This scheme is designed to enable outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment, which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. Applicants are expected to be at an early stage of their academic career.

The selection process is conducted over two stages, in order to reduce the burden on HEIs. 

• Level of award: Awards are offered under the Full Economic Costing regime. Directly incurred salary costs on host institution’s local pay scale, commensurate with equivalent appointments offering similar duties and responsibilities within the host institution’s own internal pay framework; plus limited research expenses; directly allocated costs, including mentor’s time, and estates, and indirect costs.
• Period of award: Awards are tenable for three years (not renewable). The next starting date will be in September or October 2012, and certainly no later than 1 January 2013.
• Number of awards: It is anticipated that up to 45 awards may be available to be taken up in the autumn of 2012.
• Annual competition (two-stage process)
• Applications will be available for the next Outline Round from the summer

Closing Date: Expected to be October 2011

From the summer they will be available and must be submitted via e-GAP2, the Academy's electronic grant application system.

• For applications deadlines and details of the award timetable please see deadlines
• For more information including details of sums awarded, recipients and abstracts see past awards

Further information: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm