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Schemes for Engineers in Research and Development
Global Research Awards
Aims of the scheme
 The
Global Research Award scheme provides UK-based
engineers currently engaged in research the
opportunity to undertake a secondment overseas for a
period of three months to one year. The scheme
encourages the development of international research
networks and knowledge transfer within any
engineering discipline. Benefits of the research to
the UK may include enhancing prosperity, the uptake
of a globally competitive technology, improving
quality of life or stimulating wealth creation.
The Scheme
This scheme enables engineers
to work with overseas organisations that are leading
the development of new or enhanced technology, or
conducting engineering research not currently
pursued in the UK. The purpose is to:
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Provide equally beneficial
opportunities to seconded engineer, Employer and
overseas Host
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Establish lasting research
collaborations between the UK and overseas
organisations
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Enable engineers to gain
experience of alternative research techniques or
methodologies
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Disseminate gained
knowledge to the UK engineering, scientific and
business communities via seminars, workshops,
public lectures and publications
Benefits
For the Awardee
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Prestigious international Award
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Access to knowledge and techniques not currently available in the UK
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Collaboration with key researchers
For the Employer
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Establishment of an international research network
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Additional source of funding
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Develop new links with overseas organisation
Eligibility
The scheme is open to
engineers from all engineering disciplines (in
academia or industry) with several years of
postgraduate experience in R&D. Applicants must be
confident of achieving their aims and objectives of
their proposed research programme during their
secondment and of contributing to the UK engineering
research community as a whole on their return.
Applicants should be employed in industry, higher
education institutes, local government, research
associations or other approved R&D organisations,
based in the UK. The host organisation may be chosen
from the overseas equivalent of any one of these
categories (though not a parent or subsidiary
company of the employer) provided that it is a
recognised centre of excellence in the chosen field.
Please note that full time PhD research students
are not eligible. Applicants must be salaried
employees in either industry or academia to be
eligible for an Award.
Duration
The secondment can be for a
period of no less than three months and a maximum of
one year. The secondment may also be taken as
modules and completed over a period of up to three
years providing the cumulative number of months on
secondment is not more than twelve.
Funding
The scheme provides funding
for the salary of the secondee, indirect costs,
travel and accommodation for the secondee and
accompanying family. The Academy will pay
approximately half the cost of the secondment, with
all the remaining costs to be covered by the
employer. Funds are paid directly to the employer,
quarterly in arrears, once the secondment begins.
Please refer to the Guidance
Notes (link below) for further details.
Programme of Work
Clear benefits must be shown
for the candidate and for research in the UK. The
overseas Host might have involvement with advanced
engineering facilities not readily available
elsewhere, in which new technologies are being
developed, tested or applied. The applicant,
Employer and Host will agree upon a work programme
with mutually beneficial aims.
How to Apply
Global Research Award
applications are welcomed throughout the year –
there are no closing dates and applicants may submit
at any time. The scheme application form must be
completed in full and appended to the necessary
supporting documentation detailed on the reverse of
the application form. Applicants are advised to
download the scheme guidance notes which provide the
necessary information on putting together a complete
application and further details on the application
and assessment process. Please note that at least
two months are required for processing an
application and that processing will take a minimum
of three months for those applications submitted in
November and December.
Reporting Procedures
Bimonthly reports and a final
report should be prepared and submitted to the
Scheme Manager. Please use the links below for
further information.
Diversity Monitoring Form
The data provided in the
Diversity Monitoring form will be used for
monitoring purposes only and will form no part of
the scheme’s selection procedure.
Survey
A short survey addressing the features of this Award can be found
here. Any comments you would like to provide on this scheme would be greatly appreciated.
More
For further information please read the scheme
FAQ or contact scheme manager.
Misty Palmer
– Assistant Manager, Research Programmes, at the Academy's
address.
Tel: 020 7766 0621
Fax: 020 7766 2067
[E-mail Misty]
[E-mail
Research team]
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