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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 9 – Deadline 18 June 2024

The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 9 has been announced with a deadline of 18th June 2024.

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The University of Brighton has been limited to a maximum of 2 candidates, as such, the following measures will be undertaken. This realtes to school/CORE so that potential applicants can complete the internal management steps:

  1. It has been agreed that we will proceed with a University of Brighton demand management process for UKRI FLF scheme (Round 9): https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/future-leaders-fellowships-round-9/ using an internal deadline for Expression of Interest Pro Forma’s from any interested parties, (internal and external candidates),  of 5.00pm Monday 4th March 2024.
  2. Round 9 has a funder submission deadline date of 18th June 2024 by 4.00pm.
  3. The University of Brighton is limited to a maximum of 2 candidates applying for Round 9 of this scheme. This includes candidates proposed internally and candidates who are currently external to the University of Brighton who wish to be hosted at the University of Brighton.
  4. Candidates will be asked to consider how their proposed research aligns with the University of Brighton Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching offer to be considered as a potential candidate by the University of Brighton.
  5. The demand management process, for both internal and external candidates has been planned as follows:

University of Brighton – Nomination and Application Process (Demand Management)

Proposed candidates need to complete the following:

Note: this process will be the same process for internal University of Brighton candidates and external candidates nominated by a potential host school – only external candidates will be provided with word versions to complete. Internal UoB candidates need to complete the information using the links above.

If you are nominating an external candidate, please contact bidsupport@brighton.ac.uk to obtain word versions of the EOI and EDI proforma..

Future Leaders Fellowships (Round 9) Timeline

  • 5.00pm Monday 4th March 2024 Deadline for completed Expression of Interest proforma and EDI proforma completion for all proposed candidates (internal and external to UoB)
  • 5.00pm Monday 11th March 2024 Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) candidate(s) selected
  • Tuesday 12th March to Friday 15th March 2024 Notification of UoB FLF candidate(s) selection to successful and unsuccessful candidates
  • Monday 18th March to Thursday 28th March 2024 Initial meetings for successful candidate(s) with Bid Support team to map out support and timeline for submission to UKRI
  • May 2024 • University of Brighton internal Peer Review• Reviews of a completed draft application by internal peer reviewers and incorporation of feedback on draft application(s) by candidate(s)
  • Wednesday 12th June 2024 13.00• University of Brighton internal approval deadline for final application(s) draft(s)• The university will require a final application with all relevant attachments by this deadline.• Final checks and proof-readingTuesday 18th June 2024 FLF Round 9 (UKRI) submission deadline

A panel, consisting of the PVC and APVC (Research and Knowledge Exchange) and an ECR representative will meet to consider the proposed applicants and select the university’s nominated candidate(s) to apply to the scheme.

All of the information on the internal demand management process can be found at this link:  https://unibrightonac.sharepoint.com/sites/RAKE/SitePages/2024%20UKRI-Future-Leadership-Fellows%20Round%209—Demand-Management.aspx

Given the nature of the scheme, and the requirement from UKRI for the university to demonstrate its internal demand management has been conducted fairly and appropriately, no applications outside of this internal demand management process can be considered.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Bid Support Team