sponsored Fellowship Application”.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 31 October 2017.

Following shortlisting by the Daphne Jackson Trust the University of Nottingham will undertake an internal selection process to identify the preferred candidates.