UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship - New EOI Date and Contacts

16 August 2022

For those of you wishing to submit an EoI to this scheme, please follow the instructions below regarding format and send completed documents to your Institute's Director of Research by Friday 16 September 2022.

WHRI:	Prof Federica Marelli-Berg	f.marelli-berg@qmul.ac.uk
Blizard:	Prof Will Alazawi	w.alazawi@qmul.ac.uk
WIPH:	Prof Steph Taylor	s.j.c.taylor@qmul.ac.uk
BCI:	Prof Fran Balkwill	f.balkwill@qmul.ac.uk
IHSE:	Dr Christine Sofianos	c.m.sofianos@qmul.ac.uk
IoD:	Prof Nikos Donos	n.donos@qmul.ac.uk

JRMO welcomes expressions of interest for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) Round 7. The application call will be managed by JRMO on behalf of Queen Mary. Key details can be found on the following website. 

Background

The scheme aims to:

• Develop, retain, attract, and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK
• Foster new research and innovation career paths including those at the academic, business and interdisciplinary boundaries, and facilitate movement of people between sectors
• Provide sustained funding and resources for the best early career researchers and innovators
• Provide long-term, flexible funding to tackle difficult and novel challenges, and support adventurous, ambitious programmes
• Looking to establish or transition to independence
• Developing their own original and ambitious plans with a commercial setting

Total Award: £100m with no limit to awards.  Further guidance is available for applicants wanting to apply for £1.5m plus
 
Project can last up to 4 years, with the option to apply to renew for a further 3 years.

How to submit your Expression of Interest (EOI)

All applicants should submit your Institute's Director of Research by Friday 16 September 2022 as 1 PDF (min font 11, Arial) with the following details:

• Project Details: include department, project title)
• Fellow: CV template attached to be completed including the list of outputs (UKRI format Max 3 x A4 pages)
• Objectives: list the main objectives of the proposed research (4000 characters including spaces)
• Co-Investigators
• Project Partners
• RC/IUK Relevance: (4000 characters including spaces)
• Summary: (4000 characters including spaces) - a ​plain English summary of the research / innovation proposed i.e., in language that can be understood by a non-academic audience. It should explain the context of the research / innovation, its aims and objectives, and its potential applications and benefits
  
  
• 1 A4 side covering: 

- Research and Innovation Excellence: evidence of the quality of the research/innovation, its aim and objectives, novelty and feasibility of the proposed project, a robust methodology and appropriate consideration of research and innovation reproducibility, openness, governance, and ethical/social responsibility issues, and can establish or maintain a distinctive and outstanding research/innovation activity.

- Applicant and Development: describe how the Fellow’s career trajectory aligns with the objectives of the FLF scheme, provide evidence that of communicating clearly, having the potential to inspire and lead others, develop new relationships and influence across multiple disciplines and sector, be able to under the research/innovation landscapes at both national and international level and clarity on how their research will contribute to it, have a clear plan to support training and development of fellow and their broader professional development and demonstrate an ability to identify and implement good practice in matters relating to the modern research environment such as Research Integrity, Responsible Research and Innovation, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

- Impact and Strategic Relevance: this section should explain the importance and potential impact of the research/ innovation for the society/and or the economy, what the potential short and long-term impacts and how significant they are, and are the pathways to achieving this impact well understood, and are the plans for maximising impact proportionate, timely and credible?

• Draft Worktribe costings

Timelines
1. Deadline for EOI’s submission to FMD:  16 September 2022 by 5pm. Please submit applications to vp-health@qmul.ac.uk
2. ​​Deadline for EOI’s to be sent to maria.rhodes1@nhs.net and copying in your Faculty Research Manager and Research Manager: 26 September 2022 by 1pm
3. Panel to meet week commencing: 3 October 2022
4. Announcement of winner’s week commencing: 10 October 2022
5. Submission of Outline proposal: 18 October 2022 by 4pm
6. Submission of Full Application to UKRI through the Je-S System (if invited): 06 December 2022 by 4pm