Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies 2023 (up to £2.5 million)

The Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies 2023 application period is currently available. The Chair in new Technologies (CiET) program of the Academy seeks to find visionary researchers from around the world and give them long-term support so they can take the lead in creating new technology fields with a high potential for benefiting the UK’s economy and society.
The award allows a sustained and strategic emphasis on advancing the technology to implementation in addition to paying hiring and research expenses for the Chair over a period of up to ten years.
For these awards, a compelling argument must be made for the importance of a long-term strategy that spans from technology implementation. This should demonstrate the importance of funding that offers ongoing assistance for a

Benefits:

• The total award request is £2.5 million over 10 years with an annual payment of £250,000 per
  annum.
• In addition, awardees will receive the following:
• Mentors, who are Fellows of the Academy, with expertise of relevance to the programme of
  research, to provide independent advice and guidance throughout the duration of the
  award.
• Networking and training opportunities with and through the Academy’s Fellowship and
  Events programme.
• Support for Global Talent visa for applicants based outside the UK.

Eligibility:

• All projects must commence on March 4, 2024 and end on March 3, 2034. Applications
  with alternative dates will not be eligible.
• Chairs in Emerging Technologies are professorial appointments. Applicants who haven’t
  been awarded a Professorial title but have demonstrated research achievements such that
  they would be strongly considered for Professorial promotion at present, are eligible to
  apply. In supporting the submission, the university is understood to be affirming this. It is
  the Academy’s expectation that successful non-Professional awardees gain a Professorial
  title upon becoming a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging.
• Awards can only be held at a university, or jointly between the university and an
  organisation (e.g., national laboratory, research institute, or innovation organisation), based
  in the UK. The Academy’s contract will exclusively be with the university.
• A letter of appointment from the university (which may be conditional on receipt of the
  award) must be provided if the applicant is currently based outside the UK university
  system. All applications must include a letter of support from a Dean, Pro-Vice Chancellor
  for Research, or someone in an equivalent position, clearly outlining university’s
  commitment to supporting the emerging technology field, and the applicant as a global
  leader of the field. The expected contents of this letter are detailed towards the end of this
  document under title ‘Letters of support and declaration’. All applications may include up
  to 3 letters of support from key or most relevant collaborators.
• Applications are welcome from across a broad remit of engineering and technology,
  including areas currently considered basic science, but now requiring engineering ways of
  thinking to drive them towards application, and in areas where technologies are wellestablished but could be significantly improved by novel approaches. Applications must be
  centred on enabling and driving technological innovation. Therefore, proposals whose
  vision is primarily around scientific advance for its own sake are not appropriate to this
  scheme.
• All applications must make a clear case for long-term sustained strategic support for the technology programmes. Thus, the proposal must cover a long-term vision that shows the value of the entire 10 years of appointment.
• Similarly, proposals whose innovation benefits are fully realisable from separate short erduration projects are not appropriate and will not be supported.
• The Academy will not fund activities that are primarily aimed at addressing the clearly articulated needs of a single industry partner over the next five years and would be more appropriate for the Research Chairs/ Senior Research Fellows scheme.
• Current RAEng Research Chairs are eligible to apply but cannot hold both awards simultaneously.
• The duration of the award is up to 10 years – initial 5 years with the possibility of extension for a further 5 years following a full review of award holder’s achievements and outcomes, and the project’s potential for commercialisation and impact over the next 5 years.

Applications that are incomplete or do not adhere to the guidelines will not be accepted.

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