The Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) is a research fellowship awarded to outstanding early career scientists in the United Kingdom who are judged by the Royal Society to have the potential to become leaders in their field.[1] The research fellowship funds all areas of research in natural science including life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, but excluding clinical medicine.[1]
| Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Research fellowship for outstanding scientists who have the potential to become leaders in their field |
| Sponsored by | Royal Society |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Reward(s) | |
| Website | Royal Society Scheme page |
The URF scheme provides the opportunity for fellows to build an independent career in scientific research. Fellows are expected to be strong candidates for permanent faculty posts and academic tenure in universities at the end of their fellowships. As of 2023, applicants are permitted to apply for a maximum award value of £1.83 million, over eight years. The fellowship funds up to 80% of basic salary costs for the awardee, with the other 20% usually provided by the University hosting the fellow.
Fellowships are awarded annually. In 2022, there were 28 universities across the UK and Ireland hosting 50 newly appointed University Research Fellowships.[2] In 2015, the success rate of applications was 8%.[3][4]
Notable fellows
editAs of 2017[update], examples of current and former Fellows include:
- Frances Ashcroft (1985–1990),[5] Oxford
- Terri Attwood, University College London (1993-1999) University of Manchester 1999-2002[6]
- Jean Beggs[5][when?][where?]
- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (2007–2013),[7] University College London
- Richard Borcherds[5][when?]
- Sarah Bridle (2008–2012),[8] University of Manchester
- Brian Cox (2005–2013),[9] University of Manchester
- Gideon Davies (1996–2005),[10] University of York
- Athene Donald (1983),[5] University of Cambridge
- Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski (2000-2007),[11] University of Cambridge
- David Jones (1995–1999),[citation needed] University College London
- Andrew P. Mackenzie (1993–2001) University of Birmingham[12]
- Zita Martins (2014–2017),[13] Imperial College London
- Shahn Majid (1993-2003),[14][where?]
- Angela McLean, University of Oxford
- John Pethica[5][when?][where?]
- Tanya Monro (2000-2005),[15] for research at the University of Southampton
- Tom Sanders (2016-2019),[16] University of Oxford
- Suzie Sheehy (2017 - ) for research at the University of Oxford[17]
- Nigel Scrutton (1991-1999) for research at University of Cambridge and University of Leicester[18]
- Beth Shapiro (2006-2007),[19] University of Oxford
- Stephen Warren,[20][where?]
- David J. Wales (1991-1998), University of Cambridge[21]
- Kathy Willis[22][when?][where?]
- Tara Shears (2000-2008)[23]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "University Research Fellowship", Royal Society
- ^ Anon (2022). "Royal Society announces University Research Fellowships for 2022". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ Anon (2017). "URF Scheme Notes 2017" (PDF). royalsociety.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2016.
- ^ Anon (2016). "University Research Fellows Directory". Archived from the original on 29 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Cook, Alan (2000). "URFs become FRS: Frances Ashcroft, Athene Donald and John Pethica". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 54 (3). London: Royal Society: 409–411. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2000.0181. S2CID 58095147.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Teresa Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics". manchester.ac.uk. Manchester. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Professor Sarah Jayne Blakemore". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Sarah Bridle". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Brian Cox". royalsociety.org. London. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016.
- ^ Anon (2017). "Gideon Davies". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ "Rafal Dunin-Borkowski". www.fz-juelich.de.
- ^ Anon (2017). "Andrew Mackenzie, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden". mpg.de.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Zita Martins". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Shahn Majid". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Tanya Monro". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Tom Sanders". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ "Suzie Sheehy - Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
- ^ Anon (2010). "New director for Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre". manchester.ac.uk. Manchester: University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Beth Shapiro". royalsociety.org. London.
- ^ "Stephen Warren". ic.ac.uk.
- ^ Anon (2016). "Professor David Wales FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Willis, Kathy (2016). "Professor Kathy Willis". zoo.ox.ac.uk. Oxford.
- ^ "Tara Shears - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2018.