£3000 Fellowships available for researchers from all disciplines

[Simon Hettrick]

Hello,

We discussed the Agents network at the Collaborations Workshop, which
funded researchers. We've just launched our follow-up programme: the
Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship. It's open to outstanding
UK-based researchers who use software. Please take a look and spread the
word!

Regards,

Simon.

---Announcement---

The Software Sustainability Institute (www.software.ac.uk) has launched
a Fellowship programme that recognises outstanding UK-based researchers
who use software. The Fellowships come with �3000 funding which can be
used for travel, collaboration and running events.

Fellows advise the Institute on important software, evangelise software
practices and champion the adoption of best-of-breed software. Fellows
will contribute to our blog, and are supported in advertising their own
research.

Apply to become a Fellow online: http://bit.ly/FellowsApplication

Keep an eye on our blog (http://software.ac.uk/blog) and Twitter account
(http://twitter.com/SoftwareSaved) for further information.


--Launch event--

A Fellowship Launch event will be held at the Digital Research 2012
(http://bit.ly/FellowsLaunch) in Oxford on 10 September 2012. Attendees
at the launch event will receive free entry to the conference on 10
September and, if they choose to stay on, a 50% reduced fee for the rest
of the conference.

--Who we are looking for--

We are seeking fifteen outstanding researchers at different stages in
their career, from PhDs to Professors, and from a wide range of research
disciplines in science, technology and engineering. Successful Fellows
will have a demonstrable knowledge and visibility in their community and
have excellent communication skills.

--Funding--

The �3000 funding is flexible and can be used for travel to conferences,
setting up and running workshops, starting new collaborations or
hosting/teaching at Software Carpentry training events.

--Important information--

The Software Sustainability Institute is a national facility that helps
researchers and developers to build and use better research software.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 20 September 2012 at 5pm.

Fellowships last eighteen months and are available from 1 January 2012
through 30 June 2014.

We will announce the successful recipients of the Software
Sustainability Institute's Fellowships in November 2012.

--Questions--

If you have any questions, please contact the Institute:
in...@software.ac.uk.

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Simon Hettrick
The Software Sustainability Institute
(0)2380 598871