Ramsay Memorial Fellowships in Chemistry, UK 2016
Applicants are invited to submit application for
Ramsay Memorial Fellowship 2016. Ramsay Memorial Fellowships were instituted in
1920 as a memorial to Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916), who was Professor of
Inorganic and General Chemistry at UCL from 1887-1913
and Britain's very first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1904, for his discovery of the noble gases. Fellowships are awarded annually by the Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust to postdoctoral chemists who have already had some postdoctoral experience of research but who are in the early stages of their career, so that they may initiate a programme of original and independent research. Fellowships are usually tenable at a university or other place of academic research within the United Kingdom.
and Britain's very first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1904, for his discovery of the noble gases. Fellowships are awarded annually by the Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust to postdoctoral chemists who have already had some postdoctoral experience of research but who are in the early stages of their career, so that they may initiate a programme of original and independent research. Fellowships are usually tenable at a university or other place of academic research within the United Kingdom.
Scholarship Provider/ Funding Agency
Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust
Study Area
Fellowship is awarded in the field of
Chemistry.
Scholarship open for
International Applicants. Preference
will be given to candidates who have been born within the Commonwealth and who
have graduated within the Commonwealth countries.
Scholarship Level
Postdoctoral Studies
Eligibility
Candidates will be expected to have had
training in research leading to the possession of a PhD, preferably of a
university within the British Commonwealth or its equivalent, and to show
evidence of their ability to initiate and pursue a programme of independent
research. Candidates cannot be considered unless they have submitted their PhD
thesis by the 31 December following the deadline for receipt of applications.
Great emphasis is placed by the Advisory Council on both the quality and the
originality of the research proposed. The Advisory Council also takes into
account evidence of mobility, at pre- or post-doctoral level and/or in the
selection of the candidate’s proposed place of work. However, in doing so, it
will also give consideration to any personal factors or circumstances that have
impacted, or will be likely to impact, on this, eg parenting or caring
responsibilities. Preference will also be given to early-career candidates.
An award of a Ramsay Fellowship will be based
upon a proposal by a candidate to do specified research at a specified place,
both to be approved by the Advisory Council. Generally, the specified place
will be a university or other place of academic research within the United
Kingdom. With the approval of the Advisory Council, the specified place may be
varied from time to time, and, for limited periods, the Trustees will consider
an overseas research visit if this is relevant to the Fellow’s project. The Advisory
Council will look particularly favourably on applicants proposing to undertake
their studies within the top-rated Department of Chemistry at UCL.
A Ramsay Fellowship will normally be tenable
for a period of two years from 1 October in the year of award. In special
circumstances, and with the approval of the Trustees, the beginning of the
tenure may be deferred. In exceptional cases (for example, in instances where a
Fellow is offered a temporary fixed-term academic position or wishes to give
notice of parental leave), the Trustees may extend the Fellowship for a period
up to, but not more than, a third year.
Although a Ramsay Fellowship may be fully
funded by the Trust, the expectation is that it will normally be co-sponsored
either by a university department, an industrial company or another body
approved by the Trustees. Where a Fellowship is co-sponsored, the Trust will
contribute 50% of the Fellow's total salary costs up to a maximum of £17,500
per annum, with the balance of all other costs to be paid by the co-sponsor. In
addition, a grant of up to £1,000 per annum may be requested by the Fellow for
(non-travel) research expenses which can be shown to be essential to the
research work being undertaken.
A Fellowship is intended to enable the holder
to devote her- or himself full time to research. However, the Trustees wish to
encourage holders of Ramsay Fellowships to undertake a small amount of teaching
work, not exceeding, on average, three hours a week, of which not more than one
hour should be occupied in actual lecturing.
Towards the end of each academic session, a
Fellow will be required to submit for the approval of the Advisory Council a
report on the research work carried out with the aid of the Fellowship. Fellows
must give due acknowledgement to the Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust (and any
co-sponsoring body) in any papers published giving the results of this work.
No other Fellowship, Studentship, Scholarship
or Lectureship may be held during the tenure of a Ramsay Memorial Fellowship,
nor may any paid work be undertaken by a Fellow without the specific permission
of the Trustees.
In no circumstances shall any candidate have
any claim, otherwise than an award actually made, upon any Fund of the
Foundation or upon the Trustees or Advisory Council, or upon any Trustee or any
member of the Advisory Council.
Ramsay Fellowships continue to hold a high
international reputation. The title of Ramsay Fellow is one which Fellows
should feel proud to hold, not only during the tenure of their Fellowship, but
throughout their career. The interest of the Trust in its Fellows continues
after their Fellowships expire. Ramsay Fellows have the opportunity of meeting
each other annually at a dinner given in their honour by the Ramsay Trust. Thus
Ramsay Fellows remain members of a fellowship in the wider sense.
Scholarship Duration
2 years
Coverage/Scholarship Benefits
A Ramsay Fellowship will normally be
tenable for a period of two years from 1 October in the year of award. In
special circumstances, and with the approval of the Trustees, the beginning of
the tenure may be deferred. In exceptional cases (for example, in instances
where a Fellow is offered a temporary fixed-term academic position or wishes to
give notice of parental leave), the Trustees may extend the Fellowship for a
period up to, but not more than, a third year.
Application Method
Applications
for a British Ramsay Memorial Fellowship should be made on the prescribed application
form and
returned to the Executive Secretary, Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust,
Academic Services, Student and Registry Services, University College London,
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK (email: g.hawes@ucl.ac.uk), to arrive not later than 15 November of the year before the award.
Applications will be considered by the Ramsay
Trustees and Advisory Council, and candidates will be notified in due course of
their decision.
Deadline
15 November 2015
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