Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) Programme 2025 (Total up to £50,000) – YOA

Deadline: September 17, 2025

Applications are open for the Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) Programme 2025. The Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) scheme, part of the Science, Industry and Translation programme, goals to improve the data and consciousness in UK universities of reducing-edge industrial science, analysis and innovation.

The scheme supplies alternatives for enthusiastic, extremely skilled industrial scientists and entrepreneurs to spend sooner or later per week at a college creating a bespoke mission to:

• Expose college employees and college students to state-of-the-artwork industrial analysis and improvement, and the scientific challenges confronted by business.
• Provide assist and knowledgeable recommendation geared toward selling innovation and the interpretation of analysis by universities.
• Grow confidence in and understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurship amongst employees and college students.
• Provide profession recognition to the award holders, and assist their skilled improvement.

Benefits

The EiR awards are for 2 years. The worth of the scheme is up to a most of £25,000 per yr (together with VAT the place relevant), and is anticipated to cowl the next:

• Salary equal to 0.2 FTE of the award holder’s present wage to spend 20% of their working time on the host. The EiR’s primary wage solely shall be paid throughout the secondment; the EiR’s employer will proceed to pay nationwide insurance coverage and pension contributions
• Travel and mission prices for award holder to journey to and from their host, and lodging if required. Project prices to assist ship the goals of the mission plan can be included, as can convention attendance, assembly workshops and coaching      

Eligibility

• The scheme is open to candidates of any nationality, who’re eligible to work in the UK in the course of the award. Applicants ought to have a background in science and engineering. They have to be in a position to reveal important expertise of working in science in an industrial analysis context, and a number of of the next:
  • expertise of managing college-enterprise collaborations and the interpretation and commercialisation of analysis
  • expertise of entrepreneurship, resembling firm formation and development, funding and many others
  • expertise or curiosity in coaching, teaching or mentoring
• Applicants could be both employed full-time, part-time, or self-employed.
• The scheme covers all areas of the life and bodily sciences, together with engineering, however excluding medical medication.

Application

All functions to the Royal Society are first reviewed and assessed by two members of a variety Panel fashioned of business and translation consultants and former award holders. Scores are then verified by the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Translation committee.

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For extra info, go to Royal Society EiR Program.