Durham International Senior Fellowships

The EU-sponsored Durham International Fellowships for Research and Enterprise (DIFeREns) allows Durham University to gather together scholars, researchers, policy makers or practitioners from around the world and across the full spectrum of science, social science, arts and humanities to address themes of global significance in collaboration with Durham's Research Institutes and researchers.
As part of the DIFeREns scheme Durham University recruits two types of Senior Fellow :

• Senior Research Fellowships
• Policy and Enterprise Fellowships

Up to 17 Fellowship will be available in (2014-15): 10 Senior Research Fellowships and 7 Policy and Enterprise Fellowships.

Applications are encouraged from individuals who wish to work on collaborative research projects with one of Durham University's thematic Institutes or with the Durham University Business School (DUBS) :

• Biophysical Sciences Institute (BSI)
• Durham Energy Institute (DEI)
• Durham Global Security Institute (DGSI)
• Institute of Advanced Research Computing (iARC)
• Institute of Computational Cosmology (ICC)
• Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR)
• Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)
• Institute of Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP)
• Wolfson Research Institute (WRI)

However, applications are also welcome from individuals wishing to collaborate on a research project associated with other research groups or Research Centres at Durham University.
To be eligible, in line with the terms of funding set by Marie Curie, "researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account"

Deadline
January 2014