Imperial College: first new Junior Research Fellows join up

The first cohort of top early-career researchers have taken up their new Junior Research Fellowships at Imperial.

The Fellowships will give outstanding early-career scientists three years free from teaching and administration, plus a competitive salary and laboratory support costs, to enable them to establish and develop their own scientific path.

The new Fellows have been chosen from over 200 applicants from across the world. Each will be supported and mentored by a senior researcher, who will advise on developing their career and the mechanics of establishing and furthering research programmes.

Maggie Dallman, Principal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, who has spearheaded the new Fellowship scheme said, “The Junior Research Fellows [...] are the cream of the crop: world-class early-career researchers who stand to make the discoveries and breakthroughs that will shape our world in the coming decades. We know how daunting starting out in research can be, and with these Fellowships we hope to support and nurture their talents during the all-important early years of their careers.”