The Global Innovation Fellowships aim to provide UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from the humanities and social sciences with opportunities to enhance their skills, networks, and careers. By engaging in the creative and cultural, public, private, and policy sectors, these fellowships address complex challenges with innovative solutions. The program supports the SHAPE community in creating meaningful connections beyond academia, promoting knowledge mobilisation and translation, and fostering individual skill development.
Scheme Overview
Supported by the UK Government’s International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), this £337 million initiative aims to foster potential and prosperity through research and innovation. The fund focuses on major global themes: planet, health, tech, and talent.
The Global Innovation Fellowships offer researchers the opportunity to embed themselves in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the USA, with potential engagements in other regions. The Carnegie Endowment is a leading global foreign policy think tank that generates strategic ideas, independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of international scholar-practitioners. It tackles global issues including democracy, technology, and climate change with a deep understanding of regional contexts across Asia, Africa, Europe, India, the Middle East, and Russia and Eurasia.
Fellowship Benefits
- Develop fresh perspectives and expand networks.
- Strengthen and create new links across policy and academia.
- Promote knowledge mobilisation and translation.
- Innovate approaches and solutions to policy challenges.
Areas of Research
Applications are invited in the following areas:
- Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
- Technology and International Affairs
- Democracy, Conflict, and Governance
- Global Order and Institutions
- Nuclear Policy
- Political Economy and Trade
Applicants should demonstrate a solid understanding of relevant issues, including policy landscapes and systemic challenges. While language skills are desirable, they are not essential.
Application and Award Details
- Apply: Fill out the Application here
- Application Deadline: 27 November 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Start Date: September 2025. An earlier start date of March or April 2025 may be possible, in this case the applicant will need to explain how they will plan and manage their relocation on this faster timeline.
- Level of Award: Up to two one-year fellowships, hosted in Carnegie’s offices in the USA (Washington DC or California). These are offered as awards for up to £150,000 for 12 months in duration (with Full Economic Costing at 80%).
For comprehensive information, view the scheme guidance notes, British Academy funding information, and Research Funding
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