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Do you want to…Ìý

• Build your skills in policy,Ìýcommunications, public or patient engagement?Ìý
• Receive personalised training and paired mentorship?Ìý
• Enhance your CV with a year-long Fellowship position?

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Healthcare Engineering's year-longÌýImpact Fellowship scheme will be welcoming its next cohort in October 2021.ÌýThe scheme will train and guide its Impact cohort to build their engagement skills and grow their network beyond university walls, building up to a tangible impact-driven, engagement output at the end of the year.Ìý

Deadline to apply: 7ÌýOctober (extended).

What will I learn?

• The first monthsÌýof the Fellowship will be focused on training and skills-building. The focus will be on making this as personalised to the needs of the Fellows as possible, but our Impact Fellows will explore ideasÌýlike how to measure their impact, how to engage new voices,Ìývalues of co-production,Ìýhow to engage with policymakers, how to communicate their research to different audiences, how to work with community groups and patients.Ìý
• Fellows will receive additional adviceÌýand guidance, includingÌýmentorship from experts, peer-to-peer learning activitiesÌýand opportunities for external network-buildingÌýand secondments.Ìý
• Crucially, all Fellows will be supported to take part in at least one structuredÌýactivity each term that will allow them to practice the skills they've just learnt. They will also have access to funding pots in Summer 2022 to take the lead on individual activities as a culmination of their learning.Ìý
• The scheme is intended to be personalised around the needs ofÌýthe Fellows, and so we hope that the cohort will also shape the scheme’s development and the specific support and resources that are needed for them. We are alwaysÌýopen to new ideas and want you to be active leaders in making the Fellowship experience the best possible!Ìý
• The Fellows will be expected to act as Impact ambassadors within their respective research groups and communities, and contribute to a wider objective of culture change in research.Ìý

Who is eligible?

• All Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê researchers whose work is related to digital and medical technologies are able to apply for the scheme. Preference will be given to early-career researchersÌý(PhDs, postdocs, early-level PIs) with an interest in building theirÌýskills to deliver impact.Ìý

What time commitment does this involve?

• Time-commitments will be flexible around the Fellows' exisiting research,Ìýteaching and clinical/other commitments throughout the year, but Fellows canÌýexpect to commit an average of 1-2Ìýhrs per week during term.ÌýMost training will be delivered virtually.
• There will be opportunities to take on additional opportunities beyond the core training for those interested. As always -Ìýthe more you put in to this scheme, the more you will get out!

How does this benefit me?

• You will build yourÌýengagement skills and learn how to increase the impact of your researchÌýby receiving personalised training and mentorship
• Build a network of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and external stakeholders andÌýexpertsÌý
• Put this training into real practice in 'safe' and supported activities throughout the yearÌý
• Enhance yourÌýCV with a Fellowship position including certificate upon completion