EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy

Cohort 3 NOW CLOSED

As part of the EUTOPIA European University Link opens in a new window , the EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy Link opens in a new window (YLA) will support the career development of high-potential, early to mid-career researchers from all EUTOPIA partner universities and to promote interdisciplinary scholarly exchange between promising researchers and the rest of the EUTOPIA research community.

The YLA will enrol a third cohort of 22 fellows (2 per university plus 1 per participating global partner) in November 2024, for 2 years during which they will become ambassadors of the EUTOPIA alliance.

Eligibility

Applicants should be formally appointed with one of the Universities of the EUTOPIA Alliance and hold a tenured (or tenure-track) position or a major externally funded research fellowship. The scheme is aimed at early to mid-career researchers (2 to 12 years after PhD completion. Career breaks will be considered for the extension of the eligibility window) and applicants are expected to demonstrate leadership potential and an ambitious academic career development plan.

Offer to Fellows

EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy Fellows will be given the opportunity:

Fellows will be appointed for two years and will receive financial support to facilitate their activities.

The deadline for applications in the first call

• To develop their research leadership skills through a dedicated training program;
• To take part in interdisciplinary scholarly exchange and research networking activities, among fellows and with the broader EUTOPIA research community;
• To initiate research collaborations within the EUTOPIA Alliance;
• To contribute to the development of a challenge-based and student-shaped curriculum through the development of research-led learning units open to undergraduate and graduate students;
• To act as EUTOPIA ambassadors, contributing to the Alliance’s activities and fostering the emergence of an integrated research community at the EUTOPIA scale. Common research agenda

Application Process

Applications will open 28th March and close 28th May 2024

• Application form
• Completed Application forms will have to be submitted to the local program manager Katie Reynolds, along with a detailed academic CV and a support letters from either the Head of Department or Head of Research group of the applicant.
• For full details of the programme and application process please see the Young Leaders Academy website Link opens in a new window and the Call Description Link opens in a new window .
• Please fill out this Equal Opportunities survey as a part of your application.
• For applicants based at the University of Warwick the local programme manager

Research areas