Chancellor’s Fellowships

**Chancellor’s Fellowship in Health and Life
**College of Science and Engineering**
**UE08 (£44,414- £52,841) in exceptional circumstances a more senior appointment may be made at UE09 (£56,048- £63,059).**
**Fixed term for 5 years**
**6 full-time posts available**

Chancellor’s Fellowships are 5-year tenure track fellowships that are supported by mentoring and will join and be supported by an interactive Early Career Researcher (ECR) cohort community. These provide talented ECRs with the networking and career development training opportunities to enable them to thrive as an academic at the University of Edinburgh.

In total, the College of Science and Engineering is seeking to appoint up to 18 Chancellor’s Fellows. Up to 6 of these will be in this priority theme of **Health and Life **who have a demonstrable track record, in research (which may include knowledge exchange, innovation and/or impact, and the potential to make a key contribution to the University through furthering the goals of the host School and University.

Given the multidisciplinary nature of the theme, we welcome applicants with experience of, or potential to conduct interdisciplinary research and endeavours that span Schools and the University. We also welcome applicants with experience of community-facing activities relating to research culture, inclusion, mentoring, or outreach.

For this recruitment programme, the diversity data you provide may be shared with the panels for the purpose of taking lawful steps to meet our aims for diversity in appointments.

An online Town Hall meeting is scheduled on Wednesday 26th July 2023, 11.30 - 13.00 (BST) which intends to provide an overview of the recruitment process and is an opportunity for anyone who requires further information or clarifications on how to apply. Registration is required. Please click here to register

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**When applying, it is essential that you attach the following four documents**:
2. A **short covering letter **, including a statement on cohort building aims that addresses the following:
Successful applicants will join a cohort of new and existing Chancellor’s Fellows both within their host Schools/College and the wider University. What would be the advantages to you in joining such a cohort? What strengths and qualities could you bring to it?

The covering letter should also justify the choice of host School/EPCC.

3. A **two-page outline of your research programme **, including: a research plan which particularly concentrates on for the first three years and highlights novelty and uniqueness; details of any planned activities to maximise collaboration, partnership and knowledge exchange; and identification of alignment to the thematic opportunities in the School and University in [AI and Datascience/ Health and Life/ Climate and Environmental Sustainability]; fit to applicant track record (skills, experience and outputs). Key references can be included on an additional page.

**As a member of the University of Edinburgh you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. The University gives support, nurtures talent and rewards success. Successful applicants will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which include a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our **staff benefits page **for further information and our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh is strongly invested in Equality Diversity and Inclusion, with mechanisms in place for mainstreaming and monitoring. The University holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We have University-wide networks for disability, race, LGBTQ+, gender, we are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.**

**Closing date 28th August 2023