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About the MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Fellowships

Are you passionate about impact through innovation? Are you ready to empower fellow researchers and redefine research careers by harnessing entrepreneurship? Then step up for the role of MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Fellow, to champion and catalyse change.

About the Fellowship

This one-year fellowship, beginning in February 2025, brings together a cohort of Enterprise and Innovation Fellows. Together, you will learn, build and deliver events for peers with the aim of expanding career and research horizons.

 

Eligibility

Open to current post-doctoral researchers based in science departments at the University of Oxford.

Fellows are expected to be based in Oxford until the end of the fellowship in Feb 2026.

 

Key Dates

  • Application Deadline: 19th January 2025, by 5 PM
  • Interviews: End of January 2025
  • Fellowship Start Date: 9th February 2025
  • Event Delivery: Before 8th March 2026

 

Resources

Fellows will receive:

  • An amount of £1,000, paid to their departmental account in the financial year 2025/26. This is to be used for personal or professional development.
  • A resource fund to support the delivery of events and activities.

 

Expectations

Fellows are expected to:

  • Collaborate with fellow Enterprise and Innovation Fellows.
  • Attend Fellows meetings and undertake training as advised by the Enterprise Programme Manager.
  • Contribute to activities which promote the Fellowship programme.
  • Organize and plan event(s) that highlight the value of enterprise and innovation.
  • Develop a communications and evaluation plan for the fellowship activities.

 

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit:

  • A CV.
  • A 250-word statement demonstrating their interest and views on how research and entrepreneurship can be combined, and what a successful fellowship would achieve.

Applications should be sent to Sally Charles, Enterprise Programme Manager (sally.charles@mpls.ox.ac.uk), by 19th January 2025. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for interview

 

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