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The Institute of Physics invites applications for its public engagement grants. These support individuals and organisations running physics-based events and activities in the UK and Ireland. The aim is to encourage and support the development of projects that:

•raise public awareness of, and engagement with, contemporary physics;

•inspire and enthuse public audiences, especially those not previously interested in physics;

•reach adult and family audiences beyond the classroom;

•develop the science communication skills of individuals, particularly physicists.

Eligible applicants include members of the institute, researchers in academia or industry, museums, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries.

Grants are worth up to £2,000 each.

EOI

There is a limit of 3 applications per department.

Please send the following to David by 7th May, for the University level evaluation on 14th May and eventual EOI by the University 7th June.

Primary area of research of the fellowship (max 200 characters)

2 page applicant CV

• Case for how the applicants’ research area fits the departmental strategy and why they should be prioritised (1 page max, for dept. use only)

Future Leaders Fellowships

The UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) will grow the strong supply of talented individuals needed to ensure that UK research and innovation continues to be world class.

Who can apply

This cross-UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) scheme will support early career researchers and innovators with outstanding potential in universities, UK registered businesses, and other research and user environments including research councils' institutes and laboratories.

The FLF scheme welcomes applications from both UK and international applicants and individuals should use the person specification to assess and justify their suitability for the scheme. The support of the institution will a be critical component of all fellowships which will enable the fellow to transition to or establish their research/innovation independence in any area supported by UKRI.

The objectives of the scheme are:

• to develop, retain, attract and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK

• to foster new research and innovation career paths including those at the academic/business and interdisciplinary boundaries, and facilitate movement of people between sectors

• to provide sustained funding and resources for the best early career researchers and innovators

• to provide long-term, flexible funding to tackle difficult and novel challenges, and support adventurous, ambitious programmes.

These Fellowships support applicants from diverse career paths, including those returning from a career break or following time in other roles. We also encourage applications from those wishing to work part-time in order to combine the fellowship with personal responsibilities. Review panels will take into account time spent outside an active research or innovation environment, whether through career breaks, flexible working or as a consequence of working in other roles.

Length of support

The support offered will be long-term and flexible and will provide comprehensive package of support, including the fellow's salary and justified research, staff and training costs, with seven years of support available on a 4+3 model, with a review in year four. The case for support should make clear the long-term aims of the programme, and why they matter – while providing more specific plans and costings for the first four years.

For business applicants, those in the user community or other applicants, four years' support may be sufficient and there is no need to apply for a further three years of funding if this is not required. Successful applicants will have the intellectual and financial freedom to develop and change direction over this period.

How to apply

There will be six calls for these fellowships; two calls per year between 2018-19 and 2020-21 (financial years), typically awarding at least 100 fellowships per call across UKRI's remit (with the initial round being smaller, aiming to award ~50 fellowships).

This is a single scheme across the entire UKRI remit, with no ringfenced budgets for specific areas and no barriers to interdisciplinary or cross-sector research.

First round

It is mandatory for the first round of this call that host organisations submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for each of the applicants they intend to submit to the first round, by 7 June 2018.

Full applications must be submitted via the Joint Electronic Submission system Je-S by 16:00 BST, 3 July 2018 for the first round.

The second round will close in October 2018.