Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor’s Illuminate Fellowship 2023
The Queen’s University Belfast is welcoming applications from outstanding and exceptional candidates to apply for Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor’s Illuminate Fellowship for International Postdoctoral candidates.
As a Fellow at Queen’s, you will be part of a world-class international university built on teaching excellence, leading-edge research, innovation, collaboration and engagement, and will play a key role in shaping our future priorities.
Fellowship Sponsor(s): Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Host Institution(s): Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Fellowship Worth: Fully-funded
Number of Awards: Several
Study Level: Post-doctoral
Nationality: International Students
Details
Queen’s wants to recruit, develop and nurture outstanding researchers who will deliver world-leading research and become our research leaders of the future.
Our Faculties are particularly interested in applications from researchers who specialise in the following areas of research:
Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Data/advanced technologies and platforms in healthcare to address societal issues relevant to these themes is particularly encouraged
- Multidisciplinary approaches and/or patient-based investigations in cancer, eye disease, inflammation of lung and lung regeneration with emphasis on immunology, molecular/cellular biology or microbiology, including how pathogens become established and proliferate.
- Public health, complexity science, health systems and policy research, public health modelling, behaviour change, implementation science, planetary health, epidemiology, and data science
- Maternal and Child Health, Chronic Illness and Palliative Care and Education and Practice
- Pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacy practice or clinical pharmacy across the areas of drug delivery, biomaterials, advanced manufacture, drug targeting, biosensors, pharmaceutical microbiology and microbiomics, respiratory medicine, primary and secondary care
- Understanding Health and Disease, Transforming Agri-food Systems, or Sustaining Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Engineering and Physical Sciences
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Net Zero Engineering with an emphasis on clean energy including batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen systems and closely related areas and circular economy
- Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering: Digital twins; cyber-physical systems; VR/AR for engineering/manufacturing system design
- Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: Electronics for a sustainable society or Sustainable materials and Electronic Systems, including topics spanning materials, flexible electronics, sensors, and power electronics
- Natural and Built Environment: Civil: activities in The Intelligent and Sustainable Infrastructure Group or The Water and Energy Resources Group
- Psychology: Behaviour change, decision-making, and intervention
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor’s Illuminate Fellowship, applicants are expected to meet the following conditions:
- A completed PhD in a relevant subject
- Normally 2 – 8 years’ post-PhD experience
- A high-quality publication records
- A research profile and plan which is aligned to an existing research strength at Queen’s
Fellowship Benefits
Applicants will receive the following benefits for Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor’s Illuminate Fellowship:
- Internationally Competitive Salary
- Generous fellowship enhancement award of between £20,000 to £50,000 to support your research.
- Funding to recruit a full-time PhD student within the first two years of appointment.
- A career pathway to a permanent Senior Lecturer post at the end of the Fellowship.
- Access to a Fellows Network through our Fellowship Academy
- A maximum teaching and administrative workload in years 3 & 4 not exceeding 20% of your time.
- A vibrant campus in the heart of Belfast City with award winning libraries and cutting-edge facilities. Explore our campus.
- Mentorship Programme and a range of professional learning and development opportunities
- Excellent relocation expenses in line with Queen’s Relocation Policy.
- Many other great benefits offered to all Queen’s staff.
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: To be successful at shortlisting you must submit your CV which includes a double sided A4 Research Proposal explaining how this aligns to the area of specialism within the School/Centre and your CV/application must demonstrate you have:
- A completed PhD in a relevant subject
- 2 years’ post-PhD experience
- A high-quality publication records
- A research profile and plan which is aligned to an existing research strength at Queen’s
Application Deadline: Not Stated
