Imperial welcomes top early-career researchers to new Fellowships

Imperial welcomes top early-career researchers to new Fellowships. Junior Research Fellows take up their posts %0A " - By Laura Gallagher - Thursday 8 October 2009 The first cohort of top early-career researchers taking up Imperial's new Junior Research Fellowships has been welcomed to the College this week. 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 Fellowship scheme also aims to help scientists to make the difficult leap from post-doctoral researcher to lecturer. The new Fellows will be exploring issues such as how galaxies form and how to use organic solar cells to generate cheap, long-term energy. They have been chosen from over 200 applicants from across the world and they will start in their new roles over the next three months. Half of the researchers are already working at Imperial and half are joining the College after working at other institutions, including the University of Oxford, Stanford University and the University of Michigan.