Royal Society Industry Fellowships, 2023

This long-standing scheme enables the mobility of talented scientists and engineers from industry and academia in order to move between the sectors. These secondments support the researcher's development, fosters exchange of knowledge, stimulates longer-term collaborations, and establishes personal, scientific and corporate links between sectors.

The Industry Fellowship is part of the Royal Society's wider Science and Industry Programme which strives to promote the value and importance of science by connecting academia, industry and government.

The Industry Fellowship scheme is open to academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stages based in the UK (see below and in the scheme notes for for eligibility information). The aims of the scheme are to:

• Support the mobility of excellent academic or industrial researchers between in two sectors in the UK, across the natural sciences.
• Enable the Industry Fellow to develop and establish collaborative links between the academic and industrial organisations, which may lead to longer term collaborations.
• Support the career development of the Industry Fellow, and their team, through the cross-sector collaborative research experience afforded by the fellowship.
• Enhance knowledge exchange in science and technology between industry and academia.

The scheme provides a basic salary for the researcher and a contribution towards research costs.

The scheme is currently funded by the Royal Society and Rolls-Royce plc.

For shorter term collaborative projects between industry and academia, see the Short Industry Fellowship.

Find out more and apply online.