This
Fellowship is currently open for recruitment.
The EU-sponsored
Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise (DIFeREns) allows
Durham University to gather together scholars, researchers, policy makers or
practitioners from around the world and across the full spectrum of science,
social science, arts and humanities to address themes of global significance in
collaboration with Durham’s Research Institutes and researchers.
As part of the
DIFeREns scheme Durham University recruits two types of Senior Fellow :
- Senior
Research Fellowships - Policy
and Enterprise Fellowships
Up to 24 Fellowships
will be available in (2016-17): 16 Senior Research Fellowships and 8 Policy and
Enterprise Fellowships.
Applications are
encouraged from individuals who wish to work on collaborative research projects
with one of Durham University’s thematic Institutes or with the Durham University Business School
(DUBS) :
- Biophysical Sciences Institute (BSI)
- Durham Energy Institute (DEI)
- Durham Global Security Institute
(DGSI) - Institute of Advanced Research Computing (iARC)
- Institute of Computational Cosmology
(ICC) - Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience
(IHRR) - Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)
- Institute of Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP)
- Wolfson Research Institute
(WRI)
However,
applications are also welcome from individuals wishing to collaborate on a
research project associated with other research groups or Research Centres
at Durham University.
To be eligible, in
line with the terms of funding set by Marie Curie, “researchers must not
have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the
country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years
immediately prior to the reference date. Compulsory national service and/or
short stays such as holidays are not taken into account”. The reference
date is 1 July 2016. For full details please visit http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=381.
Before applying,
applicants must seek the agreement of a Durham academic to act as their host.
The closing date
for applications, for both categories of Fellowship is 08 January 2016.
