Deadline: September 25, 2024
Applications are open for the British Academy Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) 2025. The £337m fund is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. It puts research and innovation at the heart of the British Academy’s international relationships, supporting UK researchers and innovators to work with peers around the world on the major themes of the time: planet, health, tech, and talent. The fund is managed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and delivered by a consortium of the UK’s leading research and innovation bodies.
The objective of the Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions. Through the Global Innovation Fellowships, researchers in the SHAPE community will be supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.
Benefits
- The Academy is offering up to two one-year fellowships hosted in DGAP’s offices in Berlin. These are offered as awards for up to £150,000 for 12 months in duration (with Full Economic Costing at 80%).
Eligibility
- Open to Early-career to Mid-career researchers.
- There are not any preconceived ideas about the disciplinary background of the award holder, but the applicant will need to demonstrate a solid understanding of the relevant issues, including the applicable policy landscape and the systemic challenges that it faces.
- Language skills, where relevant, are desirable but not essential.
Applications are invited in any of the following areas:
- Technology and International Affairs
- Global Order and Disorder
- Eastern and South-eastern Europe
- Sustainability, Nature & Climate
Successful applicants would be expected to produce policy-relevant analysis for German decision-makers. They do not need an understanding of German politics, but they should be able to offer new approaches to typical foreign policy dilemmas in their chosen field and be ready to engage with policymakers and further stakeholders in Germany.
Application
Global Innovation Fellowships are expected to commence by September 2025. An earlier start date of March or April 2025 may be possible, in this case the applicant will need to explain how they will plan and manage their relocation on this faster timeline.
For more information, visit DGAP.
