UK and Ireland National Fellowships
- Structure of the Programme
- Eligibility
- Application and Information forms
- Further Information
- UK and Ireland Fellows
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The call for applications for the 2010 fellowship cycle is now open. Deadline for applications: 7 April 2010, midnight (GMT)
Tailoring to the needs of women scientists in the UK and Ireland, the L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science are awards offered by L’Oréal UK & Ireland with the support of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, the Irish National Commission for UNESCO and the Royal Institution of Great Britain. The awards promote, celebrate, enhance and encourage, the role and achievements of women pursuing their research careers in the UK or Ireland in the fields of the life or physical sciences.
Structure of the Programme
Four Fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding women scientists in the early stages of their career pursuing postdoctoral research in the UK or Ireland in the life or physical sciences. The Fellowships, each worth £15,000 (equivalent € for candidates in Ireland), are tenable at any UK or Irish university or research institute to support a 12 month period of research.
The award can be spent in innovative ways to enable women scientists to pursue and continue their research careers – such as buying equipment, paying for childcare or funding travel costs to an overseas conference.
Eligibility
- Candidates must be female postdoctoral level researchers who have already been awarded their research doctorate.
- Candidates must have no more than 10 years active full-time equivalent postdoctoral experience (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).
- Candidates must not currently hold a permanent academic post, or have held a permanent academic post in the past, or have received, before the start date of the award, the promise of a permanent academic post.
- Candidates must be undertaking research in the life or physical sciences. Computer science, engineering, mathematics, psychology, science education and social sciences are not eligible for this Fellowship.
- Candidates must be conducting their research at a UK or Irish university or research institute.
- Candidates must be a citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA), or a Swiss citizen, or have permanent residence status in the UK or Ireland; and must be residing in the UK or Ireland at the time of application.
- Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to establish/re-establish themselves after a career break or other period of absence from active research or where the candidate is establishing a research career as a mature entrant or after experience in other fields.
Application and Information Forms
For more information and to apply, visit www.womeninscience.co.uk.
Further Information
For any further enquiries, email forwomeninscience@uk.loreal.com or visit www.womeninscience.co.uk
UK and Ireland Fellows
Read about current and previous UK and Ireland National Fellowship winners by selecting from the below headings.
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- 2009 UK and Ireland Winners
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- The winners of the 2009 L'Oreal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science.
- 2008 UK and Ireland Winners
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- The winners of the 2008 L'Oreal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science.
- 2007 UK and Ireland Winners
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- The winners of the 2007 L'Oreal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science.
