Deadline: 21 September 2017
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and The Alan Turing Institute are pleased to announce a Joint Fellowship Scheme aimed at driving forward the development and application of cutting-edge data science to study major societal challenges.
Purposes
- to develop a research programme and conduct outstanding, creative and innovative research in data science, to develop internationally-significant outcomes through high-impact publications
- to collaborate with others across Turing and the broader data science community, towards outputs and outcomes that yield significant academic, societal or economic impact
- to play a role in advancing the strategic objectives of Turing and ESRC
- to achieve research excellence as appropriate to the applicant’s discipline
- to help build new research capacity in data science through training of the proposed associated PhD students
- To help broaden and deepen the interdisciplinary research base of Turing through building a critical mass of social scientists at Turing.
Focus Areas
- facing the development of cities
- in maintaining a healthy population
Eligibility Criteria
- A minimum of 50% time commitment over the period of the grant will be required from the Fellow.
- The Institutes view these Fellows as a way of building data science across the social science base within the UK, and recognise that many research organisations (ROs) are already creating their own capabilities in this area.
- The Institutes therefore see this as an opportunity for the ESRC and Turing to partner with those ROs.
- For this reason, it is expected that half of the salary costs of the Fellowship will be met by the host institution.
- Fellowships are invited to submit proposals for up to 36 months, the costs submitted should be at 100% (fEC).
- ESRC will contribute up to 80% of these costs (noting the expected RO contribution to fellowships salary costs sated above).
- The remaining balance must be guaranteed by the host research organisation.
How to Apply
All proposals must be made on the Je-S Proposal Form, which is available at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: United Kingdom
For more information, please visit ESRC-Alan Turing Institute.